KCSB Sale Offers Sound Deals

Staffers and disc jockeys from KCSB 91.9 FM carted hundreds of archaic, rejected or duplicate CDs and vinyl records from their collection out to Storke Plaza on Thursday and sold them at bargain price...
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New Computer Gaming Club Wants to Throw Large Parties

A new campus club aims to bring real social interaction to the virtual world of Internet gaming. Glenn Wyatt and Michael Warren said they want to bring the large UCSB online gaming community together...
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Bake Sale Bashes Affirmative Action

On Wednesday, UC Berkeley's College Republicans held a bake sale, not to raise funds but, as is the trend these days, to raise awareness. It was an anti-affirmative action bake sale, one of several at...
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UCSB Appoints New Director of Health, Safety Department

After more than 25 years of service to the university, Larry Parsons has been appointed director of UCSB's Environmental Health and Safety Dept. EHS creates and implements emergency response and manag...
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CalPIRG To Call On EPA to Clean Air

Volunteers from the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) will be providing cell phones in front of the UCen today for students to call the Environmental Protection Agency and voice thei...
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Mother’s Gift Memorializes Slain Children

Last week, almost a year after her four children were murdered by her ex-husband while she was on a morning jog, Dr. Christine McFadden made a $250,000 donation for additional construction on the plan...
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Campus Doves Cry Out Against War

An anti-war rally on the steps of Storke Plaza drew the presence and voices of 150 to 200 students, faculty and community members who echoed in unison, "The people united will never be defeated."
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Friends Help Two Burned Out Freshmen

Almost a month after flames gutted their Anacapa Hall dorm room, fund-raising efforts and sympathy have helped ease the disruption for freshmen Natasja Swartz and Alison Woods.
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Biologists Study Parasites, Invaders

All roommate jokes aside, UCSB researchers have determined that moving an animal to a non-native habitat decreases the number of parasites that species carries.
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UCSB Runner Eyes Sea-to-Sea Bid

When Peter Goren embarks this summer on a cross-country "journey run" from Sands Beach in Isla Vista to Sand Beach in Maine, he will have as many miles of pain, hardship, sweat and fatigue behind him ...
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Tip Program To Make Snitching Safe, Profitable

After Sheriff Jim Anderson announces the formation of a local Crime Stoppers program Jan. 29, crime in Santa Barbara County will start paying - for police informants, anyway.
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SB Fund To Help Local Latino Program Expand

The FLA, a Latino youth leadership development program, celebrated the start of its new Family Recruitment Project last Saturday with a "D’a de la Familia" barbecue at the Minami Center.
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Judge To Be Arraigned on DUI Charges

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Diana Hall will view the courtroom from an unfamiliar perspective Jan. 23, when she appears for arraignment on charges of drunk driving, spousal abuse and bra...
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New I.V. Plans Meet Mixed Reviews

The housing destiny of the class of 2010 was under discussion at a two-evening Isla Vista planning meeting. Several dozen I.V. residents and property owners viewed design plans for new housing possibi...
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UCSB May Help County Finance New Firefighter

Santa Barbara County Fire Chief John Scherri said the fire department and UCSB officials are exploring options to "increase the university's level of public safety" by hiring a fourth firefighter at U...
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