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Festival Showcases Groundbreaking Art

May 31, 2011 by

The 25th annual “I Madonnari” Italian Street Painting Festival featured 150 large scale artworks last weekend at the Santa Barbara Mission plaza in celebration of local artistic talent.
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City To Reseal Ellwood Wells for Restoration

May 31, 2011 by

The City of Goleta shut down nine oil and water wells in the Ellwood Mesa area last week as part of the Ellwood Mesa Well Abandonment Project.
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UC Health Center Appoints Executive Director

May 31, 2011 by

The UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation elected registered nurse and health attorney Terry Leach as its first executive director last Wednesday. Leach, who earned a bachelor’s degree in nurs...
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Unidentified Suspect Robs Goleta Bank

May 31, 2011 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to a bank robbery at 10:11 a.m. Friday morning at the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust on the 5000 block of Hollister Avenue.
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Silent Student Film Screening Gets Reel Loud

May 31, 2011 by

UCSB’s 20th annual Reel Loud Silent Film Festival took place in front of a sold-out crowd in Campbell Hall last Friday, showcasing silent student productions shot on 16mm film accompanied by live mu...
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UCSB Receives Beckman Scholarship Program

May 27, 2011 by

UCSB is one of nine new recipients of the Beckman Scholars Program, which will provide two undergraduate students every year for the next three years the opportunity to conduct research under faculty ...
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Students Share Alternative Views

May 27, 2011 by

UCSB’s Respect Coalition hosted a panel discussion in Embarcadero Hall last night at 8 p.m. to respond to conservative activist David Horowitz’s concurrent lecture across the road in Isla Vista Th...
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Surf School To Offer Free Lessons for Locals

May 27, 2011 by

Santa Barbara surf school Surf Happens will host a free surf clinic and contest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at Santa Claus Lane in Carpentaria. The event is open to participants of all ages a...
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Students Showcase Visual Creations

May 27, 2011 by

The 20th annual UCSB Reel Loud film festival will feature a series of student-made movies at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall. The event will open at 6 p.m. with local art displays and live musical per...
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Horowitz Tests Strength, Limit of Free Speech

May 27, 2011 by

College Republican’s controversial speaker David Horowitz delivered his lecture to a crowd of 250 students last night, attempting to provide students with a broadened perspective on both local affai...
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UCSB Hosts Horowitz

May 26, 2011 by

In one of the most contentious university events of the year, conservative activist David Horowitz will present the UCSB student community with his perspective on the Muslim Student Association tonigh...
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A.S. Elections Investigation Denies Second Student Appeal

May 26, 2011 by and

Associated Students Judicial Council denied a second appeal from a group of Open People’s Party representatives contesting A.S. Elections Committee’s allegations that members of the party furnishe...
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Burning Skirts To Compete in Frisbee Championships

May 26, 2011 by

UCSB women’s ultimate frisbee team will take on 19 other collegiate teams at the USA Ultimate College Championships in Boulder, Colo. this weekend.
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Exhibit Examines Bible Evolution

May 26, 2011 by

The Davidson Library Dept. of Special Collections is hosting a new exhibit featuring 19 Bibles in various languages dating from the 13th to 17th centuries.
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SB Social Services Face Funding Cuts

May 25, 2011 by

Santa Barbara County Executive Officer Chandra Wallar offered a budget proposal last week cutting $1.2 million from the Human Services Commission’s funding. The proposed budget reduction would decre...
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