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Venoco Chairman and CEO Timothy Marquez saw his personal fortune increase by $38.6 million last week, according to a Forbes blog post. Freelance journalist Brendan Coffey’s blog posting on Forbes.co...
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Rod C. Alferness, the chief scientist for Bell Laboratories, accepted an appointment to serve as UCSB’s next Dean of the College of Engineering. Alferness will assume the position of Dean’s Chair ...
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Two UCSB students will operate a skateboard business inside Sweet Jane in Isla Vista next month. Fourth-year business economics major Sam Gerner and third-year communication major Taylor Suiter are sc...
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Update: April 23, 2011 8 a.m. The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released yesterday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students ap...
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Reaffirmations 1. KCSB/KJUC: Yes. 58.4% 2. A.S. Communication Personnel: Yes. 54.4% 3. Program Board: Yes. 72.8% 4. UC Student Association: Yes. 74.3% 5. Student Commission on Racial Equality: Yes. 62...
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Santa Barbara’s City Council Ordinance Committee recommended that the city continue to allow disposable shopping bags in the area despite concern from local conservationists about detrimental enviro...
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McDonald’s franchises hired between 25 and 30 new employees from Santa Barbara County this week, in following with the company’s stated goal to hire as many as 50,000 new people nationwide. The co...
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UCSB’s Faculty Legislature discussed budgetary issues and issued Teaching and Mentorship Awards to distinguished members of the university at yesterday’s meeting. The board, which acts as the legi...
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Jugglers, unicyclists, acrobats and other performance artists will unite today at 6 p.m. in Robertson Gym to launch the 35th annual Isla Vista Juggling Festival & Public Show. The longest running ...
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Santa Barbara County unemployment rates remained stagnant throughout March, the Workforce Investment Board reported this week. County joblessness remained at 9.6 percent, with about 21,000 people stil...
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Associated Students Legislative Council discussed topics ranging from funding Santa Barbara Hillel to investing money in a Chinese Internet provider during last night’s three-hour meeting. Having be...
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A group of 60 organic farmers filed a lawsuit last week, denying accusations of infringing upon biotech corporation Monsanto’s patented plant germs. The coalition — including Seedkeepers LLC of Sa...
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UCSB undergraduates established a blog earlier this school year featuring the ideas, experiments and findings of 11 student researchers. The blog serves as a public outlet for research discoveries, pr...
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Researchers at UCSB suggest that further study into the natural transplantation process of the sea squirt species Botryllus schlosseri could provide crucial insight into how to avoid transplant reject...
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The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been asked to delay approving Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s license renewal until the nuclear-powered facility undergoes an earthquake risk evaluati...
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
