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Skating Event Encourages Sober Fun

January 20, 2012 by

The After Dark Club will host a free ice skating event tonight at the Channel Islands Ice Skating Center in Oxnard as part of its schedule of alcohol-free weekend activities — and wearing pajamas is...
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Students Begin the Housing Search

January 19, 2012 by

The beginning of Winter Quarter signals the start of the stressful and often confusing race to find housing for the following school year. The task of finding the perfect combination of price and loca...
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Lucrative Bid Keeps Coach Through 2015

January 19, 2012 by

The UC Regents granted UCSB Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bob Williams a five-year contract with a $39,730 annual pay increase and $235,000 base salary. The new agreement is effective until Aug. 31, 2...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

January 19, 2012 by

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to an illegal drug possession, a burglary and several alcohol-related crimes this weekend. Deputies stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation around 1 p.m. Thursda...
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Police Blotter

January 19, 2012 by

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers narrowly missed an opportunity to reenact their favorite Bay Watch scene this weekend when an inebriated male loudly proclaimed he would brave the icy waters near the C...
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Regents Deliberate Improving Current Educational Policy During Opening Day

January 19, 2012 by

The UC Board of Regents convened at UC Riverside yesterday for its two-day meeting tackling strategies to compensate for the system’s budget shortfalls. Chair of the Board Sherry Lansing started the...
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UCSB Engineer to Receive Honors

January 19, 2012 by

The Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce named Chemical Engineering Professor Frank Doyle Innovator of the Year this week for his work on artificial pancreas technology. Doyle collaborated with medical p...
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Lobero To Host Discussion with Napalm Survivor

January 19, 2012 by

Napalm strike victim Kim Phuc will discuss her physical and mental healing process after the 1972 attack at 7 p.m. today in downtown Santa Barbara’s Lobero Theatre. Phuc is best known as the child i...
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Students Return From Model United Nations

January 19, 2012 by

Seven UCSB Model United Nations club members recently returned from Argentina after competing against 300 other students worldwide in the Harvard National Model UN-Latin America Conference. The conven...
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Former Blackjack Pro Aims to Inspire Students

January 19, 2012 by

Card-counting blackjack champion Mike Aponte will speak at 7 p.m. today in the Corwin Pavilion to share his unique life story and lend advice on achieving life goals and financial success. Aponte’s ...
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A.S. Legislative Council 1/18/2012

January 18, 2012 by

During the public forum at last week’s A.S. Legislative Council meeting, speakers Mo Lovegreen, chair of the UCSB Sustainability’s Waste and Water subcommittees, and Lauren Barnum, a second-year e...
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Gauchos Go All-American

January 18, 2012 by

Due to their superb play this season for the UCSB women’s volleyball team, senior libero Chelsey Lowe and senior right side Stacey Schmidt were named Honorable Mention All-Americans in December by t...
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Regents To Reconfigure UC Funding

January 18, 2012 by

The UC Board of Regents will convene during a meeting today and tomorrow at UC Riverside to reevaluate the university’s budget outlook amidst the likelihood of additional state revenue shortfalls an...
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California Law To Cease Funding of Local Agencies

January 18, 2012 by

The California Supreme Court issued a mandate on Dec. 29 ordering counties to dissolve any Redevelopment Agencies under their jurisdiction by Feb. 1, 2012. The RDAs are local organizations designed to...
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Online Community Protests Piracy Bills

January 18, 2012 by

In protest of two anti-piracy laws — the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act — being considered by Congress, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the...
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