An I.V. Halloween

While just 25,000 people celebrated Halloween in I.V. this year, those that descended on DP made the most of it. Check out more photos from UCSB’s most debaucherous weekend after the cut. (more…)

UCSB Sex Class Featured in L.A. Times

One of UCSB’s most popular courses – Soc 152A – hit the front page of the Los Angeles Times a few days ago.

The article provides a general overview of the class (Sociology of Human Sexuality) and also offers a nice profile of the professors of the long-running class, married couple John and Janice Baldwin. Precious.

Check it out if you haven’t read it!

UCSB Lands on Another Top Party Schools List

Princeton Review thinks we’re the number 10 party school in the nation. Playboy, on the other hand, deemed us worthy of just 12th place earlier this year. Who are we to believe?!

According to the recently released results from the Princeton Review survey, Gauchos also made the grade by coming in 9th for “Reefer Madness” and ranking 20th for “Lots of Hard Liquor.”

“Reefer Madness?” Really? That’s so hip, Princeton Review.

As for our more scholarly pursuits, we’re on the Best Western Colleges and Best 371 Colleges lists. But no one cares about that, right? Click more to check out the full list of the so-called top party schools. (more…)

Regents Wrap Up

Check out our online exclusive for full coverage of the recent UC Regents meeting.

What’s in store for the UC thanks to the $813 million budget gap?

• 11-26 furlough days for employees and faculty
• $300 million in cuts spread across the 10 campuses
• Deferring 50 percent of planned faculty hires
• Debt refinancing
• Previously approved student fee increase

Chancellor Henry T. Yang told the Nexus that “with the magnitude and suddenness of this painful cut, our ability to fulfill our mission in teaching, research and public service, and to contribute as an innovator and economic engine for California, will no longer be the same as before.”

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Furlough Plan Endorsed, Awaits Final Vote

With the approval of the UC Regents’ committee on finance and compensation, UC President Mark G. Yudof’s financial plan is nearly official.

The proposal will go before the full board of Regents for a vote today.

If approved, the plan will go into effect Sept. 1 and require UC faculty and staff to take 11 to 26 furlough days each year. Pay cuts would range from four to 10 percent, and workers making more money would receive larger salary reductions and more days off.

The savings would amount to $184 million – about a quarter of the $813 budget deficit that the UC faces next year.

We’ll have a full report on this soon, as well as a spotlight on UCSB’s response to the financial crisis.

For more, see our recent article and check out the plan on the Regents website.

UC Regents Meeting Starts Today

The all-important UC Regents meeting commences today at UCSF Mission Bay. Up for discussion? Just the little question of the university’s financial future.

With UC President Mark G. Yudof’s proposals for millions in cuts across the 10 campuses as well as pay reductions and furlough days for employees on the table, the decisions of the Regents at this week’s gathering will set into motion some major changes for the UC system. 

The UC chancellors will also get the opportunity to share their ideas and plans for their campuses and there’s no doubt that the public comment sessions will feature some impassioned responses to the UC’s plans.

As Yudof said recently at a press conference, “there will be real pain on every campus. There’s no way we’ll be able to look students in the eye and say this will be the same university.”

Just what that means for UCSB is still up in the air, so check out our second summer edition on newsstands tomorrow for more and be sure to visit dailynexus.com for updates throughout the week.

You can view the July 14-16 agenda here.

UCSB Budget Forum Set for July 9

With California’s budgetary process in shambles and the UC facing an $800 million deficit, Chancellor Henry T. Yang recently announced a town hall meeting to discuss UCSB’s situation. If you want to learn more or add your two cents about how UCSB could deal with a budget shortfall next year of at least $40 million, mark your calendars for Thursday, July 9 from 3-5 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Plenty of UCSB bigwigs will be there to answer questions and hopefully provide some insight into how they plan to deal with such a massive loss of funding.

The meeting will feature External Vice Chancellor Gene Lucas, Senate Chair Joel Michaelsen, Assistant Chancellor Todd Lee and Human Resources Director Cynthia Cronk, as well as Chancellor Yang.

We’ll be covering the meeting, so check back here or at dailynexus.com for more.

Update: No Jackson Viewing at Neverland

Well, that wrapped up rather quickly. Michael Jackson’s body will NOT be coming to Neverland Ranch for a public viewing after all. The AP is reporting that a memorial for the deceased pop star is in the works, but it won’t be held at Neverland.

Following inital reports, hotels throughout the area were booked to capacity for the weekend and reporters staked out in front of Neverland days in advance to cover the expected event. This news probably didn’t go over too well with everyone out there.

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