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Gap Fire Damage Still Threatens SB

September 18, 2008 by

The Gap Fire - which burned 9,554 acres in the mountains above Goleta and forced thousands of residents to evacuate this July - will continue affecting the county's landscape in the months, and even y...
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SB Officials Split Over Oil Issue

September 18, 2008 by

Citing record-high gas prices and a state economy strapped for cash, a divided Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted in support of expanded offshore oil drilling late August.
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Anti-Harrassment Bill To Protect UC Scientists

September 18, 2008 by

In response to a string of increasingly vicious anti-animal research attacks on University of California employees, the California State Assembly has passed legislation to legally shelter UC researche...
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Candidates Vie for 3rd District

September 18, 2008 by

As Isla Vista's student population floods back into town for the new school year, candidates for the 3rd District supervisor -- the community's only elected official -- are starting to heat up their c...
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UCSB Helps Make Scientific History

September 18, 2008 by

In one of the largest international scientific collaborations the world has seen, over 1,500 scientists from around the globe -- including 40 individuals from UCSB -- have completed construction of a ...
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Pardall Receives Facelift

September 18, 2008 by

Over the next few months, Pardall Road will be undergoing a makeover as a result of infrastructure and aesthetic renovations underway in the town's commercial district.
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Locals Paddle Against Plastic

September 18, 2008 by

This Saturday, Sept. 20, the Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation will hold its fourth annual “Turn the Tide on Ocean Pollution” Paddle Out event at Stearns Wharf. The event, which starts at...
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Cousteau To Address Freshmen

September 18, 2008 by

Environmentalist and explorer Céline Cousteau will take a break from swimming with sharks and adventuring in the Andes to greet a crowd of 5,000 incoming UCSB students as this year's Convocation ...
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Police Blotter

September 18, 2008 by

A deputy on patrol at the intersection of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive was rudely interrupted while talking with a pedestrian.
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Jack Johnson Plays at Harder

August 30, 2008 by


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Dear Class of 2012 (or 2013),

August 30, 2008 by

Let's play a game. No, no, not that creepy one with the hacksaw, Christ. I meant the sweet, innocent kind that you haven't played in years -- the kind with boards and playing pieces and paper money! ...
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UCSB Academic Programs Compete at National Level

August 30, 2008 by

Congratulations on deciding to push your tiny, colored, plastic automobile down the path marked "college," instead of the shorter "straight to career" path. In The Game of Life, you've just placed yo...
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UCSB Services Inform, Advise Students

August 30, 2008 by

Now that you're taking the longer and more arduous "college path" on this flimsy playing-board called the Game of Life, there are a number of spaces across campus worth landing on to help you make it ...
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Offbeat Courses Round Out Schedule

August 30, 2008 by

As the class of 2012 will soon find out, UCSB is a place to learn many more things than just what's on your Major Requirements sheet. UCSB students can take advantage of a course list with more option...
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Santa Barbara Provides Access to Beaches to Suit All Tastes

August 30, 2008 by

While UCSB may be most famous for its... Nobel prize winning faculty... the campus is equally well known for something most everyone can enjoy: the beach. Situated so close to the ocean you could thro...
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