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Coastal Fund Supports Surf Class

After a successful first year, History 103S: History of Surfing, will once again be funded by the Associated Students Coastal Fund this year.
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Cottage Hospitals Exceed Fundraising Expectations

The worsening economic forecast notwithstanding, the fundraising success of the Cottage Health System demonstrated that charity is alive and well in Santa Barbara.
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I.V. Businesses Feel the Hurt

The promise of a renovated Pardall Road has left local businesses gasping for air as the series of ever-changing roadblocks and construction work continues to keep potential customers off the street a...
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Taxes To Rise for Student Services

As the university searches for ways out of a $16 million budget quagmire, its recently unveiled plan to tax services has come under fire by students.
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Naples Landowner Cancels Plan

The decade-long dispute over the development at Naples took a surprising twist late last week when the project applicant, Orange County developer Matt Osgood, abruptly broke ties with the county and t...
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UCSB Sorority Probation To Cease Sunday

As punishment for mingling with a fraternity house no longer formally recognized by the university, all the sororities in the UCSB greek system have been on social probation for the past month.
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Drought Plagues State; SB Remains Resilient

Never mind the puddles, dark clouds and little drops of water falling from the sky - California is currently experiencing a drought several years in the making.
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Veteran Professor Passes Away

UCSB anthropology professor Phillip L. Walker died after a suspected heart attack last Friday. He was 61 years old.
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UC Profits From Patent Technology

While UCSB has felt the constraints of campus budget cuts, the Office of Technology Transfer has continued to issue patents and reap the rewards generated from new technologies.
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Police Blotter

Sun., Feb. 8, 1:55 a.m. - Officers working the red-eye were called to action when they spotted an inebriated man struggling to walk down the 800 block of Camino del Sur.
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Baldwin To Reveal UCSB Sex Secrets

Students desperate to share their most carnal thoughts with professors are invited to tonight's sex talk helmed by sociology professor and sexpert John Baldwin.
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Pappas Loses Ground

A judge ruled yesterday in favor of Doreen Farr's motion to exclude evidence from the upcoming election suit against her, making Steve Pappas's uphill legal battle to unseat the 3rd District superviso...
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Stimulus Bill Includes Aid for Education

When the United States Senate votes today on the economic stimulus bill, billions of dollars in financial aid will be on the line for America's college students.
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SB Museum Celebrates Life, Theories of Darwin

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History kicked off its weeklong celebration of the life and work of Charles Darwin this Sunday.
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A.S. Deals Funds Amid Tax Hike

Associated Students held an impromptu Legislative Council meeting on Sunday to discuss fighting the rising tax increases on services paid by student lock-in fees.
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