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Hotels Fill Up As Graduation Nears

April 3, 2008 by

With graduation around the corner, students are scrambling to secure lodgings and dining accommodations for friends and family members making the trek to Santa Barbara for the commencement ceremonies.
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Source of County Campaign Funds Elicits Questions

April 2, 2008 by

Third district county supervisor candidate David Smyser recently received some criticism after it was announced that his campaign accepted large donations from companies linked to a New York land deve...
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Sheriff’s Dept. Weeds Out Goleta Grower

April 2, 2008 by

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives discovered nearly $1 million worth of marijuana last Friday in what was called "the most sophisticated indoor grow ever seen in the county," according to a sh...
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California Scrutinizes Juicy Campus Web Site for Potential Legal Violations

April 2, 2008 by

Online gossip forum JuicyCampus.com came under attack this past week after state officials charged that the Web site's "always anonymous and always juicy" posts violate consumer protection laws.
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Attorney Files Measure A Complaint

April 2, 2008 by

A local lawyer has filed suit against the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, accusing the body of electioneering - or inappropriately using public funds - to promote a November ballot me...
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Octopus Reaps Praise for Student Death

April 1, 2008 by

A Marine Science Institute octopus with a history of daring escapes pulled off its most impressive caper yet yesterday, trapping, murdering and consuming UCSB first-year Evan Miller.
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UCSB Invests in Massive, Planet-Killing Laser

April 1, 2008 by

Nearly two months after an antiwar protest resulted in the relocation of a conference on campus, UCSB's Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies proposed a new addition to the university's Long Ran...
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Oil Exec Refuses to Accept Blame in Juice Incident

April 1, 2008 by

Adding to an ever-lengthening list of spills and alleged infractions, Greka Oil & Gas company president Andre Derramar spilled 15 ounces of grape juice onto his shirt yesterday - an act he claimed was...
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Dorm Profanity Colors I.V. Elementary

April 1, 2008 by

In a side effect unforeseen by UCSB administrators, the renaming of freshman dormitory Santa Catalina on El Colegio Road has bolstered the vocabularies of schoolchildren across the street at Isla Vist...
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Juicy Scandal Reaches Engineers

April 1, 2008 by

Johnny Nguyen, president of the Coalition of Engineering Students, does not want you to read this.
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I.V. Vomits MTV Reality on Viewers Everywhere

April 1, 2008 by

Hoping to capitalize off of the success of shows like "Laguna Beach" and "Newport Harbor," MTV has announced its newest program in its line of beach-town-themed reality series: "Isla Vista Beach."
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Owners’ Loving, Tender Touch Arouses iPhones

April 1, 2008 by

In an astonishing breakthrough, iPhones everywhere are becoming aware of their own existence and are asking to be touched.
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A.S. Borrows Funds From Future Self

April 1, 2008 by

Keeping the future in mind, the Associated Students Finance Board decided to fully fund all 37 campus groups present at its meeting last night by withdrawing funds from a budget it predicted it would ...
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LOLCATz… RawRRR

April 1, 2008 by

made u a cookie," Fluffy said. "But I eated it."
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Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

April 1, 2008 by

This photo appeared as part of the Nexus’ April Fools’ edition.
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