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Offbeat Courses Round Out Schedule

August 30, 2008 by Staff

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 Adam Wenger

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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Isla Vista Events Embody Local Scene

August 30, 2008 by Kristin Ferrell

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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Travel With Ease in New Game of Life

August 30, 2008 by Taylor Haggerty

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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Clubs Strive to Get Gauchos Involved

August 30, 2008 by Benjamin Gottlieb

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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Study Urges Reexamination of Parasites

August 5, 2008 by Nadia Ismail

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 Dies at San Diego River

August 5, 2008 by Elliott Rosenfeld

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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Authorities Link Activist Group With UCSC Firebombs

August 5, 2008 by Jessica Mullen

Two faculty members at UC Santa Cruz fell victim to what many officials are calling criminal acts of antiscience violence.
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Officers Reap $87 Million in Reefer

August 5, 2008 by Staff

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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Master Plan Gets Underway on Pardall

August 5, 2008 by Kristin Ferrell

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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Police Blotter

August 5, 2008 by Staff

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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