News

January 25, 2007

Service Stations Sweat Gas Prices

By Daniel Cooper

Rising gas prices seem to pump the money out of customers' pockets, but in Santa Barbara, gasoline station owners are having the same complaint.

January 25, 2007

SB Transit Budget To Run on Fumes

By Evan Wagstaff

Local government officials are looking for new solutions to fund road and transportation improvements after Santa Barbara County residents opted not to renew Measure D last fall.

January 25, 2007

Organic Food Use Grows on Campus

By Marie V. Recalde

UCen dining facility Patern˜ kicked off Winter Quarter by incorporating organic food into its menu, expanding the on-campus availability of pesticide-free fare.

January 25, 2007

Editor Hired As Storke Publications Director

By Staff Report

Former executive editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press Jerry Roberts has been selected to fill the role of publications director for the Daily Nexus and La Cumbre Yearbook. After a six-month process that involved a camp...

January 24, 2007

Threats Temporarily Cause Lockdown in Engineering Building

By Jessica Mullen

A former campus faculty member has posted threats alluding to the potential harm of UCSB personnel online, causing a temporary lockdown in the Engineering Science Building East for the next few weeks.

January 24, 2007

Cold Spell Hurts Agriculture Industry

By Ashley Nikole Smith

The California fruits and vegetables crop turned out to be a real lemon this year, as over $1 billion worth of produce has been lost in the unseasonably cold weather that began in early January.

January 24, 2007

Central Stores Recycles UCSB E-Waste

By Chris Stein

It is Tuesday at 12:55 p.m., and a half dozen men hover anxiously outside the gray industrial door leading into UCSB's Central Stores building. They make small talk about car engines before charging into the well-organiz...

January 24, 2007

Conquest Denies Ownership of Coronado

By Dana Olsen

Conquest Student Housing released its first public statement concerning the Cedarwood Apartments controversy on Monday, five months after tenants were evicted from the complex.

January 23, 2007

Local Vacancies Grow Scarce as Term Continues

By Natalie Rehkopf

Many UCSB and SBCC students are excited about the prospect of living in Isla Vista next year - that is, if they can find a place and pay for it.

January 23, 2007

CAB Helps I.V. Homeless With Laundry, Cold

By Jessica Mullen

In response to temperatures in Isla Vista dropping to the lowest in 10 years, a campus group has launched a program to help keep the area's homeless population warm and clean.

January 23, 2007

A.S. Votes to Fund Member Salaries

By Mackenzie Weinger

Associated Students Finance Board brought back honoraria yesterday to members of student government for the first time in several years and distributed $137,111.35 to various entities.

January 23, 2007

Gaucho Men Win Levi’s Modeling Contest

By Nicole Everett

Concluding last October's Levi's Style Search, Levi Strauss & Co. flew two UCSB men to New York City last week after picking their pictures from among 1,000 contenders.

January 22, 2007

Locals Rally to Preserve Roe v. Wade Decision

By Jessica Mullen

"Not Every Ejaculation Deserves A Name" was one of the slogans of choice on bumper stickers and pins this weekend, during the 34th Anniversary Celebration of Roe v. Wade.

January 22, 2007

Goldschen Vetoes Nexus Sanctions, Cites Lawfulness

By Mackenzie Weinger

Invoking a power rarely used in Associated Students' history, A.S. President Jared Goldschen vetoed on Friday the Legislative Council resolution to freeze the Daily Nexus' lock-in fee.

January 22, 2007

Capps Looks to Future for Dems

By David Ferry

The Democrats' "first 100 hours" in the House ended Thursday with the passage of their sixth major piece of legislation this year - a bill to repeal $14 billion in oil company subsidies.

January 22, 2007

UCSB To Join Search For Mad Scientist

By Katie Miserany

UCSB alumnus Graham Talley is currently seeking the aid of his former classmates in solving one of his company's - and the university's - greatest mysteries to date.