News

October 29, 2003

Dean Puts Down Grassroots at UCSB

By Jenny Mayock

MTV came to UCSB Tuesday afternoon just four days before Halloween, but their cameras were not here to record any wild parties.

October 29, 2003

New Parking Fees Aim to Reduce Permit Costs

By Dustin Miller Reporter

In an attempt to keep annual on-campus parking costs down, UCSB Transportation and Parking Services started charging the public for night and weekend parking at the beginning of last July.

October 29, 2003

Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky

By Staff

The sun sets in the hazy western sky of Isla Vista Tuesday evening over Coal Oil Point. Smoke from the Ventura County wildfires causes the sun to take on unusual red-orange hues, as seen in this view from Storke Tower.

October 28, 2003

Student Tries Trailer Living

By Bonnie Holladay

Some may consider living in a trailer unrefined, but for others it can actually be art. On Sunday evening, College of Creative Studies senior biology major Danna Shulman moved into a small mobile trailer that will serve ...

October 28, 2003

Hospital To Donate Respirators for Tots

By Andrew Menotti

Preschoolers with asthma can breathe easier now that they have their own respirators at school. Throughout the week, 20 preschools in Goleta, Santa Barbara and Carpinteria will receive medical air compressor units.

October 28, 2003

Convict Dies From Effects of IV Drugs

By Nexus Staff Report

Tommy Martinez, 32, was transported by ambulance to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital late Saturday night and admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit, where the sheriff's department said he continued to experience instances of ca...

October 28, 2003

Health Workers Agree to New Contract With UC

By Travis Hunter

The University announced Oct. 22 it had received confirmation from the University Professional and Technical Employees Union that its members had approved a new three-year contract agreement.

October 28, 2003

October 29th, 2003

By Kristina Ackermann

Drunk and Belligerent, Part I; Drunk and Belligerent, Part II; Is It in You?; A Family Affair;

October 27, 2003

Piru Fire Remains Burning

By Daniel Haier

Smoke from wildfires burning out of control in Ventura County choked the Santa Barbara area Sunday as high temperatures, windy conditions and steep terrain plagued containment efforts.

October 27, 2003

Ceremony Dedicates Site for CNSI Building

By Dina Vainer

UCSB's newest big building will be a place where very small things are built. A groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday at the site of what will become the $53 million 63,000-sq. ft. California NanoSystems Institute...

October 27, 2003

UCSB To Renovate Bike Path Markers

By Meghan Palma

Over Christmas break, the Physical Facilities and Maintenance Dept. plans to replace current strips of bump-covered tiles at intersections where bike paths meet pedestrian walkways with new sturdier concrete ones and add...

October 27, 2003

Arbor to Face Redesign, Expansion

By Louis Shi Reporter

The Arbor is getting more than a facelift - it's getting a full-body replacement. A 4,200-square foot convenience center will appear in the area where the current Arbor store now resides.

October 27, 2003

March for ‘Truce’ Draws Mixed Reactions on DP

By Ashley Brown

A group of 20 students, three-fourths of which were female, marched on Del Playa Drive supporting the "I Want A Truce" campaign on Friday and Saturday nights. The demonstrators chanted, "We want a truce; end sexual assau...

October 27, 2003

UC Briefs: October 27, 2003

By Travis Hunter

UC Berkeley scientists Yoram Rubin and Susan Hubbard have developed a radar system that caters specifically to winemakers. The ground-penetrating radar can accurately map soil moisture over multiple acres.

October 24, 2003

Man Jerks Off at Women’s Center Fair

By Jason La

An unidentified man allegedly spotted masturbating in front of the Women's Center evaded capture Thursday after Women's Center staff members called the Community Service Organization and UC Police Dept. to report him.

October 24, 2003

Physicists Ponder Nature of Universe

By Ben Krasnow

This week the very big and the very small collided at UCSB. UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) hosted a conference for prominent cosmologists and string theorists from around the world, including Steph...