Congress Mulls New College Fire Safety Bill

Congress is currently considering a bill that would require colleges and universities - as well as affiliated sororities and fraternities - to prepare fire safety reports and make them available to th...
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Central Stores Recycles UCSB E-Waste

It is Tuesday at 12:55 p.m., and a half dozen men hover anxiously outside the gray industrial door leading into UCSB's Central Stores building. They make small talk about car engines before charging i...
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Student Loan Bill Passes in House, Heads to Senate

After the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the College Student Relief Act of 2007 Wednesday, Democrats in the Senate are promising to continue the fight to have the bill passed in...
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House To Consider Bill Designed to Cut Loan Interest Rates

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a proposal today that could halve the interest rates on federal need-based Stafford loans over the next six years.
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Students To See Possible Fee Hikes

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his state budget proposal yesterday, one that could lead to fee increases for UC undergraduate and graduate students.
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Students, Locals Take Action for Oaxaca

While the political upheaval in Oaxaca, Mexico seems to have calmed for the moment, UCSB students and community activists have continued this past week with passionate appeals, asking for help on a fo...
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Group Plans Gulf Coast Relief Trip

Looking to build homes and communities, a small group of UCSB students will travel to New Orleans this Winter Break to continue relief efforts in response to last year's Hurricane Katrina.
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Revised GRE To Challenge Students

By the end of next year, UCSB students planning to attend post-graduate programs will need to build up more than a wealth of academic knowledge; they will also need endurance, as the testing time for ...
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Colloquium To Honor Late Colleague

Dedicated this year to the late professor Timothy McGovern, the Ninth Colloquium on Mexican Literature begins today and continues tomorrow to explore the real and the imagined.
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