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Campus Earns Praise for Energy Efforts

Southern California Edison welcomed UCSB into its Cool Planet Program in recognition of the campus’s numerous green initiatives. The CPP promotes improved energy efficiency and environmental sustain...
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A.S. Deliberates UCOP Tax, Frets Over Election

Budget strains and funding issues dominated A.S. Legislative Council’s agenda during its meeting last night. Council members approved a $500 allocation for the Elections Committee to supplement the ...
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Career Planning Lectures Focus on International Jobs

UCSB Career Services is offering a series of presentations on international career planning at 5 p.m. every Tuesday this quarter in Chemistry 1171. The lectures will span topics related to globally or...
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Dancers Let ‘Confessions’ Run Wild in New Show

Last weekend some of the best student dancers and choreographers at UCSB proudly showcased seven dance performances at the Hatlen Theater. Anyone lucky enough to attend the Theater and Dance Dept. sho...
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Students Exhibit Business Ambitions

Nineteen teams of undergraduate and graduate students showcased business models for their newly developed ideas and inventions yesterday in the semi-finals for the 13th annual New Venture Competition....
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Santa Catalina Resident Faces Multiple Theft Charges

Santa Catalina Residence Hall tenant and first-year student Richard Vu was arrested Sunday night and charged with two counts of petty theft and one count of possession of stolen property. The UCSB Pol...
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Library Funds Sponsor Kid’s Corner

The Goleta Valley Library will use the $21,001 from the California State Library and Friends of the Goleta Valley Library to open an “Infant and Toddler Town” Family Corner on May 3. The CSL provi...
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Citizens Volunteer Time, Energy for Local Rescues

They save hikers from hypothermia, find children lost in the wilderness, pick stranded explorers off dangerous cliffs — and they do it all for free. The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team, ...
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University Officials Address Concerns About New UC Tax

Two UC Office of the President executives held a panel in the Student Resource Building yesterday to discuss the recent controversial switch in revenue structure and field questions from students. UCO...
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UCSB Alumna Dies in Violent Stabbing

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office identified the bodies of two Goleta residents killed in an alleged homicide-suicide on Friday morning. Deputies received two 911 calls from an apartment bui...
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UCSB Scientists Detect Signals Between Microorganisms

UCSB researchers discovered an elaborate form of bacterial communication between Escherichia coli bacterium earlier this year, marking the first observed instance of coordination between bacterial org...
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Alumnus Designs New Dolly

UCSB alumnus Jeremy Canterbury has designed an easy-to-use camera dolly that allows any DSLR, camcorder or iPhone to film with clarity and professional quality without breaking the bank on equipment. ...
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Baseball, Tupac and Hot Fudge Sundaes

I’m going to be honest: I really don’t have anything in the tank right now. I just got back from Coachella this morning and I’m running on empty. It was awesome, and if you didn’t go, you shou...
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The Magic Show in La La Land

A joke for much of last season due to ownership issues and a mediocre team, the Los Angeles Dodgers have few baseball fans laughing after the team’s strong start to the 2012 season. Behind great pla...
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Leverage Your Degree, Learn to Network

As a UCSB student, you are going to graduate with a degree from an esteemed research university and will be able to get any job you want … or so you think. Many of us have all the qualifications nee...
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