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Kids Brush Up on Dental Hygiene at Free Annual Event

March 5, 2007 by Koren Thal

UCSB Student Health partnered with charity organization Direct Relief International this past Saturday to provide free dental care to 20 low-income, uninsured children in Isla Vista.
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New Student Loan Bill Awaits Vote of Approval in House

March 5, 2007 by Chris Stein

With supporters citing lower costs to taxpayers and opponents alleging the start of an inefficient government monopoly, the Student Aid Reward Act (STAR) must garner more bipartisan partners if it is ...
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The Lesser-Known Red Man Group

March 5, 2007 by Staff

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

March 5, 2007 by Staff

Saturday, March 3, 12:26 a.m. - Two deputies were walking on the pathway through a small open space at the intersection of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive to a beach accessway when they heard a voi...
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UC Briefs

March 5, 2007 by Staff

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

March 2, 2007 by Benjamin Gottlieb

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

March 2, 2007 by Megan Snedden

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

March 2, 2007 by Nikki Moore

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

March 2, 2007 by Lindsey Miller

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

March 2, 2007 by Natalie Rehkopf

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

March 2, 2007 by Laura Wiesenberg

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

March 2, 2007 by Allison Bailey

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

March 2, 2007 by Staff

TPS To Pursue Parking Rate Increase

March 1, 2007 by Valerie Tidwell

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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