News

October 2, 2006

New Policy To Help Report Cheating

By Valerie Tidwell

UCSB is helping faculty members report cases of academic dishonesty - including plagiarism - more easily, while reminding its students to avoid such unethical behavior.

October 2, 2006

Law & Society Major Enters Provisional Ban

By Abbey Shi

A decision made last year barring aspiring law & society students from the major begins this fall and will run indefinitely.

October 2, 2006

Embarcadero Hall

By system

September 29, 2006

Triple Rooms Multiply in Dorms

By Megan Snedden

Three is company - or a crowd - this year as increased freshmen admission rates have lead to an increase in triple dorm rooms. According to the UCSB Housing and Residential Services website, in a normal year, UCSB

September 29, 2006

Property Owner Attempts to Recover Local Rentals

By David Ferry

After refusing to leave their long-held homes last week, the remaining Cedarwood Apartment tenants received unlawful detainer notices this Wednesday, calling for them to appear in court.

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