News

February 11, 2004

Cal Lab Director To Resign; UC Seeks Replacement

By Nexus Staff Report

The longest tenure among national U.S. Dept. of Energy laboratory directors will soon end following Charles Shank's announcement that he will step down as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

February 11, 2004

Publishers Claim No Blame in Rising Prices

By Stacy Turner

Textbook publishers are calling a recent report that accuses them of artificially inflating the price of books "totally one-sided and fatally flawed."

February 11, 2004

Parking Services Plans Permit Art Competition

By Erynn Im Reporter

Students will have a chance to exhibit their artwork in car windows all over campus next year through the Transportation & Parking Services' 2nd annual permit artwork contest.

February 11, 2004

Students, Kids Offer V-Day Lovin’

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Members of the Chi Delta Theta sorority, Hermanos Unidos and approximately 50 children made St. Valentine's Day cards for senior citizens Tuesday at Isla Vista Elementary School.

February 10, 2004

Union May Get Thousands of UC Employees

By Travis Hunter

On Wednesday the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will send ballots to administrative professionals throughout the UC system offering the choice between the status quo of no representation or joining t...

February 10, 2004

The Accidental Administrator

By Samee McDaniel Reporter

Gene Lucas is the UCSB executive vice chancellor. He spends his days overseeing committee meetings and smoothing out disagreements with people dealing with the university. The committees he oversees make decisions on som...

February 10, 2004

Bell Repairman Tackles Storke Tower

By Daniel Haier

Richard Watson is the only bell tuner in the country, and, as far as he knows, one of the few in the world. He co-owns the only bell foundry in the United States, located on a 100-acre property in Georgetown, Ohio.

February 10, 2004

Police Find Weapons in Vehicle on West Campus

By Meghan Palma

Two teenagers from Goleta were found and arrested on campus Friday night for possession of a deadly weapon. At approximately 10:30 p.m., UC police observed two 17-year-old boys and a girl, whose age was not released, sta...

February 10, 2004

A.S. Finance Board Spends for Now, Budgets for Later

By Jason La

At Monday night's meeting, the board began hearings for next year's A.S. budget. As many as 10 A.S. entities went before the board to present their proposed budgets for the 2004-05 academic year and explain what the requ...

February 10, 2004

SB Hospital Needs Pricey Face-lift

By Kristina Ackermann

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has launched a $100 million fundraising drive to rebuild the hospital. The project is in response to an amendment to the 1983 Alquist Seismic Act that requires existing hospitals to be eith...

February 10, 2004

LRC Provides New Internship Opportunities

By Jenny Mayock

The Associated Students Legal Resource Center (LRC) is providing students interested in law careers with internship opportunities in the Santa Barbara area through a new program that allows juniors and seniors with a min...

February 9, 2004

Frat Deals Money to Charity

By Matt Dozier

Students put on their best poker faces Sunday and tried to call, raise and bluff their way to victory in Zeta Phi Rho's first annual charity poker tournament.

February 9, 2004

Volunteers Plant Trees to Beautify Goleta

By Stella Kim Reporter

Eleven shovel-wielding volunteers replaced over a dozen trees at Girsh Park with trees more suitable for the park's environment.

February 9, 2004

I.V. Store Owner Dies of Heart Attack

By Kristina Ackermann

The owner of SOS Liquor on Embarcadero del Norte, Jin Mook Hong, died of a heart attack early Friday morning.

February 9, 2004

Strike Drives Shoppers to Healthier Food

By Ben Krasnow

Santa Barbara residents who honor the ongoing grocery workers' strike may end up eating a more healthful diet. Because the UFCW strike involves all of the major local grocery chains - Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons - shoppe...

February 9, 2004

Residents Debate Over Vista Square Proposal

By Kathy Estrada

Approximately 50 Isla Vista residents met in I.V. Theater Saturday to discuss plans for the proposed community center in Estero Park, located at the corner of Camino del Sur and Estero Road.