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2012

May 1, 2012 by Christine Cha

The UCSB Associated Students Finance Board granted $1,235 to the campus Sociology Association last night during its weekly meeting. The group initially requested $1,485 to finance its Isla Vista Cultu...
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Palestinian Struggle Inspires Awareness Week

May 1, 2012 by Staff Report

UCSB’s Students for Justice in Palestine is hosting a series of events this week, including an educational lecture and art display, in honor of this year’s Palestine Awareness Week. The campaign b...
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Sedaris Returns to Santa Barbara Stage

May 1, 2012 by Arda Jooharian

Comedian and best-selling author David Sedaris will make his annual visit to Santa Barbara today to dazzle audiences with his classic self-deprecating wit at 8 p.m. in the Arlington Theatre. Sedaris, ...
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Armed Suspect Threatens, Mugs Two Men in I.V.

May 1, 2012 by Staff Report

Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Deputies are searching for an unidentified suspect who robbed two men at gunpoint in a field behind the 700 block of Camino Pescadero on Friday night. At approximately 10 p.m...
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UCSB Scientists Examine Potent Salmonella Strain

May 1, 2012 by David Wallace

UCSB researchers Michael Mahan and Douglas Heithoff recently discovered “hypervirulent” strains of Salmonella. New methods to identify this especially dangerous form of Salmonella may allow scient...
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DPP Executives Join With OPP-Dominated Senate

April 30, 2012 by Patrick Kulp and Marissa Wenzke

Associated Students Spring election results were announced last night in Karl Geiringer Hall, leaving the senate seats dominated by Open People’s Party (OPP) members and a majority of the executive ...
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Security Cameras To Help Combat Criminal Activity

April 30, 2012 by Travis Vail

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

April 30, 2012 by Daily Nexus Staff

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

April 30, 2012 by David Russo

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

April 27, 2012 by Han Bae

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

April 27, 2012 by Rilla Peng

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

April 26, 2012 by Garik Hauer

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

April 26, 2012 by Derek Rueschenberg

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

April 26, 2012 by Yishian Yao

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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