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UCPD Says Hallucinogenic Mushrooms May Have Had Role in Freshman's Fall From Window
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Vaginas Run Wild at V-Day Festivities

During yesterday's Victory Over Violence Day celebration, a vagina danced through Storke Plaza as students munched on pussy cookies and better-than-sex cake.
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Contenders Look to Youth Voters in 2008 Election

In preparation for the 2008 General Election, presidential candidates like Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. are modernizing their campaign techniques to attract attention from college students.
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Court Dismisses Restraining Order; Student Posts Bail

Eric Frimpong's lawyer was back in court today, while the soccer player was back on campus after posting $250,000 bail.
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UCSB Forum To Discuss Effects of Neoliberalism

The seemingly unconnected protests of the war in Iraq, resident evictions in Isla Vista, and rising student fees have all been provoked, this weekend's conference postulates, by an invisible force out...
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Environmentally Friendly Fuel To Replace Diesel in SB Buses

The Santa Barbara Municipal Transit District is going green this May, as they make the switch from traditional petroleum to biodiesel fuel for their buses.
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Proposed Bill Aims to Protect Cyclists on Road

Assemblyman Pedro Nava is peddling his way through an uphill battle to pass a new bicycle safety law in response to last year's death of UCSB student Kendra Payne.
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Disease Research To Receive Funds

The National Institutes of Health has given a UCSB chemistry professor nearly $2 million in funding to study a new approach to Alzheimer's disease.
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The Lion, the Whip and the Irony


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TPS To Pursue Parking Rate Increase

Four years after receiving its lock-in fee, Transportation & Parking Services is now asking students to increase the rate they pay - despite resistance from its oversight board.
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Bond Measure 1B Funds To Expand U.S. Highway 101

Southbound commuters frustrated by Highway 101 congestion may soon see some relief, but their northbound counterparts will not be so lucky.
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Club Re-requests Katrina Travel Funds

After a few weeks of bureaucratic ping pong, the UCSB chapter of Habitat for Humanity will reapply for funding from Associated Students Finance Board to pay for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
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Leg Council Tables Bill on New Hub Position

Associated Students Legislative Council heard reports from several A.S. committees, discussed future plans and tabled one bill at its meeting yesterday.
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Nuclear Test Facility Avoids Penalties for Radiation Exposure

The UC-affiliated Los Alamos National Laboratory will not have to pay the $1.1 million in safety fines it was facing, due to its previously held non-profit contractor exemption status.
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UCSB Plans Campuswide Keyless Dorm Keys

Residence Hall officials are currently looking to replace all existing keyed entries with e-chips that would open doors and monitor student activity.
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