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Magazine Ranks UCSB as “Best Value” B.A.

UCSB is the fifth most affordable UC campus for in-state students in 2011, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine.
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City To Plan Policy

The Goleta City Council will consider the possibility of purchasing the nearby Glen Annie Golf Club and discuss a city-wide ban on single-use plastic carryout bags at today’s weekly meeting.
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Car Wins Design Award

UCSB graduate student Eric Sandoz and alumnus Ben Werner won an innovation award last month for their electric car prototype, the Dagne.
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Diverse Crowd of Applicants Apply to UCSB

UCSB had 63,303 applicants for Fall 2011, about 7 percent more than last year.
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EasyLove Records Electrifies Santa Barbara

Isla Vista-born EasyLove Records will open for JFK — of house music group MSTRKRFT — today at Santa Barbara’s Tonic nightclub, starting at 9 p.m.
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Santa Barbara Premieres Film Festival

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will begin selling tickets for this year’s event next Monday at the Arlington Library.
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U.S. Forest Service Jobs Open To New Recruits

Officials from the Los Padres National Forest will appear at San Marcos Fire Station this weekend to encourage and assist individuals seeking wildland firefighting jobs with the U.S. Forest Service.
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Farr Discusses Complaints of I.V. Residents

Third District County Supervisor Doreen Farr held office hours in Isla Vista yesterday in order to address her constituents’ questions and concerns.
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Low Finances Restrict Police Station Repair

The Santa Barbara Police Dept. building is in dangerous disrepair yet struggles to obtain the funding to undergo the necessary renovations.
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Santa Barbara Invites Locals to Join New City Outreach Group

The city of Santa Barbara is currently accepting applications from local residents to join Santa Barbara’s new Neighborhood Advisory Council.
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Transportation Project Competes for Funding

The LOSSAN North Corridor Improvement Project announced plans to enhance the railway running from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo during a meeting yesterday.
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A.S. Proposes to Expand Board Workspace to I.V.

The Associated Students Legislative Council acted to establish a new A.S. Isla Vista office space during last night’s meeting.
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Sign on the Dotted Line

The Community Housing Office (CHO) is hosting their annual Rental Faire House Party today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Corwin Pavilion in the UCen.
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Shameless Pleasures Soothe Casual Sexual Encounters

Here’s a question for the men in the audience: How many times have you masturbated?
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Rapper To Give Talk on Haiti

Hip hop star Chuck D will speak at UCSB tonight to commemorate Haiti’s tragic 2010 earthquake.
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