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Potential Budget Cuts Threaten Higher Education in California

Governor Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal, which calls for an additional $38 million cut to the University of California and further restrictions on Cal Grant recipients, could result in a 6 percent tuition increase for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, according to UC officials. The proposal was announced yesterday and recommends slashing the budgets of [...]

Weekend Wrap-Up

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two burglaries and several alcohol-related crimes during the weekend. Undercover deputies observed a subject carrying a large decorative brass elephant Friday night on the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive. According to IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, the deputies returned the stolen belonging to its original owners after confronting [...]

German Advocacy for Economic Austerity Policies Draws Criticism

As European nations continue to spiral deeper into economic recession and political turmoil, debt crisis solutions have become a hot topic of international debate amongst economists and government officials throughout recent elections in France and Greece. According to political science professor Benjamin Cohen, the ongoing crisis is largely the result of irresponsible loan borrowing in [...]

Free Fundraising Event Supports Environmentally-Friendly Cause

The Surfrider Foundation’s Isla Vista chapter hosted several local musicians, as well as Pacific Dub and Daniel “Bambaata” Marley, grandson of Bob Marley, at their 13th annual Concert for the Coast on Saturday afternoon at Anisq’ Oyo’ Park. The free event raises money for the organization’s efforts to protect coastline habitats and water quality through [...]

Renowned Surf Film Celebrates Cultural Connection to Nature

Director Adam Pesce’s documentary “Splinters,” which follows the journey of four surfers as they compete for the title of best surfer in Papua New Guinea’s first ever national surfing contest, will be screened tonight at 8 p.m. overlooking the Pacific at 6823 Del Playa Dr. “Splinters” has garnered numerous awards — including Best Documentary from [...]

UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

In continuation of yesterday’s installment of UCSB’s Most and Least Useful Majors, as compiled by Newsweek using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, today the Nexus provides the Six Most Useful Majors offered on campus. The list’s inclusion of all that is mathematical and hard science-based — aside from the one outlier of foreign languages [...]

Judges Award Budding Entrepreneurs

The Technology Management Program’s 13th annual New Venture Competition awarded over $25,000 in prizes to six finalist teams last night at Corwin Pavilion, with aPEEL Technology — a venture for advanced fruit preservation — winning the grand prize and largest amount of money at $10,000. Competitors pitched their business models and products to a panel [...]

Festival To Illuminate Cultures Through Crafts and Performances

The Educational Opportunity Program’s Asian Resource Center will host the annual Lantern Festival, a celebration of Asian culture and traditions, on May 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Student Resource Building lawn. The event will feature a lantern designing competition judged by a panel of student mentors and counselors. Other student organizations and [...]