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District Attorney Seeks Order in Frimpong Case

February 28, 2007 by

District Attorney Mary Barron surprised the courtroom during Eric Frimpong's hearing yesterday by requesting a restraining order against second-year UCSB student Pat Monahan.
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Court Case Decision Reveals Dangers of Networking Sites

February 28, 2007 by

A local court case decision made late last month, as well as several other recent enforcement polices, could impact the types of information and photos that people, especially college students, post o...
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Groups Battle to Preserve I.V. Trees

February 28, 2007 by

A task force of local tree-huggers are in the midst of negotiations with a local property owner over whether to knock out six 20-year-old cork oaks and replace them with a more "tropical" tree arrange...
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Board Examines Drug Issues, Chumash Expansion

February 28, 2007 by

Methamphetamines and casinos were back on the agenda in yesterday's County Board of Supervisors meeting.
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UC To Reassess Use of Tobacco Research Money

February 27, 2007 by

University of California research laboratories may soon lose funding from tobacco companies, pending the results of an on-going debate among the UC Regents, top faculty administrators, interest groups...
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Underwater Reasearcher Tours Seas

February 27, 2007 by

While many people have the opportunity to travel the globe, there is one world that very few are lucky enough to explore - the vast and mysterious depths of the ocean.
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Group Aims to Preserve Open Coast Available for Purchase

February 27, 2007 by

Anyone in the market looking to buy 265 acres of land in Santa Barbara - including 5,000 feet of oceanfront property - will have to shell out a pretty penny as More Mesa is now on sale for $110 millio...
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Week of Tolerance Fights Hate With Barbecue, Nightly Events

February 27, 2007 by

In response to recent hate incidents on campus, UCSB organizations have banded together for the "Educate to Stop Hate Week," kicking off the serious discussions with some light banter and tasty grille...
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Ellison Hall To Recycle With Worms

February 27, 2007 by

As spring inches closer, UCSB is looking greener and greener with environmentally friendly policies across campus.
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Finance Board Funds Sex Fair, Radio Club

February 27, 2007 by

Associated Students Finance Board sped through its meeting yesterday, allocating $12,912.20 to seven student groups in 40 minutes.
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Student Dies During Trip to Thailand

February 27, 2007 by

While participating in a UCSB Wildlands Studies excursion in Thailand, University of Michigan student Lynn Bensinger was killed after leaning his body out of a moving train.
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Committee Revises City Objectives

February 27, 2007 by

The Goleta City Council revisited its 10-month-old Strategic Growth Plan yesterday, redefining and reprioritizing goals for the city's future.
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Bike Race Rolls Through Santa Barbara

February 26, 2007 by

Santa Barbara brought out smiling fans and divvied up hotel spaces to hundreds of statewide, national and international fans this Saturday, as the second annual Amgen Tour of California zoomed through...
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Second Arrest Returns Soccer Player to SB Jail

February 26, 2007 by

UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong was back in jail Friday, following allegations that he sexually battered a second woman.
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Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

February 26, 2007 by

"Jackass: The Movie" Friday, Feb. 23, 1:20 a.m. - Officers observed a 19-year-old man stumble down Camino Pescadero and bump into a car, setting off its alarm.
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