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Judge Receives Penalties, Retains Seat

A Santa Maria Superior Court judge returned to her position Monday despite charges of battery and brandishing a weapon. Judge Diana Hall was sentenced on Sept. 19 for driving under the influence of al...
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UCSB Acquires Frank Chin Collection

UCSB's California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) has recently acquired an extensive collection of the work of Frank Chin, one of America's best known Asian-American authors.
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Campus Construction Stays on Track

When school starts two years from now there will be a half dozen major additions to campus if current construction projects remain as they are now-"on time and on budget."
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Leg Council Resumes Meeting, Discussing

Student government began the year Wednesday night with an optimistic tone at the first meeting of Associated Students Legislative Council.The meeting consisted of updates from the executive director a...
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Parking, Booze Form Agenda at PAC Meeting

The Project Area Committee (PAC) met yesterday to discuss the master plan for the redevelopment of Isla Vista. A major issue on the agenda was whether to ban alcohol in Pelican Park.
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Lawn Seating Only


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Freshmen Get Greedy at Bookstore

Over the past week and a half 14 freshmen have been caught attempting to steal items from the UCSB Bookstore. The items range from textbooks and mechanical pencils to guitar strings.
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Land Trust Gives Funds to Ellwood Mesa

With three months left before the deadline, a recent donation put local conservationists closer to their fundraising goal for saving the Ellwood bluffs.
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Grad To Face Hearing for Threat to TA

A UCSB graduate will face a student conduct hearing after allegedly threatening a teaching assistant with bodily harm after failing a course.
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Work Begins To Rid Theater of Old Divisions

A historic Santa Barbara landmark is on its way to restoration. The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA), a nonprofit organization, hosted a wall-breaking ceremony Tuesday morning in ...
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Everybody Conga!


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Professor, Former Provost Dies

The university lost a passionate teacher and valued administrator with the passing of professor Everett Zimmerman on Monday. Zimmerman died at his home in Santa Barbara, four months after being diagno...
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County Aims to Reduce Trash With Mandate

Over the summer, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously decided to implement mandatory recycling programs in all unincorporated areas of the county, including I.V. The decision is a...
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Local Volunteers Clean Trashy Shorelines

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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Cops Suspect Suicide With Train Victim

A man seen standing on the train tracks near the Santa Barbara Zoo was struck by a train and killed Sunday night. Police identified the victim as Jess Scaggs, a 21-year-old transient.
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