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Regents Pass Systemwide Fee Hikes

April 3, 2007 by

LOS ANGELES - University of California resident undergraduate student fees will go up $435 a year beginning this summer, as the UC Board of Regents voted on March 14 to increase the cost by 7 p...
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Students Help Katrina Cleanup Efforts

April 3, 2007 by

While some Gauchos were sunbathing near the California coastline this spring break, about 35 UCSB students were thousands of miles away, traveling from Santa Barbara to New Orleans to help with Hurric...
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Bill’s Bus Set to Run Free to Goleta

April 3, 2007 by

Thanks to subsidies from the Students' Initiative and several local organizations, students will be able to drink and return safely home on Wednesday nights free of charge.
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Local Writers Launch News Website

April 3, 2007 by

Eight fired Santa Barbara News-Press reporters simultaneously returned to their jobs yesterday- at another news source, that is.
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A.S. Finance Board Passes Funding Requests Amid Controversy

April 3, 2007 by

The Associated Students Finance Board began Spring Quarter by distributing $38,433 among five organizations and setting aside $88,000 for next year's budget reserves.
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Conquest To Pitch New I.V. Housing to Evicted Cedarwood Occupants

April 2, 2007 by

After months of controversy surrounding Conquest Student Housing, the property management company has announced plans to open a new complex in Isla Vista for the low-income tenants it evicted last sum...
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Council Requests Funding for Brains

April 2, 2007 by

Pushing a pro-zombie agenda, an army of the undead has apparently usurped the power of Associated Students Legislative Council - a coup that had gone unnoticed until last week.
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Bomb Hookah Development Sparks Tension

April 2, 2007 by

An explosion at Jerusalem Garden Cafe early this morning sent at least 50 pre-prepared falafel balls and 30 pita pockets through the roof and into the air, shattering the tranquility of Isla Vista's b...
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Facebook To Spread STD Test Results Like Butter

April 2, 2007 by

To encourage more responsible sexual habits, UCSB Student Health finalized plans last week to post students' STD test results on Facebook's News Feed.
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University Officials Approve Study of Under-represented White Males

April 2, 2007 by

Two months of hunger strikes, petition drives, town hall meetings and class walkouts have propelled the UCSB administration into founding the country's first white men's studies dept.
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PennySaver Buys Out SB News-Press Amid Newsroom Skirmish

April 2, 2007 by

In a surprise move yesterday, Santa Barbara News-Press owner and co-publisher Wendy McCaw sold her embattled newspaper to the highest bidder - PennySaver, Co.
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Tower May Ring But It’s No Ding-a-Ling

April 2, 2007 by

After serving nearly 40 years as Santa Barbara County's largest tribute to male fertility, Storke Tower's phallic status was called into question yesterday when two local experts determined that the s...
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Mob Takes Down Drunk I.V. Arsonist

April 2, 2007 by

Five local residents took down a blowtorch-welding UCSB student this past Saturday night after the 21-year-old's joyride took a turn for the worse.
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Yang Joins Search for Stardom on ‘Idol’

April 2, 2007 by

The McPhever has moved on, the silver fox has slinked out of the spotlight and the Claymates are safely confined to middle America, leaving "American Idol" fans everywhere desperate for a new face to ...
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Keep Out?

April 2, 2007 by

This story appears as part of the Daily Nexus’ 2007 April Fools’ issue.
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