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UCSB dominates Long Beach State, cruises to 13-8 victory

Fiona Feng

Soccer

UCSB Women’s Soccer shut out by Cal Poly in Blue-Green Rivalry

Vincent Regaldo

El Centro volunteer denied reinstatement, University clashes with student advocacy

The El Centro expansion committee was recently met with a hindrance when longtime UC Santa Barbara affiliate, Marisela Marquez, was denied official volunteer status.

Julia Sanabria

Gauchos fall to Mustangs in hard fought 3 set game

Katie Anderson

An update on Sable Offshore developments

Wynne Bendell

Full house of horrors: Poker Club hosts Halloween-themed tournament

Lillian Buffalo

News

Gaucho Gaming hosts annual Game-A-Thon

UC Santa Barbara’s Gaucho Gaming hosted its annual “Game-A-Thon” on Oct. 25 at the Corwin Pavilion, with over 230 people in attendance.

Dylan Vo

I.V. midterm election voter guide

The 2026 midterm elections will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Elle West

Measure E2026 proposes utility tax increase

Measure E2026 is a proposed utility tax increase for I.V. residents that will be on the primary election ballot on Nov. ...

Wynne Bendell

A week in UC news

UC Berkeley sued for not disclosing existence of records, UC Davis Equestrian team files discrimination lawsuit, scienti...

Wynne Bendell

Opinion

Halloween Costumes: The Ultimate Relationship Test?

The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are changing colors and pumpkins are being carved — Halloween is approaching...

Avery Massie

U-Mail: Isla Vista, don’t worry, we will be back

Narineh Madikians

Quantum gibberish: the buzzword of choice

Dylan Bennett is not falling for this quantum trap.

Dylan Bennett

Drunk cigarettes don’t count

Dylan Hunter wants you to know that cigarettes are dangerous, when they count.

Dylan Hunter

Sports

Devin Greer talks UCSB Women’s Soccer and Pride Night ahead of contest with UCSD

For some athletes and fans in college sports, LGBTQIA+ pride is simply an off-the-field concern. But for UC Santa Barbar...

Samia Agarwal

Gauchos snap losing streak with weekend sweep over Riverside, five-set win over California Baptist

UC Santa Barbara Women’s Volleyball (10-2, 6-2 Big West) broke their two-game losing streak this weekend, beating ...

Izabella Nickerson

Men’s Soccer claims Blue-Green Rivalry with 3-1 win over Cal Poly

In front of 11,183 fans at Harder Stadium, UC Santa Barbara Men’s Soccer defeated Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 3-1 on Sa...

Arianna Doan

Martinez’s career-high 28 kills not enough as Gauchos drop two

UC Santa Barbara Women’s Volleyball (8-9, 4-2 Big West) broke their four-match winning streak in the Big West Conf...

Izabella Nickerson

Artsweek

Elizabeth Holmes simultaneously reveals nothing and everything in Nathan Fielder’s unnerving documentary “You Can See Everything”

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary explores Elizabeth Holmes’ self-deception and the power of sincerity to blur the line between truth and manipulation.

Fiona Feng

“Clayface” is a middling pile of clay

While it is perhaps the strongest DCU project in a post-“Superman” world, “Clayface” suffers from a fair share o...

Tanner Perez

Latest “Sense and Sensibility” film adaptation loses classic Austen charm

Georgia Oakley’s next-generation adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility” is flat and devoid of warmth, despite being...

Sophia Benito

A halo over the Hub: Tiffany Day lights up UCSB

Hyperpop star Tiffany Day to performed in the UCen Hub and gave students a night full of dancing and signing.

Charlotte Davis

Science & Tech

UCSB computer science department now offers new artificial intelligence major

For the first time, UC Santa Barbara students will be able to make artificial intelligence the focus of their undergradu...

Olivia Lohrer

Happy International Wombat Day!

For those of you who aren’t me, you probably have some questions, such as: What is a wombat? Why does it have a day? W...

Preksha Koushik

Research in Review: Brain surgeon robots, the AI Commons and El Niño

Fall 2026 is well under way with new research advancements in medical robotics, AI regulations at UCSB, and El Niño pre...

Aria Khaitan

Simply Stated: Researchers discover that the human brain is two separate organs

Earlier this year, researchers at Stanford Medicine published their findings on a groundbreaking discovery: the brain is...

Sahasra Nistala

Photo

In Photos | A Legacy of Stone

Presented for its first fall intensive musical, Shrunken Heads Production Company produced showings of A Legacy of Stone...

Shengyu Zhang

Summer at Santa Barbara | In Photos

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In Photos | Charlie Puth at Santa Barbara Bowl

Singer Charlie Puth brought his “Whatever’s Clever! World Tour” to a packed crowd at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sat...

Lance Sanchez

In Photos | Trekking through Tequepis Trail

KCSB-FM sends its broadcast signal to a transmitter on Broadcast Peak, where the station’s tower stands alongside othe...

Lance Sanchez

On The Menu

5 reasons you need to host a potluck

What’s better than good food? Good food with good company. However, eating out is expensive, I can no longer justify spending $20 on a meal, and don’t even think about ordering a drink with my foo...

Sahasra Hanumiahgari

A glutton for gluten

The other weekend, I had the opportunity to cross not one but two places I’ve been meaning to try off my list. What’...

Francesca Gasparini

The world’s most expensive spice

If I were the gambling type, I would bet money you have heard of saffron: the spice more expensive than gold. While this...

Sahasra Hanumiahgari

An homage to my mother’s kitchen

Biryani is a labor of love. It’s an extensive process that is incredibly worth it, resulting in a warm, decadent meal ...

Sahasra Hanumiahgari

La Vista

El poder económico del ‘Mencho’ y lo que su salida propicia

Dejando vilmente atrás al infamo ‘Culiacanazo’ de Sinaloa (aún potente y presente), México se encuentra una vez m...

Janise Fernandez

Ser inmigrante no es un crimen

Ser inmigrante no es un crimen. Lo repito con mucha fuerza porque, a veces, siento que el mundo intenta vernos como crim...

Ana Ramirez

¿Qué forma tiene el universo?

Según Albert Einstein, la relatividad general establece que la gravedad es la forma en que la masa distorsiona el espac...

Azucena Sanchez

Mi vida como estudiante guatemalteca en UCSB

Soy una joven guatemalteca, hija de padres emigrantes, y actualmente estoy en mi tercer año en la Universidad de Califo...

Ana Ramirez

Data

Notetaking patterns at UCSB

The Daily Nexus surveyed 50 UC Santa Barbara students on their note taking habits.

Malia Guy

Diversity, equity and inclusion within the 2025-26 Daily Nexus editorial staff

The Nexus conducted a demographic survey of our editorial board for the 2025-26 academic year to gauge whether the diver...

Kalyssa Chu

Diversity, equity and inclusion within the 2025-26 Daily Nexus content

The Nexus filtered articles through a list of relevant keywords and tracked their frequency per calendar year.

Meher Indoliya

Exploring majors at UCSB with fewer than five students

In Spring Quarter 2026, the UC Santa Barbara Office of Budget & Planning’s enrollment dashboard featured four majors w...

Vivian Simmons

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The signs as decisions they would make in a horror movie

Aries

March 21 - April 19

Locking themselves in a closet to hide and breathing loudly

Taurus

April 20 - May 20

Picking up the mysterious phone call in the middle of the night

Gemini

May 21 - June 20

Deciding to split up from their group

Cancer

June 21 - July 22

Tripping and falling at a crucial moment

Leo

July 23 - August 22

Getting up out of bed to investigate an unusual sound

Virgo

August 23 - September 22

Moving into a house that all the neighbors say is haunted

Libra

September 23 - October 22

Not making sure the killer is actually dead in the end

Scorpio

October 23 - November 21

Trying to get away in an old car that won’t start

Sagittarius

November 22 - December 21

Choosing to ignore all the warning signs

Capricorn

December 22 - January 19

Calling their friends instead of the cops

Aquarius

January 20 - February 18

Going to the public library to research paranormal phenomenon

Pisces

February 19 - March 20

Playing with a Ouija board and accidentally inviting spirits into their house

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