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Fire Department To Begin Seasonal Wildfire Prevention

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department met with weather experts last Wednesday to discuss precautionary measures for the upcoming dry season. The drier summer and fall months place the county at inc...
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Groundskeeper Finds Corpse Within Santa Catalina Marsh

A UCSB maintenance worker discovered a decomposed body in the marsh area between Santa Catalina Residence Hall and the Santa Ynez Apartments yesterday at 9:45 a.m. The remains were discovered roughly ...
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American Cancer Society Raises Funds For Research

Community members and students will participate in the 10th-annual UCSB Relay for Life today to raise funds for cancer research and support people diagnosed with the illness. The event, hosted by the ...
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Renowned Surf Film Celebrates Cultural Connection to Nature

Director Adam Pesce’s documentary “Splinters,” which follows the journey of four surfers as they compete for the title of best surfer in Papua New Guinea’s first ever national surfing contest,...
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UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

In continuation of yesterday’s installment of UCSB’s Most and Least Useful Majors, as compiled by Newsweek using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, today the Nexus provides the Six Most Useful ...
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Judges Award Budding Entrepreneurs

The Technology Management Program’s 13th annual New Venture Competition awarded over $25,000 in prizes to six finalist teams last night at Corwin Pavilion, with aPEEL Technology — a venture for ad...
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Survivor Recounts Path to Well-Being After ‘Failed’ Jump

International mental health and suicide prevention advocate Kevin Hines, who survived a 250-foot plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, will speak about his personal journey to attain wellness to...
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Festival To Illuminate Cultures Through Crafts and Performances

The Educational Opportunity Program’s Asian Resource Center will host the annual Lantern Festival, a celebration of Asian culture and traditions, on May 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Student Resource B...
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UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

Citing data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Newsweek recently released a list of what it considers the 13 Most Useful and Useless college majors after weighing factors such as employm...
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Climate Data Combats Drought Crisis

UCSB geography researchers Chris Funk, Greg Husak and Joel Michaelsen are developing methods to predict droughts in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa by analyzing weather and vegetation conditions ...
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Police Respond to Bomb Scare, Sexual Assault Attempt in I.V.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of an attempted sexual assault of a female early Tuesday morning and an unrelated bomb scare in the neighboring area short...
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SB Court Convicts Goleta Resident For Isla Vista Stabbing

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court found 20-year- old Benjamin Vargas guilty of voluntary manslaughter last Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of Vincent Velasquez. Vargas stabbed Velasquez 16 times ...
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Snoop, Wolfgang, Iration Set to Take the Stage at Extravaganza

Associated Students Program Board announced the official lineup for Extravaganza 2012 — featuring hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg — at midnight last night. The annual concert will rock Harder Stadium fr...
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Weekend Update

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to residential burglaries, a theft and several alcohol-related crimes over the weekend. The first home robbery occurred Friday between 3 and 7 a.m. on the 6500 blo...
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UCSB Adds New Eco-Friendly Accessway to Campus Bluffs

The Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and A.S. Coastal Fund will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 17 to mark the new Campus Point stairway’s recent completion. The stai...
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