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January 7, 2004

SB Powerhouse Rocks Competition

By Daniel Haier

Max Higgins is strong. At 5'10" and 266 pounds, one might confuse the muscular bulges protruding from his chest and arms for watermelons stuffed under his T-shirt.

January 7, 2004

Budget Concerns Delay DP Drains

By Ladan Moeenziai

Santa Barbara County has pulled the plug on plans to construct storm drains on Del Playa Drive over Winter Break due to concerns that Governor Schwarzenegger will make cuts to grant money in his budget reforms.

January 7, 2004

UCSB Student’s Goodwill Touches Former Professor

By Kristina Ackermann

A UCSB alum received a pleasant surprise Monday when his wallet was returned with the cash and credit cards still inside.

January 7, 2004

UC Briefs: January 7th, 2004

By Jenny Mayock

More UC Budget Cuts, Global Warming Brings Big Changes to CA's Coastal Waters, Foundation Awards $17.5 Million for 30-Meter Telescope Plans

January 7, 2004

Men at Work

By system

January 5, 2004

I.V. Homes Suffer Little Theft

By Matt Dozier

Isla Vista had another winter break with relatively few burglaries, continuing the low crime rate that has become a trend over the past few years. As of Monday, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol had received reports of a total ...

January 5, 2004

Teen Stabs 16-Year-Old in I.V. Brawl

By Daniel Haier

A 13-year-old boy was arrested on Friday, Jan. 2, following a confrontation in Isla Vista that left a 16-year-old boy with a stab wound to the stomach.

January 5, 2004

C.U.E., UC Return to Negotiations

By Jason La

The Coalition of University Employees (C.U.E.), the union that represents University of California clerical workers, has re-opened talks with UC on wages, parking and health benefits.

January 5, 2004

Caller Leaves Bomb Threat at Beep

By Daniel Haier

A suspected client or former client of the Devereux Medical Center on UCSB's West Campus left a bomb threat on the center's answering machine sometime late Dec. 29 or early Dec. 30, according to the Isla Vista Foot Patro...

January 5, 2004

UCSB Sacrifices Trees, Prepares for Construction

By Jenny Mayock

Students returned to school on Monday to find the empty lot near Snidecor Hall a little emptier after the university cleared roughly a dozen trees from the area.

January 5, 2004

Visiting Professor Wins ‘German Nobel Prize’

By Nexus Staff Report

Frank Allgoewer, a visiting professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize on Dec. 11 by the German Research Foundation.

January 5, 2004

Scholar Wins Honor for Work in Chicano Studies

By Nexus Staff Report

A UCSB professor will receive a national award for his research and writing about Mexican Americans and for contributions to developing Chicana and Chicano studies as an academic discipline.

January 5, 2004

Anthropology Professor Dies During Break

By Caitlin Adams

Professor Emeritus William Madsen died of lung cancer on Dec. 24 in his home in Santa Barbara surrounded by his family. His wife, Claudia Madsen, said he had been diagnosed with cancer three weeks before he died.

January 5, 2004