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Students Contest UC’s Support of Nuclear Weapons

Threatening a hunger strike, a group of protesting UCSB students asked campus administrators last night to pressure the regents into severing ties with University of California-managed nuclear researc...
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Scientists Look Into Seashore Strandings

A recent influx of stranded, dead dolphins and whales along Central and Southern California beaches has prompted the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to officially declare an "Unusual Mor...
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University Groups Honor Chancellor for Green Efforts

UCSB's sustainable approach to campus development and low environmental impact rarely goes unnoticed, with countless forums, conferences and speakers coming almost every week to celebrate innovations ...
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Projects To Update UCSB Utilities

Many aspects of a 50-year-old campus go out of date - this time, it's the utilities infrastructure that's up for renewal.
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Board Funds EAB Summer Music Festival

The Associated Students Finance Board allocated $64,543.20 at last night's meeting among 15 organizations, including a student group that some members alleged was too exclusive.
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Extravaganza Stage To Feature Hip Hop Star T.I., Ben Kweller

Associated Students Program Board is set to bring 'em out - the 2007 Extravaganza concert lineup that is - and popular southern rapper T.I. is headlining.
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Police Hunt for Alleged Felon; I.V. Crime Rises

Cinco de Mayo weekend was characterized by a higher crime rate that usual in the Santa Barbara area, but in addition to the expected Minor in Possession and Drunk in Public tickets, a suspected felon ...
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Business Fair Focuses on Entrepreneurship

A few students and a gaggle of innovators spent Cinco de Mayo in Corwin Pavilion at the Small Business Success Forum, which featured local politicians and business owners.
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Let’s Get It On

The Student Health Service buys them by the thousand, sometimes leaving them in a fish bowl as though they were candy at the doctor's office.
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Queer Pride Week Vows To Celebrate at Mock Wedding

The campus has been vibrantly spattered with multicolor flags and rainbow-painted posts this week, symbols that vibrantly announce the 17th annual Queer Pride Week 2007, themed "raising our voices in ...
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“20/20″‘s Stossel Speaks to Students

"We can't predict weather 10 days out - how can we predict global climate change?" John Stossel asked a tie-dye clad student inquisitor.
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Officials To Squelch Couch Fire Tradition

As the school year winds down, it seems as though university and county officials can already detect the scent of burnt upholstery in the air.
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Grad Student Gains Theatrical Success

"Write what you know" took on a new meaning for dramatic arts graduate student Hank Willenbrink when the death of a former lover inspired him to write an award-winning theater production.
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FBI Retains Hard Drive With Child Porn

A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge blocked the Santa Barbara News-Press' parent company from reclaiming a hard drive containing at least 15,000 images of child pornography yesterday, citing an ongoi...
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