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KCSB To Broadcast Al Jazeera English

April 25, 2011 by

KCSB 91.9 FM is broadcasting international news channel Al Jazeera English twice a week this quarter to expand its current program. The university’s radio station will relay the 24-hour coverage on ...
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Extravaganza Restricted To Campus, Kept Private Event

April 25, 2011 by

Associated Students Program Board will keep the Extravaganza music festival local this year by banning all non-UCSB attendees. Extravaganza, slated for 1 p.m. on May 15, will be open exclusively to UC...
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Celebrated Economics Theorist Visits Campus

April 25, 2011 by

Economics Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will discuss the field of welfare economics tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and an economics and philoso...
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Students Reject Bulk of Fees

April 25, 2011 by

The results of the Spring Elections’ Campus Elections Commission ballot were released Friday, establishing one new fee and upholding five reaffirmations. Students approved a fee increase of $4.24 pe...
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Nexus Deems Future Editor “Trainwreck”

April 25, 2011 by

The Daily Nexus editorial staff selected Katherine “KittyKat” Friedman — Zumba enthusiast, onesie-wearer and self-proclaimed “gremlin” — as the next editor in chief in last Thursday’s co...
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Sports Briefs: Softball

April 24, 2011 by

UCSB softball won its third consecutive Big West series this weekend, this time against Cal State Northridge 5-4, 2-9 and 4-2 at Campus Diamond.
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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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