News

May 3, 2005

Institute To Support Arts at UCSB

By Michele Rod

For the next five years, UCSB will house the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), which means more money for local students to express themselves.

May 3, 2005

A Tribute to Fallen Soldiers

By system

A display of crosses near the Arbor commemorates the American soldiers' lives lost in the Iraq War. The rows filled the expanse of lawn in between Davidson Library and Ellison Hall, with each cross representing a soldier...

May 3, 2005

Police Blottrer: April 30, 2005

By Matt Dozier

Saturday, April 30, 6:35 p.m. - Deputies at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol office on Pardall Road greeted a 22-year-old male who staggered into the station and asked if someone there could call a taxicab for him. The man, la...

May 2, 2005

Davidson Case Judge Denies Prosecution’s Gag Order Request

By Matt Dozier

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge presiding over the case of the murder of a UCSB graduate student ruled Friday that he would not place a gag order on the case "unless things get out of hand."

May 2, 2005

Wedding Vows Cap Queer Pride Week

By Chris Daams

Queers and their allies displayed love for their significant others at the 16th annual queer wedding ceremony on Friday at noon in Storke Plaza. The Queer Student Union (QSU) hosted the event to cap its week of pride cel...

May 2, 2005

Court Delays Arraignment in Grade Falsification Case

By Lindsey Miller

The arraignment for Nancy Ramirez, a UCSB student accused of stealing two professors' identities and using the information to alter her and other students' grades, has been postponed until May 17 because her lawyer was n...

May 2, 2005

Community Tries Out Fire Evacuation Plan

By Nexus Staff Report

In a practice drill, over 200 Mission Canyon residents evacuated their homes on Saturday morning, urged on by public advisory warnings broadcast from police car speakers and Search and Rescue teams traveling door to door...

May 2, 2005

Search Team Rescues Injured Hiker

By Dina Vainer

An elderly hiker was rescued early Sunday morning after twisting his knee and spending the night alone on Santa Cruz Island. Willard Thompson, a 65-year-old Montecito resident, was hiking Saturday on Santa Cruz Island wh...

May 2, 2005

Bringin’ Down the Table

By system

April 29, 2005

DA To Move For Gag Order in Trial

By Matt Dozier

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office will be introducing a motion at today's hearing in the murder case of late UCSB graduate student Jarrod Davidson that may slam the door on communication between the med...

April 29, 2005

Greek Girls To Bump for La Conchita

By Mollie Vandor

Balls will fly as sorority girls, swimsuits and security guards come together on Saturday at Alpha Tau Omega's (ATO) All-Sorority Volleyball Tournament. Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 22 teams of bikini-clad sorority girls w...

April 29, 2005

Queers, Allies To Tie Knot to End Pride Week

By Jerred Jolin

The 16th annual Queer Pride Week at UCSB culminates with a wedding ceremony today at noon in Storke Plaza. Tanya Paperny, Queer Student Union (QSU) co-chair, and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Young will off...

April 29, 2005

ESLP Brings Environmental Lectures to UCSB Students

By Ashley Ratcliff

tudent-led classes at UCSB are bringing together different disciplines to study and recommend environmentally friendly construction and natural resource consumption policies to the University of California.

April 29, 2005

Feature Photo: Give Freebirds Some Credit

By system

Kip Lorenzetti, a second-year business economics major and supervisor at Freebirds, swipes a customer's credit card, a payment option that is sure to become popular at the restaurant.

April 28, 2005

SB Investigators Arrest Three in Stabbing Case

By Matt Dozier

Three suspects were arrested Wednesday for their alleged role in the fatal stabbing of a Santa Barbara minor Tuesday night following a botched attempt to rob a local drug dealer.

April 28, 2005

New Plan May Remove Pardall Tunnel

By Jason La

As part of the long-range campus plan and redesign, urban architects are proposing to remove the UCSB bicycle tunnel that travels under Ocean Road and leads onto Pardall Road and replacing it with a street intersection.