News

October 30, 2001

Community To Vote for PAC Reps

By Ladan Moeenziai

Elections for representatives to the Isla Vista Project Area Committee will be held today, despite a pending lawsuit and restraining order filed by I.V. business owners to protest the formation of the PAC.

October 30, 2001

What To Do When They Come for You

By Ladan Moeenziai

Daily Nexus staff writer Ladan Moeenziai spends a sober Friday night hanging with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. By the end of the evening, Moeenziai discovers the drunken-stupor masses romaing the streets aren't nearly as ...

October 30, 2001

Judge Passes Sentence in Battery Trial

By Staff

Adam Delafuente was sentenced to 30 days in Santa Barbara County jail and three years of probation for a misdemeanor battery that occurred over a year ago.

October 30, 2001

Part-time Faculty Seeks Increase in Wages, Expedient Negotiations

By Sarah Gorback

According to a report by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce, 72 percent of part-time teachers earn less than $3,000 per class, which is under $20,000 per year.

October 30, 2001

Coastal Improvements Await State Funding

By Alissa Anderson Staff Writer

California will spend $1.5 million on Central Coast projects if the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management approves a draft Coastal Impact Assistance Plan (CIAP).

October 30, 2001

Real Stories of the IV Foot Patrol

By Staff

Is That Your Final Answer? At approximately 12:48 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers patrolling the 6600 block of Sabado Tarde Road observed a 20-year-old female being supported by two males. When o...

October 30, 2001

Feature Photo: Free Tibet

By Staff

October 29, 2001

State Conducts UC Audit

By Stephanie Tavares

"In spite of the University's agreement to increase the quality of undergraduate education, one of its fastest rising costs is academic administration," she wrote in a statement.

October 29, 2001

Local Chapter of U.N. Holds Fundraiser for Afghan Women’s Aid

By Lana Burrows

"When you think of Afghanistan, think of Germany. When you think of their women, think of the Jews," keynote speaker Annette Zumba said to a packed room at the University Club on Saturday morning.

October 29, 2001

UCSB Researchers Study Advantages of Sexual Reproduction

By Adria Le Boeuf

The question of why people have sex plagues nearly everyone, evolutionary biologists in particular.

October 29, 2001

New Homes to Ease Demand, Harm Habitats

By Jennifer Bentley

There are 269 units of faculty housing proposed along the West Campus area on Phelps Road, 144 units for student families on Storke Road, and 50 units at the West Campus Mesa site.

October 29, 2001

Law To Expand Gay Partners’ Rights

By Drew Mackie

Same-sex couples are one step closer to equal rights with heterosexual couples since Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 25, the "Domestic Partners Bill" on Oct. 14.

October 29, 2001

Victim Directs Authorities to Suspect in Recent Stabbing

By Staff

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies arrested stabbing suspect Juan Becerra Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.

October 29, 2001

Feature Photo: A Generous Harvest

By Staff

October 26, 2001

Marshall Gets Recall Notice

By Marisa Lagos

Third District Supervisor Gail Marshall was served with a recall notice Tuesday morning because of a disagreement over saying the pledge of allegiance at a county committee meeting. County Sheriff Jim Thomas said he woul...

October 26, 2001

Foot Patrol To Increase Presence for Halloween

By Ladan Moeenziai

The county festival ordinance, which restricts loud music after 6 p.m. and has been enforced for years of Halloweens in Isla Vista, will take effect Sunday, October 28, after this weekend's pre-Halloween parties.