News

September 29, 2006

Project Aims to Clear Exotic Flora

By Stanley Tan

UCSB went native this month with efforts to grow more indigenous plants on the West Storke Campus and Lagoon Island.

September 29, 2006

E. Coli Prompts UCSB to Dispose of Spinach

By Lizzie Blumenthal

Unfortunately for Popeye but happily for healthy students, all 30 UCSB campus dining facilities have stopped serving the spinach until the E. coli virus outbreak has been resolved.

September 29, 2006

Isla Vista Rolls With Punches at New Dojo

By Matt Weisner

Although Isla Vista lost a good teriyaki bowl place when Sushi Teri closed, the building's successor is offering some amazing knuckle sandwiches.

September 29, 2006

‘Full o’ Spirit’ Freshmen Prepare Indoctrination Half-Time Stunt

By system

This article appeared in a predecessor of the Daily Nexus - El Gaucho - on Sept. 29, 1950. At the time, UCSB was called the University of California Santa Barbara College and was located on a 13-acre campus in the Rivier...

September 29, 2006

Two Leggies Resign, VP Proposes a Third

By Megan Snedden

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.

September 29, 2006

A.S. Rallies for Participation in Initiative Vote

By Lindsey Miller

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.

September 28, 2006

SB News-Press Staff Unionizes to Protect Journalistic Integrity

By Lauren Crecelius

In a landslide vote yesterday, the news staff at the Santa Barbara News-Press decided to unionize

September 28, 2006

IVFP, Bomb Squad Investigate Box

By David Ferry

A bomb scare in front of the I.V. Foot Patrol office last Sunday shook up business as usual on Pardall Road, and could be tied to another investigation by the UC Police After observing a suspicious metal box on the sidew...

September 28, 2006

UCSB Loses Five Students to Various Causes Over Summer

By Lindsey Miller

There are thousands of UCSB students on campus today attending their first day of classes, but there are five that will not be returning to school this year.

September 28, 2006

DP Fight Leaves Visiting Student Severely Injured

By Nikki Moore

Isla Vista resident and Santa Barbara City College student Jason Sprunk is currently behind bars after he allegedly attacked and hospitalized a UC Los Angeles student on Sunday.

September 28, 2006

Remodeling Progresses for Buildings on Campus

By Valerie Tidwell

While many finished this summer, a plethora of construction projects continue campuswide as the school year commences.

September 28, 2006

Student Health Offers HPV Vaccine

By Stephanie Horii

UCSB Student Health is now offering the new vaccine for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted infections.

September 28, 2006

Business To Sell Toiletry Bags to Dorm Residents

By Aria Miran

This year, incoming freshmen can not only expect to have bundles of fun, but also the opportunity to order a bundle of personal hygiene items.

September 28, 2006

Isla Vista Eats New Restaurants Up

By David Ferry

Between the newest place to eat a teriyaki bowl, the newest place to chow down on a burrito and the newest place to smoke some apple-mint hookah, Isla Vista's menu didn't expand this summer, but it certainly got a few fr...

September 28, 2006

Police Blotter

By system

Oh No He Di'int Saturday, Sept. 23, 1:54 a.m. - Officers patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive stopped at a residence when they heard a man and woman arguing loudly behind a fence.

September 24, 2006

I.V. Families Seek Owner, Resolution

By Kaitlin Pike

Three days have passed since the deadline to move out, and the 22 families remaining in the Cedarwood Apartments have yet to pack. Represented by a few lawyers, supported by crowds of student and community activists and ...