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Campus Elections Commission Results

April 24, 2011 by

Campus Elections Commission Campuswide New Fees – 2011 Voter turnout exceeded the five-year average.  A measure passes if 50% plus one voters vote “yes” Recreation Facility Enhancem...
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UCSB Professor’s New Book Reinterprets Cold War

April 22, 2011 by

A new book edited by UCSB history professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa indicates that East Asia was a “second front” of the Cold War — aside from the conventionally recognized European Cold War front —...
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Demand for Crude Oil Makes Venoco Executive Millions

April 22, 2011 by

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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UCSB Appoints New Engineering Dean

April 22, 2011 by

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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Skate Shop To Fill Empty Niche

April 22, 2011 by

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] 2011 Election Results

April 22, 2011 by

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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Associated Student Fees

April 22, 2011 by

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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City Suggests Keeping Plastic Bags

April 22, 2011 by

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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Local Mickey D’s Increases Employment

April 22, 2011 by

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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Faculty Gives Recognition, Talks Budget

April 22, 2011 by

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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Juggle Club To Honor Victim With Festival

April 22, 2011 by

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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Students Face Laborious Job Search

April 21, 2011 by

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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A.S. Invests In Internet, Talks I.V. Annex Plans

April 21, 2011 by

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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Farmers Initiate Lawsuit Against Biotech Company

April 21, 2011 by

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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Site Chronicles Student Work

April 21, 2011 by

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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