Unknown Vandals Throw Eggs, Yell Racial Epithets

Unidentified suspects took elevator number one to the fifth floor of the San Nicolas Residence Hall, at approximately 2:15 a.m. and threw hard-boiled egg yolks onto the floor of the Asian and Pacific ...
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Proposition A.S. Comes Up Short

Associated Students' base fee measure, Proposition A.S., which would have increased the institution's basic services fee by $10 per student per quarter - fell 443 votes short of passing.
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Strikers Return to Work, Negotiations Continue

Wednesday was National Boss' Day, and, coincidentally enough, it was also the last day of a three-day walkout during which the university workers picketed the University of California and complained i...
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MCC Fee Wins; A.S. Fails

In UCSB's first-ever online election, students reaffirmed their support for the MultiCultural Center lock-in fee, but were less supportive of the Associated Students' base fee increase, which failed.
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A.S. Discusses Fall Election, Clerical Strike

Wednesday's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting addressed the two hottest topics on campus this week: the A.S. Special Election and the upcoming clerical workers' strike.
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UC Employees Vote to Strike

The gears of the University of California's internal machinery will soon come screeching to a halt. Members of UC Santa Barbara's Coalition of University Employees recently voted in favor of a strike...
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Exotic Flower Rises to Sizable Sexual Peak

The plant is an Amorphophallus titanum - Titan arum for short -, which means, more or less, "giant changing penis." In its native Sumatra and Borneo, people call it a corpse flower.
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UCSB Parties Like It’s No. 22

UCSB was ranked one of the "Top 25 Party Schools" in the nation by Playboy magazine. In its November issue Playboy ranked UCSB No. 22 behind fellow Californians Chico State (No. 2) and San Diego State...
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UC President Rescinds New MCC Lock-In Fee

Over the summer, the UC Office of the President rescinded a UC Santa Barbara lock-in fee, passed by students in the Spring 2002 election, due to a problem with ballot language.
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Chancellor Passes Parking Fee Changes

This Tuesday, Chancellor Henry Yang approved new night and weekend parking fees and an increase in the cost of daily parking permits.
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Report Probes UCSB’s Parking Woes

Measures in the report by the Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking include the introduction of night and weekend parking fees, further restrictions on parking for students living on camp...
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Audit Finds UC’s Progress Hard to Measure

Auditors found that due to a lack of measurable targets, the University had a "limited" ability to demonstrate its success in using state funds to achieve the objectives of the partnership agreement.
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UC Deliberates Settlement for SAASB Repairs

The University of California Regents are tying up litigation with the architectural company responsible for the faulty design of UCSB's Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building.
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Officials Find Disease at Day Care Center

The Santa Barbara County Health Dept. announced Wednesday that samples from UCSB's Orfalea Family Children's Center on West Campus tested positive for the disease Raccoon Roundworm.
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Dance Group To Perform for Cinco de Mayo

This year's theme is "Cruzando Fronteras," and the event will feature dance troupes from Las Aguilas High School, Isla Vista Elementary School and Danzantes Aztecas, a local Aztec dance group, as well...
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