Gov. Schwarzenegger Rebuffs UCSA Claims

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filed a preliminary response to a lawsuit brought against him and members of his administration by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and other civil ri...
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Shelters Fight Health Hazard for Homeless

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept. has reported an outbreak of pneumococcal disease at homeless shelters in Santa Barbara.
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3rd District Candidates To Debate at Luncheon

With the March 2 election less than three weeks away, the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association (SBCTA) has invited John Buttny, Brooks Firestone, Slick Gardner and Steve Pappas to speak at the A...
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Cal Lab Director To Resign; UC Seeks Replacement

The longest tenure among national U.S. Dept. of Energy laboratory directors will soon end following Charles Shank's announcement that he will step down as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Labora...
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UC Freshman Application Count Drops

The number of applicants for next fall's UCSB freshman class decreased by 657 from last year to 36,651, the first decline in freshman applications in 10 years.
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UC Expands Lawsuit Against Enron

The University of California will file complaints today at a U.S. District Court in Houston to add three defendants to its federal class action suit to recover funds lost as a result of the Enron scan...
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Arnold Budget Increases Tuition Fees, Decreases Aid

The budget proposal for the upcoming year released Friday would increase mandatory in-state undergraduate student tuition by 10 percent, from $4,984 per year to $5,482 per year.
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Reps To Review Beach Plans

The working group in charge of creating a master plan for Goleta Beach will meet this afternoon at 4 in the Santa Barbara Airport administration building.
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Visiting Professor Wins ‘German Nobel Prize’

Frank Allgoewer, a visiting professor in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize on Dec. 11 by the German Research Foundation.
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Scholar Wins Honor for Work in Chicano Studies

A UCSB professor will receive a national award for his research and writing about Mexican Americans and for contributions to developing Chicana and Chicano studies as an academic discipline.
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County Briefs

On Wednesday, Dec. 10, a man walked into the South Coast Community Federal Credit Union on Calle Real with a handgun and demanded money .
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Teamster Union Refuses to Deliver the Goods in Strike

The Teamsters union stopped delivering goods to Southern California's three major grocery store chains Monday in support of striking and locked-out workers.
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UCSB Researchers Receive Record Funds

UCSB researchers pulled in an unprecedented amount of funding last year from external sources.
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Texas Tech Raids Gauchos

In a rematch of last season's second-round NCAA Tournament game, #6 Texas Tech again got the best of the #18 UCSB women's basketball team. The Lady Raiders (3-0) defeated the Gauchos 68-41 Thursday ni...
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Gauchos Win Conference Awards

Senior midfielder Memo Arzate and CSUN's William Sims were named Big West Offensive co-Players of the Year and junior goalkeeper Danny Kennedy was named Goalkeeper of the Year.
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