University Groups Honor Chancellor for Green Efforts

UCSB's sustainable approach to campus development and low environmental impact rarely goes unnoticed, with countless forums, conferences and speakers coming almost every week to celebrate innovations ...
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Locals Voice Support for Immigrants

"Fed up, can't take it anymore," shouted the 75-person crowd that paraded from the Pardall Tunnel to Storke Plaza yesterday. Confused cyclists swerved off the bike path to avoid the mass, which marche...
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Workers’ Rally Gains Student Support

Seven students marched into Cheadle Hall yesterday to argue for university workers' rights and to present university officials with an Associated Students resolution supporting a planned employee prot...
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Universities Seek Out Alleged Aid Corruption

The University of California has begun reviewing its financial aid procedures in light of a New York State Attorney General inquiry that found evidence of several lenders giving kickbacks to schools f...
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Christian Group Draws Attention to Event with Booths

UCSB's Real Life chapter embarked on a new campaign Monday aimed at confessing the many wrongs perpetrated in the name of Christian values.
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Pedro Nava Criticizes UC Budget Cuts

California assemblyman Pedro Nava accompanied the University of California Students Association at a press conference yesterday to decry recent UC budget cuts.
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Evangelists Confront UCSB Students

Students squared off with sign- and Bible-toting evangelists in the Arbor yesterday, eventually resulting in a UCPD response to the incident.
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Students Help Katrina Cleanup Efforts

While some Gauchos were sunbathing near the California coastline this spring break, about 35 UCSB students were thousands of miles away, traveling from Santa Barbara to New Orleans to help with Hurric...
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Campus To Gain Three New Buildings

Construction crews broke ground last week on the new Education and Social Sciences Buildings, which will provide new facilities for the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, as well as several Letters...
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New Student Loan Bill Awaits Vote of Approval in House

With supporters citing lower costs to taxpayers and opponents alleging the start of an inefficient government monopoly, the Student Aid Reward Act (STAR) must garner more bipartisan partners if it is ...
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Club Re-requests Katrina Travel Funds

After a few weeks of bureaucratic ping pong, the UCSB chapter of Habitat for Humanity will reapply for funding from Associated Students Finance Board to pay for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
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UC Workers Push for Pay Increase

Nine UCSB staff members and students traveled to Oakland yesterday to join some 600 unionized UC service workers and their supporters in their protest outside UC President Robert C. Dynes' office to a...
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‘Ex-Gay’ Speaks on Religious Beliefs of Homosexuality

"Ex-gay" speaker Chad Thompson's lecture at Corwin Pavilion last night was advertised as a way to break down walls between Christians and homosexuals. Several queer students, however, had different th...
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New Student Resource Building To Open

After undergoing construction for more than a year, the new Student Resource Building will open its doors to the UCSB community tomorrow.
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Spending Bill Raises Student Grant Amount

The newly empowered, Democratic-led Congress and President George W. Bush upped the ante against each other this week, debating the level of funding for Pell Grants in the federal budget.
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