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City Defers Bench Proposal

February 10, 2011 by Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara City Council voted against a proposal to rotate benches on State Street as a panhandling deterrent during their Tuesday meeting. The $50,000 project was called for by local business ...
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Gauchos Depart Turbulent Egypt

February 10, 2011 by Maane Khatchatourian

A number of UCSB students who were compelled to evacuate their study abroad programs in Egypt last week by the U.S. State Dept. are now scattered across the Middle East and U.S., their studies cut sho...
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Fire Alarm Frustrates Library-Goers

February 10, 2011 by Katherine Friedman

Students were evacuated from UCSB’s Davidson Library around 12:30 p.m. yesterday after a smoke detector went off in the building.
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Real Life To Host Talk on Sex From a Christian Perspective

February 10, 2011 by Marissa Wenzke

Several campus organizations will discuss sex from a Christian position today during a public forum in Isla Vista Theater.
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Protesters Face Charges

February 9, 2011 by Jenna Ryan

Last week the Orange County district attorney charged 11 University of California students with criminal conspiracy for having disturbed a presentation by the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. in 2010.
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SB Gas Tops Off as Nation’s Priciest

February 9, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

Santa Barbara County had the highest gas prices in the nation yesterday, according to online gas price monitor www.gasbuddy.com.
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Educator To Defend Strip Clubs

February 9, 2011 by Christina Lavingia

UCSB communication professor Daniel Linz testified in a Tennessee court on Jan. 31 to oppose government regulation of strip clubs.
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Apple Apps Share Personal User ID

February 9, 2011 by Patrick Kulp

Over half of Apple’s iPhone applications leak user information without direct consent, according to a recent study co-authored by UCSB computer science professor Giovanni Vigna.
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UCSB Alumni Top Peace Corps Report

February 9, 2011 by Alex Ryden

UCSB was ranked as one of the 25 leading universities for Peace Corps recruits, according to the Peace Corps Top Colleges 2010 report.
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Reps Lobby for Fiscal Review

February 9, 2011 by Dale Fairclough

Several Goleta city representatives traveled to Sacramento on Monday to discuss Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal with Assemblymember Das Williams and State Senator Tony Strickland.
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UCSB Welcomes Pandora Chief Musicologist

February 8, 2011 by Veronica Smith

Nolan Gasser, creator of Pandora Radio’s Music Genome Project, lectured on the intermingling of music, science and the “art of living” during a free presentation on campus yesterday.
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