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Lunar Eclipse To Attract Local Attention

February 19, 2008 by

The night sky will darken even more for an hour tomorrow evening, as the Earth, the Sun and the Moon become perfectly aligned and Santa Barbara experiences its last total lunar eclipse until 2010.
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Program Aims to Help Faculty With Ventures

February 19, 2008 by

Technology fans may start seeing some new "Made at UCSB" stickers the next time they head to the market.
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Where’s the Rodeo?

February 19, 2008 by


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UC Employees Rally for Better Wages

February 15, 2008 by

Following an impasse between the University of California and service workers, nearly 50 community members gathered at Cheadle Hall yesterday to demand higher wages.
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County Employee To Face Charges of Embezzlement

February 15, 2008 by

County employee Steven Frank Ruiz, 39, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly embezzling $15,000 of county funds, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. announced yesterday.
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Vandalism Reduces Campus Resources

February 15, 2008 by

With anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 spent each year in clean-up, graffiti is serious business for university workers and campus law enforcement – even if the paint in question is one man’...
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From Alaska, With Love

February 15, 2008 by


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Excavation Uncovers Chumash Adobe

February 14, 2008 by

For researchers at Mission Santa Barbara, the former location of La Huerta Project's tool shed has become the most interesting 12-square-foot space in the area.
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UC Associations Urge Boycott of Housing Complex

February 14, 2008 by

The Graduate Students Association and University of California Student Association have officially boycotted the San Clemente Graduate Student Housing complex after contract painters at UCSB alleged t...
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Protest Disrupts Campus Conference

February 14, 2008 by

Following Tuesday's anti-war rally, a planned second day of the 2008 Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies Army-Industry Collaboration Conference was cancelled.
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Capps Advocates Heart Legislation

February 14, 2008 by

In an effort to call attention to healthy hearts, members of Congress are asked to shed their normal business attire today and throw on their favorite red shirt in support of new legislation this Vale...
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Anti-War Rally Intensifies After Arrests

February 13, 2008 by

With heavy police presence and two aircrafts hovering above UCSB, as many as five hundred anti-war protesters marched across campus yesterday, resulting in the arrest of three participants.
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Clean Air Bus Goes Up in Smoke

February 13, 2008 by

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to an acute case of irony yesterday when they arrived at the scene of a fiery Clean Air Express bus billowing thick plumes of black smoke into the air.
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Habitat for Humanity To Construct Four SB Houses

February 13, 2008 by

For the price of a mortgage and a couple hundred hours of "sweat equity," Habitat for Humanity looks to give a few local families new homes within two years.
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Surfing, Rockin’ Rabbi To Jam in I.V.

February 13, 2008 by

As a surfer, mountain biker and musician, one might say UCSB alum Yom Tov Glaser is not your average rabbi.
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