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A.S. Funds Rec Sports in Last Fall Meeting

November 27, 2007 by

In the final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated $14,187.20 to five groups, leaving $9,048.92 in unallocated funds from the money set aside for Fall Quarter.
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Nava

November 27, 2007 by


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UCPD Investigates Symbolic Graffiti on Campus Walls

November 26, 2007 by

Vandals tagged the UCSB campus and parts of Isla Vista over Thanksgiving break, making use of a symbol found in the 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49.
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Smoking Turkey Causes House Fire

November 26, 2007 by

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a house fire in Goleta on Thanksgiving after residents reported a cooking accident.
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Grant To Create Database of Reserve’s Wildlife

November 26, 2007 by

Student birdwatchers and university ecologists alike will soon receive a more in-depth account of the local estuary thanks to a recent allocation of $4,000 to the Devereux Slough Monitoring Program.
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UC Application Includes Additional Ethnic Groups

November 26, 2007 by

Asian and Pacific Islander students applying to the University of California now have the option of 23 different categories to mark for ethnicity.
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SB County Accepts Leadership Award

November 26, 2007 by

In recognition of its recently implemented Leadership Project, the County of Santa Barbara was one of three organizations in the world to receive the 2007 Strategic HR Leadership Award.
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DA To Protect Elderly With Bill Implementation

November 26, 2007 by

Aiming to prevent financial abuse of the elderly and dependent adults, the Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office announced last week its intention to strictly enforce a state law while educating lo...
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Ron Paul

November 26, 2007 by


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SB Independent Fights Court Over Evidence Request

November 21, 2007 by

A ruling in the Santa Barbara County Superior Court this Monday has ordered the Santa Barbara Independent to relinquish over 300 photographs taken of a murder scene in March or face charges of contemp...
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UCSB Employees Ask for Higher Wages

November 21, 2007 by

Union members and their supporters held a rally in front of Cheadle Hall yesterday and delivered a petition to Chancellor Henry T. Yang's office demanding higher wages.
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Group Proposes Suicide Prevention Cameras

November 21, 2007 by

A local citizen-based group, Friends of the Bridge, along with former UCSB environmental studies professor Marc McGinnes, have submitted an alternative to the California Dept. of Transportation's ...
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Men’s BBall

November 21, 2007 by


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Fraternity Faces Consequences of Hazing Charges

November 20, 2007 by

Following the termination of its UCSB recognition and state charges of illegal hazing, the Santa Barbara chapter of Sigma Chi was placed on probation by the fraternity's national headquarters.
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Breakdown of Bell Timer Remains Unexplained

November 20, 2007 by

After six weeks of silence from Storke Tower, technicians have yet to find the source of the malfunction that caused the bells to ring once per second for almost an hour on Oct. 9.
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