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Following last-minute contract negotiations yesterday morning, the University of California averted a potential teaching assistants' strike when it agreed to increase the campus employees' wages.
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As part of a new policy that ensures UCSB students are averaging 15 units per quarter, university administrators will begin informing the campus this fall of its upcoming academic progress checks.
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A UCSB freshman and two family members were transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on Sunday after the they were struck by a car traveling 30 miles per hour through a downtown intersection.
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A 17-year-old unlicensed driver was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning after he crashed into a parked car and then hit a power pole in Santa Barbara.
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In the first meeting of the 2007-08 school year, the Associated Students Finance Board distributed $14,000 to two clubs and divided its total $777,357.13 in unallocated funds for the year.
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And You May Find Yourself Sleeping on a Sidewalk
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2:15 a.m. - Officers patrolling the 6700 block of Estero Road came upon an 18-year-old man snoring on the sidewalk.
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Santa Barbara officers, S.W.A.T. teams and sniper shooters held a standoff in front of a downtown Ralph's on Friday after one man began brandishing a gun in public.
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Thirteen UCSB students using file-sharing networks on campus are now facing potential lawsuits in a rejuvenated effort by the music industry to crackdown on piracy.
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As of 4:36 a.m. press time, the University of California has yet to establish a new contract with a union representing various teaching assistants and tutors - a move which may cause the campus employ...
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Over 100 people paddled out into the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, forming a large circle in support of the Surfrider Foundation and its goal to reduce coastal pollution.
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The Santa Barbara News-Press became the center of local media attention once again this past week, after owner and co-publisher Wendy McCaw took the stand to defend herself against alleged union viola...
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Santa Barbara officers, swat teams and sniper shooters held a standoff in front of a downtown Ralph's earlier this evening after one man began brandishing a gun in public.
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Promising victory in the war in Iraq and a fence between the U.S. and Mexico, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was greeted by over 60 patrons yesterday when he made a surprise visit to ...
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In an effort to clear the smoke that arose from anti-tobacco funding presentations made earlier, the University of California Board of Regents instituted a new policy last week that requires campus re...
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The Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation is calling on community members to grab their boats, boards - anything that floats - and head out into the ocean this Saturday in an effort to combat coastal pol...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
