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UC Briefs: October 29, 2002

October 30, 2002 by

The University of California is making free online preparation for tests like the SAT and the ACT available through the Internet in an attempt to aid students who cannot pay for preparatory classes.
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A.S. Focuses on Events, Postpones Business

October 30, 2002 by

Associated Students Legislative Council convened last night for a short and uneventful meeting and then adjourned for the week. A bill to amend the Associated Students Program Board Code was postponed...
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Killing Us (Not So) Softly

October 30, 2002 by


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Physics Researcher Accepts Grant

October 30, 2002 by

A UC Santa Barbara assistant professor was recently awarded a $625,000 grant by the Packard Foundation to help further her work in astrophysics.
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October 31, 2002

October 30, 2002 by

When officers asked Miss Boohoo to empty the contents of her purse, her support group slowly began to back away, apparently sensing that her night of sorrow had not yet ended. She was carrying false i...
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A 99-1 Money Mismatch

October 29, 2002 by

Campaign financing and name recognition have proved significant obstacles for Republican Cristina Carreno Martin, a recent entrant to the race for California State Assembly against 35th District Democ...
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County Project To Clean Run-off Water

October 29, 2002 by

Through a county organization called Project Clean Water, state funds have been allocated for piloting the cleanup of multisource urban runoff pollution.
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A.S. Contemplates Fundraising Possibilities

October 29, 2002 by

Members from the Associated Students Executive Board, Legislative Council, Finance Board and various other student organizations met last night to brainstorm fundraising ideas that would help to allev...
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War Teach-in Aims to Debate, Educate

October 29, 2002 by

The possible war with Iraq has brought many on-campus organizations, faculty, staff, administration and students together to debate the issue, and leading authorities have been invited to join in a pa...
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If You’re Happy and You Know It…

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Campaigns Deplete Funds

October 28, 2002 by

With time for campaigning rapidly dwindling, parties on both sides of the recall campaign are spending money faster than they are taking it in.
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Model May Conserve Groundwater Supply

October 28, 2002 by

UCSB Professor of Geographical Sciences Hugo Loaiciga has invented a groundwater-pumping model that will help determine how much water landowners can pump without depleting shared aquifers.
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California Democrats Mourn Dead Senator

October 28, 2002 by

Only days before the Nov. 5 election, Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, daughter, three campaign members and two pilots, died Friday morning when his airplane crashed in northeast...
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#1 Hoosiers Overcome Feisty Santa Barbara

October 28, 2002 by

#1 Indiana lived up to its reputation as a national power and showed the #17 UCSB men's soccer team the full meaning of tradition. The Gauchos lost 3-1 to the Hoosiers (13-2-2) on Sunday night in Full...
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Vietnam Era Insider Gives Anti-War Talk

October 28, 2002 by

Hundreds filled Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on Friday for a presentation by the man partially responsible for the end of the Vietnam War and the Nixon presidency.
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