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Student Tuition Protest Results in Violent Altercation With Police

Approximately 30 Santa Monica College students were pepper sprayed and two hospitalized on Tuesday while protesting a Board of Trustees meeting discussing fee increases on non state-subsidized courses...
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Court Restrains UC Rioters from Berkeley Campus

The Superior Court of Alameda County issued stay-away orders to the protesters arrested during a Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations, barring the individuals from loitering on the UC Berkeley campus. The...
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Dawkins Analyzes Humanity’s Future

Leading evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins discussed the birth and development of the scientific thought revolving around genetic divergence during a lecture yesterday in Camp...
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Letter From the Editor

At Daily Nexus writers’ training, all potential Nexites are given a bible of codes and instructions, known as Nexustentialism, which they are instructed to consult in the event of journalistic crisi...
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Students Protest Regents at UCSF

Student protesters gathered at UC San Francisco last week to celebrate Spring Break with the UC Board of Regents during its three-day meeting, stalling the assembly’s procedures for roughly 40 minut...
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Web Courses To Offer UC-Caliber Learning at Home

UCSB will offer its first fully online courses during this year’s Summer Sessions for students seeking the convenience of a UC education from home. Session A will feature Geography 8: Living with Gl...
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UCSB Sciences Earn Prestigious Ranking

U.S. News & World Report included two UCSB graduate programs in its annual list of the top ten graduate and professional programs in the nation. The rankings placed the Materials program at number...
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Seminar To Teach Self-Defense Skills

CrossFit Pacific Coast will host a women’s self-defense seminar on Saturday, Apr. 21 to help educate women about situational awareness, physical techniques and verbal defense. Martial arts and perso...
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City Seeks Local Input on New Park

The city of Goleta will host the first of three planned design workshops this Saturday at the Goleta Valley Community Center to gather public input on the pending development of a new public park. The...
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UCSB Promotes Greener Future With Plastic Bag Ban

The UCSB Bookstore kicked off Spring Quarter yesterday with Day Without a Bag, replacing single-use bags with free organic canvas bags for shoppers. The day-long event commemorates the bookstore’s d...
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Student Leaders Arrested as Result of Demonstration

Four UCSB students were arrested last Monday while protesting outside the entrance to the Sallie Mae building in Washington, D.C. alongside 200 students from universities nationwide. The demonstration...
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City Lawsuit Prompts Sewer Renovation Plan

The city of Santa Barbara settled a lawsuit with SB Channelkeeper last week, agreeing to spend $26 million to help renovate the region’s sewer systems over the next five years. Channelkeeper, a loca...
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Google Economist To Speak On Social Media Markets

Google’s chief economist Hal R. Varian will host a free lecture at 6 p.m. today in Corwin Pavilion to discuss how the data accumulated from Google users can gauge the economy’s current state. Vari...
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Regents To Host Exclusive Forum

UC Regents Sherry Lansing and Richard Blum will visit the UCSB campus Wednesday to meet privately with a select group of students. The two Regents plan for the invite-only event to serve as a forum fo...
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Athlete Arrested for Crime in I.V.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Koa Misi was arrested at his residence in Florida on Friday for battery charges stemming from an incident that occurred last year on the 6500 block of Trigo Road. Santa Barba...
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