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April 3, 2007

Santa Barbara Court Changes Frimpong’s Date for Arraignment

By Staff

UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong's arraignment was delayed once again last Wednesday, pushing the date back to April 10.

April 3, 2007

Regents Pass Systemwide Fee Hikes

By Devon Claire Flannery and Jessica Mullen Staff Writers

LOS ANGELES - University of California resident undergraduate student fees will go up $435 a year beginning this summer, as the UC Board of Regents voted on March 14 to increase the cost by 7 percent.

April 3, 2007

Students Help Katrina Cleanup Efforts

By Chris Stein

While some Gauchos were sunbathing near the California coastline this spring break, about 35 UCSB students were thousands of miles away, traveling from Santa Barbara to New Orleans to help with Hurricane Katrina relief.

April 3, 2007

Bill’s Bus Set to Run Free to Goleta

By Marie V. Recalde

Thanks to subsidies from the Students' Initiative and several local organizations, students will be able to drink and return safely home on Wednesday nights free of charge.

April 3, 2007

Local Writers Launch News Website

By Evan Wagstaff

Eight fired Santa Barbara News-Press reporters simultaneously returned to their jobs yesterday- at another news source, that is.

April 3, 2007

A.S. Finance Board Passes Funding Requests Amid Controversy

By Mackenzie Weinger

The Associated Students Finance Board began Spring Quarter by distributing $38,433 among five organizations and setting aside $88,000 for next year's budget reserves.

April 2, 2007

Conquest To Pitch New I.V. Housing to Evicted Cedarwood Occupants

By Dana Brandeis

After months of controversy surrounding Conquest Student Housing, the property management company has announced plans to open a new complex in Isla Vista for the low-income tenants it evicted last summer.

April 2, 2007

Council Requests Funding for Brains

By LaPikn Rosenbaum Staff Writer

Pushing a pro-zombie agenda, an army of the undead has apparently usurped the power of Associated Students Legislative Council - a coup that had gone unnoticed until last week.

April 2, 2007

Bomb Hookah Development Sparks Tension

By Lindsey Millersteinowitz and Aria Mirahmadinejad Staff Writers

An explosion at Jerusalem Garden Cafe early this morning sent at least 50 pre-prepared falafel balls and 30 pita pockets through the roof and into the air, shattering the tranquility of Isla Vista's beachside community.

April 2, 2007

Facebook To Spread STD Test Results Like Butter

By Megana Olsen-Rosner

To encourage more responsible sexual habits, UCSB Student Health finalized plans last week to post students' STD test results on Facebook's News Feed.

April 2, 2007

University Officials Approve Study of Under-represented White Males

By Kaitlin Goldbergsteinowitzschen

Two months of hunger strikes, petition drives, town hall meetings and class walkouts have propelled the UCSB administration into founding the country's first white men's studies dept.

April 2, 2007

PennySaver Buys Out SB News-Press Amid Newsroom Skirmish

By David Ferryschen Staff Writer

In a surprise move yesterday, Santa Barbara News-Press owner and co-publisher Wendy McCaw sold her embattled newspaper to the highest bidder - PennySaver, Co.

April 2, 2007

Tower May Ring But It’s No Ding-a-Ling

By Stan Umlautski Staff Writer

After serving nearly 40 years as Santa Barbara County's largest tribute to male fertility, Storke Tower's phallic status was called into question yesterday when two local experts determined that the structure more readil...

April 2, 2007

Mob Takes Down Drunk I.V. Arsonist

By Nikki Mooreowitz Staff Writer

Five local residents took down a blowtorch-welding UCSB student this past Saturday night after the 21-year-old's joyride took a turn for the worse.

April 2, 2007

Yang Joins Search for Stardom on ‘Idol’

By J.A.P. Vandor

The McPhever has moved on, the silver fox has slinked out of the spotlight and the Claymates are safely confined to middle America, leaving "American Idol" fans everywhere desperate for a new face to fawn over - enter Ch...

April 2, 2007