News

May 7, 2003

Local Activist, Dept. Founder Dies at 70

By Drew Mackie

The university is mourning the loss of Dr. Carlos Ornelas, one of the founders of its Chicano Studies Dept. and an activist for Santa Barbara's Chicano community.

May 7, 2003

Belly Flop Turns Rotten With Dead Fish Antic

By Stephanie Tavares

A belly flop contest at Campus Pool this weekend got a little fishy during one fraternity's performance. Junior business economics major Kevin Sanderson was sent to the hospital Sunday after a mishap in the belly flop co...

May 7, 2003

Design Firm Welcomes Student, Faculty Input on UCSB

By Stephanie Tavares

The head planner for a firm hired by the university to design UCSB's future development has returned to campus to gather more input from the campus.

May 7, 2003

April 5, 2003

By Kristina Ackermann

Moo: Wednesday April 30, 12:22 a.m.: Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers on the 800 block of Embarcadero del Norte observed a 23-year-old man attempting to wait in line at Freebirds Burritos.

May 6, 2003

‘Sex Affair’ Shows UCSB How to Do It

By Travis Hunter

The UCSB Sex and Relationship Interns will host the "Sex Affair," a sexual health and diversity fair, Wednesday on the Women's Center lawn from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

May 6, 2003

Weekend Accidents Keep Fire Dept. Busy

By Daily Nexus Staff

Four people were injured Friday afternoon when their car flipped over and rolled off Highway 1 just south of Highway 246. The Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. and engines from the Lompoc Fire Dept. responded at 4:03 p.m. ...

May 6, 2003

City Council Focuses on Goleta Beach, Money

By Justin Scott

Held at the Goleta Union School District Office, Monday night's Goleta City Council meeting included presentations on the rehabilitation of Goleta Beach, as well as the future agenda of the city's financial responsibilit...

May 6, 2003

A.S. Finance Board Funds BSU, ‘Safe Grad’

By Jason La

A.S. Finance Board allotted nearly $2,000 to two student groups and reclaimed funding from another. Students Teaching Alcohol and other drug Responsibility (S.T.A.R.) received $704 to help pay for the cost of hosting "Sa...

May 6, 2003

UC Briefs: May 6, 2003

By Travis Hunter

UCSB professor and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics Herbert Kroemer was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific organization, on April 29.

May 6, 2003

Puff the Magic Hookah

By system

UCSB students Amy Sanchez, Ashley Ebert, Colin Coggins and Matt Lehrmam celebrate the opening of their "Blaze Hookah" club. Meetings will be held Sunday through Thursday from 7:30 to midnight at Sam's To Go in Isla Vista...

May 5, 2003

Locals Put Their Dukes Up

By Travis Hunter

The 12th annual Pi Kappa Alpha Fight Night, held Friday at the Events Center, raised about $6,000 for the Say Yes to Kids program, a Santa Barbara-based youth boxing program.

May 5, 2003

UCSB Hosts Feminist Playwright

By Dawn Witlin

Eve Ensler, the writer and producer of "The Vagina Monologues," visited UCSB on Friday to deliver two speeches that were five years in the making.

May 5, 2003

Community Forums To Focus on Suicide

By Brendan Kearns

Suicide can be a difficult topic to discuss, but one local group is trying to give the subject a public voice. Two community forums will be held this week to address the effects of suicide and explore possible means of p...

May 5, 2003

SB Group Plans Water Sample Day

By Colin Curtin

People wondering what is in their water will soon get some answers as communities from across California volunteer to take water samples of coastal creeks, streams and rivers feeding into the ocean.

May 5, 2003