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Board Judges Jails’ Mental Health System

January 24, 2011 by

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown and others discussed the effects of sparse mental health spending on overcrowded county jails at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
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Campus Renovation Continues

January 24, 2011 by

Construction crews made vast progress on infrastructural renewals over winter break and expect to move their work area northward from the Arbor toward Ellison Hall within a month.
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Landmark To Be Repaired After 70 Years of Ruin

January 24, 2011 by

Construction is underway once again on the Knapp’s Castle property after county officials halted all progress earlier this month, claiming the project violated zoning requirements.
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Best of UCSB 2011

January 21, 2011 by

We eat. We shop. We party. We groom. We consume. We also vote — Take five minutes to answer the next 30 questions. You decide who is the "Best of UCSB" for 2011!
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Los Alamos Club to Sip on Spirits, Feast on Fungi

January 21, 2011 by

Unusual flavors will collide this weekend at Santa Barbara Bedford Winery’s fifth annual “Mushrooms Gone Wild” mushroom and wine tasting.
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Regents Board Alters Reviews for Applicants

January 21, 2011 by

The University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted to amend the UC application process during yesterday’s meeting.
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Service Honors Victims

January 21, 2011 by

Over 60 UCSB students and community members gathered in Storke Plaza yesterday to mourn the victims of the recent shootings in Arizona.
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The Housing Trap

January 20, 2011 by

The reality of living in Isla Vista is that housing is often imperfect and hard to improve quickly.
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Freedom From Government Not Enough

January 20, 2011 by

Reading the “Left Said, Right Said” opinion pieces in the Nexus today, I was appalled at conservative columnist Ben Parish’s thoughts on the state of our union.
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Scientists Lead Lecture

January 20, 2011 by

Nobel Prize winner and UCSB alumna Carol Greider will discuss advances in cancer prevention and treatment tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion.
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Right to Privacy Only as Good as Ability to Conceal

January 20, 2011 by

It may be surprising to some people, but for some reason I don’t get invited to a lot of parties in Isla Vista. Maybe it’s because I still think Van Halen and ZZ Top are hip.
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Meningitis Claims Life of Ph.D. Student

January 20, 2011 by

Recent Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Ph.D. recipient Sugely Ubaldo Chaidez died in Dallas, Texas on Jan. 5 from bacterial meningitis.
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A.S. To Hold Service For Tuscon Shooting

January 20, 2011 by

University members are holding a candlelight vigil at UCSB tonight to honor the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting in Arizona.
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Budget Crises Spark Debate in UC System

January 20, 2011 by

The UC Board of Regents discussed the proposed state budget and the undergraduate application review process during yesterday’s meeting at UC San Diego.
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Peking Acrobats To Visit Granada Theater

January 20, 2011 by

The Peking Acrobats will perform traditional Chinese acrobatics tonight at the Granada Theater as part of their 25th Anniversary North American Tour.
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