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UC L.E.A.D.S. Students Display Scientific Studies

Undergraduates from each University of California campus descended on UCSB this weekend to present their scientific research projects, with topics ranging from the "Effects of Cocaine, Amphetamine and...
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Let’s Talk Sustainability


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Students Receive Warning of Threat Via Alert System

A campuswide alert was issued last night when police became aware of a threatening e-mail delivered to a UCSB chemistry professor.
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Motion for Retrial Delays Frimpong’s Sentencing

Postponing sentencing once again, a Santa Barbara judge moved to hold an evidentiary hearing yesterday to decide whether or not former UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong deserves a retrial.
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V-Day Festival, Monologues To Educate Campus

Pussy cookies, T-shirts and jewelry making are part of the festivities of Vagina Day, which climaxes in Storke Plaza today.
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Bren School To Search for New Dean

The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management faces changes in the future with Dean Ernst von Weizsäcker's announcement of his plans to step down from the position.
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We Be Jammin’


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CA Objects to Forest Policy Violations

The state of California filed suit against the United States Forest Service yesterday over federal plans that would allow road construction and oil drilling in some of the state's largest national for...
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It Keeps Going and Going and Going…


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Michael Jackson’s Unpaid Loans May Result in Auctioned House

Michael Jackson's amusement park themed-home, Neverland Ranch, will go up for sale at a public auction next month unless the singer can pay the over-$24 million he owes on the property.
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Officers Suggest Caution Against Increased Theft

In response to a string of recent thefts, local officers are reminding locals that leaving iPods, laptops and electronics in front of unlocked sliding glass doors is not advisable.
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Capps Helps Pass Green Energy Act

Lois Capps, 23rd District congresswoman, played a leading role in pushing new legislation through the House of Representatives yesterday that aims to aims to cut tax incentives to large oil companies ...
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UCSB Greeks Fundraise to Fight AIDS in Africa

In a "Legends of the Hidden Temple"-style obstacle course - and other events of UCSB's Greek Week - fraternities and sororities will compete to raise money to help ease Africa's AIDS pandemic and prov...
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Campus Screens Banff Festival Films

Students seeking an adrenaline rush can live vicariously through the B.A.S.E. jumpers, skiers, mountain bikers, rock climbers, speedfliers and unicyclists featured in the Best of the 32nd Annual Banff...
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Greka Faces Further Compliance Problems Following Santa Maria Line Rupture

Yet another oil leak at a Greka Energy Corp. facility in Santa Maria last Wednesday is fueling already heated public scrutiny of the company's maintenance and management practices in Santa Barbara Cou...
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