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Welcome, freshmen, to Isla Vista, the beachside beer-bubble community that will play host to the majority of your exploits and misadventures over the next four years. Compared with her various college...
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In your first year at UCSB you will no doubt face obstacles that seem near impossible -- transportation, however, will not be one of them. Getting past Go in the greater Santa Barbara area is an easy ...
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Like the playing pieces vying for that Boardwalk property, Gauchos come in all shapes and sizes. And while no one has ever seen an iron or a thimble biking across campus, UCSB has so many clubs and or...
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Parasites have long been cast aside as microscopic pests, but a recent study from UCSB is calling for a reexamination of the role these organisms play in ecosystems.
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UCSB student Jaymie Rose Darrow died on July 19 while visiting the La Jolla Indian Reservation near San Diego. She was 19 years old
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Two faculty members at UC Santa Cruz fell victim to what many officials are calling criminal acts of antiscience violence.
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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept., in conjunction with other national agencies, completed their annual "marijuana eradication" early last week, resulting in the seizure of over $87 million wort...
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Construction began on Monday of the Pardall Road Streetscape project, a public endeavor aimed at giving Isla Vista's commercial center a bit of a face-lift.
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Loitering in the Streets with Demons Sun., Aug. 2, 2:47 a.m. — Officers working the late shift received a call concerning a man loitering at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Hollister Avenue. A...
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With zero arrests and no real disruptions, this week's University of California Board of Regents meeting at UCSB went smoothly.
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Amid scores of protesters and loads of extra security, the University of California Board of Regents is meeting on campus this week.
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The Gap Fire, which burned through southern Santa Barbara County and made national headlines in early July, should now be 100 percent contained, fire department officials say.
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With decades of debate preceding their decision, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission took two major steps forward in deciding the fate of the Naples property this month, bringing the controve...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
