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Security Cameras To Help Combat Criminal Activity

The Santa Barbara Downtown Parking Dept. is installing new video surveillance equipment in local parking facilities to increase employee and shopper safety. An armed and masked suspect robbed parking ...
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Professor Wins Recognition for Accomplishments in Labor Rights

UCSB history profes- sor Nelson Lichtenstein will receive this year’s annual Sol Stetin Award for Labor History tomorrow at the Sidney Hillman Foundation’s annual Hillman Prizes ceremony in New Yo...
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UCSB Finishes Season at Indian Wells

The Big West Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament came down to a tiebreaker in the last match, but the No. 65 UC Santa Barbara men’s tennis team lost 4-3 to No. 63 Cal Poly in ...
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At-Large Criminal Goes to County Jail Voluntarily

Ramon Gonzalez Ceja, a wanted fugitive for over 14 years who is suspected of rape, burglary and domestic violence, turned himself in on Tuesday to the Santa Barbara County Jail. Ceja was first arreste...
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Alumni Speakers To Give Students Career Advice

The communication department will host its fourth annual Communication Career Day event tomorrow from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at HSSB. The event will feature 40 communication alumni speakers from organization...
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Community Efforts Reduce Burglaries

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol released the results from the first year of its “Stop Burglaries in IV” campaign yes- terday, reporting an overall decline in residential thefts since the program’s in...
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Starry-Eyed Group Unveils Plan to Harvest Minerals from Space

Recently-formed company Planetary Resources Inc. announced its plans to mine asteroids for precious metals and water at a conference in Seattle on Tuesday. Andy Howell, adjunct profes- sor of physics ...
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New Initiative To Tax Downtown Nightlife Locales

One of Santa Barbara mayor Helene Schneider’s proposed ballot measures, an additional tax on several bars and nightclubs in Santa Barbara’s busy downtown area, has recently come under fire from lo...
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Gov. Brown Faces Pressure to Appoint New Regents

Gov. Jerry Brown is faced with the task of appointing three new UC Regents following the conclusion of two board members’ terms at the end of February and corporate investment partner David Crane’...
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MCAT To Test Social Judgment

The Medical College Admission Test plans to change its format to include additional social science sections, effec- tive in 2015, that aim to single out well- rounded students who will make patient- c...
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A.S. Tables Bill on Student Stipends

The Associated Students Legislative Council debated whether or not next year’s stu- dent government budget should include cuts in honoraria during last night’s meeting as a crowd of protestors fro...
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Mercury Probe Completes Orbit

The MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) space- craft recently completed an orbital survey of the planet Mercury, con- cluding a decade-long phase of the project. M...
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New Short Film Reveals Roots of Green Activism

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mark Kitchell’s environmental documentary “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet” will prescreen on May 7 at 7 p.m. in the Marjorie Luke Theater at Santa ...
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Faculty Earn Grants for Scientific Research

Materials Science Fellow Materials science and chemical engineer- ing professor Edward Kramer earned fellow- ship into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences last week for his work analyzing the pr...
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Earth Day Sparks Week of Festivities

The Environmental Affairs Board is hosting various events on and off campus through- out the week to commemo- rate Earth Day, culminating with an “Earth Day Festival” Saturday afternoon. The festi...
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