News

February 5, 2002

Davis Appoints Regent

By Diana Ray

Gov. Gray Davis appointed Chair and CEO of Saban Capital Group Haim Saban - producer of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" - to the highest legislative body of the UC system, the UC Board of Regents, on Feb. 1.

February 5, 2002

UC Attempts to Raise Grad Student Numbers

By Monica Berletti

The University of California is engaged in an effort to recruit graduate students to sustain and improve the University's standing as a leading research institution in the United States.

February 5, 2002

SPF Approves $7,000 Grant to Close Trail

By Eric Simons

The Shoreline Preservation Fund approved a $7,000 grant Monday night for the Coal Oil Point Reserve to hire workers to close off a path leading from the parking lots to the mouth of the slough at Sands Beach.

February 4, 2002

Groups Find Support for Lock-in Fees

By Ashley Chapman

The MultiCultural Center and the Women's Center have collected enough student signatures to put separate lock-in fees on the Spring ballot.

February 4, 2002

Police Arrest Suspect in I.V. Burglaries

By Ladan Moeenziai

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers arrested the male suspected of breaking into two homes last weekend last Thursday night.

February 4, 2002

Wrongful Death Lawsuits for Student Near Closure

By Stephanie Tavares

A series of lawsuits filed by the mother of a UCSB student who died at a fraternity party more than two years ago have either been dismissed, settled or are close to completion.

February 4, 2002

UCSB Faculty Designs Social Justice Website

By Caley Block, Angela Potter

A website created by UCSB faculty last September was designed to educate their students on social justice in light of the Sept. 11 attacks.

February 4, 2002

Researchers Develop Anti-Intrusion System

By Lisa Cooper

A computer system designed by UCSB researchers may make computer network intrusion as easy to detect as computer viruses - once it is implemented in the next five to 10 years.

February 4, 2002

Feature Photo: “I Do”

By Staff

February 4, 2002

Feature Photo: Check This Out!

By Staff

February 1, 2002

First Goleta City Council Takes Office

By Kirk Hawkins Staff Writer

It took nearly 20 years, four attempts and the exclusion of Isla Vista and Eastern Goleta, but the first Goleta City Council will be sworn in at 6 p.m. at the Goleta Valley Community Center.

February 1, 2002

Homeless Still Calling Anisq’ Oyo’ Home

By Marisa Lagos

The approximately one dozen homeless residents who pitched tents in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Sunday are still there - and they say they're not moving.

February 1, 2002

Leg Council Debates, Tables Three Boycotts

By Angela Potter

Three boycotts all enacted within the last several years were challenged at the Associated Students Legislative Council meeting on Wednesday.

February 1, 2002

Report Describes Flaw in Vandenberg AFB Test

By Nexus Staff Report

The purportedly successful 1997 test of the nation's controversial missile defense system may have been a failure, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has said.

February 1, 2002

Police Report

By Staff

Kraft Boy Can’t Hold It or Hack It At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Dr. observed an 18-year old male subject urinating on the wa...

January 31, 2002

Attias Judge Sets March Hearing Date

By Marisa Lagos

Prosecution and defense teams for murder suspect David Attias haggled over the suppression of evidence collected from Attias' parent's home and former school, during a short hearing on Wednesday.