Grad Division Addresses Student Diversity Needs

October 29, 2004 by

Graduate students, as well as university faculty and staff, met Thursday afternoon to share information and discuss issues of diversity within the graduate division of UCSB.
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Challenging Your Beliefs

May 21, 2004 by

Strict adherence to any ideology is the very definition of rigid thinking. To accept a particular line of thought unflinchingly is to imply that your own wisdom is boundless.
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Turn Negative Media’s Lemons Into Lemonade

May 13, 2004 by

Peace and happiness - they're in abundant supply. You just have to know where to look. Media-inspired thoughts have the power to undermine your peace of mind. Digital bombs are exploding in and around...
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White House Finds WMD

March 30, 2004 by

New evidence of WMD was found on Capitol Hill last week. Weapons of Mass Distraction came pouring out of the White House and through news outlets in an attempt to change the subject of public dialog. ...
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Richy Rich Gettin’ Richer

March 3, 2004 by

An open letter to all the self-righteous, high-paid taxpayers and their equally pompous offspring: Dear Pillagers of the Public Trough, I'm poor. I didn't used to be. But now Republicanomics is dictat...
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The State of the State

January 9, 2004 by

A well-delivered speech can give you a gut feeling. Words are emotionally coded. They carry inferences, demands and promises. Coming from the mouth of a masterful politician and/or actor, well-choreog...
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Colorblind or Just Blind?

September 24, 2003 by

Higher education is the de facto gateway to economic success and political power in the United States. Like magic, 54 could erase any documented disparity - paper trail - between the blacks and white...
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Local Volunteers Clean Trashy Shorelines

September 23, 2003 by

While it may be common in Santa Barbara County to find bottles, cans and the occasional lost partygoer washed up on the beach, a crack pipe is not your typical beach debris.
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Volunteers To Clean Beaches, Trail

September 19, 2003 by

Santa Barbara residents will have several opportunities to participate in a global effort to preserve and care for natural resources as the International Coastal Cleanup, California Coastal Cleanup Da...
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Military Families To Receive Veggies

April 4, 2003 by

Families of U.S. military personnel will be receiving support on the home front in the form of leafy greens, thanks to Operation "Salad for Soldiers."
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We Came, We Saw, We Dot-commed; Could You Spare a Nickel?

January 22, 2003 by

Oh to be a dot-commer when the world was rife with stock options, catered two-hour lunches and, last but not least, jobs. That was then and this is now.
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Move Over, bin Laden

January 9, 2003 by

Prior to hopping on that nonstop flight to Columbus, Ohio, we did get to experience the new holiday tradition. Everyone is a suspect. Ever since my five-year-old son was pulled out of line and asked t...
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Filter To Stop Oceanbound Trash

January 9, 2003 by

A new water quality treatment project is currently under construction at the intersection of Embarcadero Road and Del Playa Drive. The Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. is managing the installat...
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Boxer, Capps Ask for State Control of Oil

January 8, 2003 by

Congresswoman Lois Capps and Senator Barbara Boxer recently authored a letter to President Bush asking him to stop the expansion of oil drilling off the coast of California.
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New Complex To Increase Local Housing

November 22, 2002 by

A new housing development will be expanding residential Goleta. The Towbes Group, Inc. is building the Willow Springs apartment complex on 18.4 acres of land near Los Carneros Road, Highway 101 and th...
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