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House To Consider Bill Designed to Cut Loan Interest Rates

January 17, 2007 by

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a proposal today that could halve the interest rates on federal need-based Stafford loans over the next six years.
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Recent Company Purchase of Local Coastline to Affect Surfing, Wildlife

January 17, 2007 by

Nearly 25,000 acres of pristine coastal uplands and a fair share of surf spots were sold last week when a Los Angeles-based corporation purchased the Jalama and Cojo ranches.
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SB Board Authorizes DP Family Housing

January 17, 2007 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Architectural Design has given its final approval over the construction of two single-family dwellings at 6631 Del Playa Dr., a currently undeveloped space.
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Did you file those TPS reports?

January 17, 2007 by


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Police Blotter

January 17, 2007 by

Why is the Rum Always Gone? Friday, Jan. 12, 11:30 p.m. - Officers patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive saw an 18-year-old man urinating on a hedge near the sidewalk.
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New Station To Traffic Cleaner Fuel

January 16, 2007 by

Musician Jack Johnson, local government officials and environmentalists attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at USA Gas Station this past Friday to mark the opening of Santa Barbara's first biodiesel fi...
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Snail Harbors Sea Parasites, Harms Local Ecosystem

January 16, 2007 by

UCSB Marine Biology researchers have just solved a mystery with potentially life-saving implications - why West Coast beaches are plagued with non-native mud snails and parasitic flatworms.
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Sigma Alpha Mu Opens at UCSB

January 16, 2007 by

Jewish men interested in joining a Jewish fraternity will have a second option to choose from this quarter, as Sigma Alpha Mu opens its first rush season.
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UCSB Plans Earth Day Program

January 16, 2007 by

As many local organizations are putting the finishing touches on their own projects and Earth Day celebrations, a coalition of campus groups is making its own eco-conscious efforts to commemorate the ...
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UCSB may be doomed in event of World War III

January 16, 2007 by

The following story came from the January 16, 1973 edition of the Daily Nexus. In the article, writer Matt Koerber describes what would happen to UCSB should a nuclear war break out.
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Memorial Service To Honor Students

January 12, 2007 by

In the wake of a tragic car accident that killed UCSB third-year students Angela Nguyen and Jonathan Kendall, the couple's family and friends are coming together in both Santa Barbara and San Jose to ...
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SB News-Press Saga Continues, Charges Paterno With Libel

January 12, 2007 by

While students went home to relax for the break, the Santa Barbara News-Press pushed through the holiday season with more claims against others, less claims against themselves and the same claim surro...
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Attitudes Toward Gays in Military Shift

January 12, 2007 by

The U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prohibits openly homosexual people from serving in the military, is facing opposition according to evidence from a UCSB poll.
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UCSB To Offer Women’s Studies PH.D.

January 12, 2007 by

UCSB could soon become the 11th school in the nation and the second in California to boast a graduate program in women's studies, pending a formal approval from a university council.
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SB Sheriff’s Council Ends Fiscal Lawsuit After Resignations

January 11, 2007 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Council agreed at a meeting Wednesday morning to settle a lawsuit filed by four of its former presidents that could result in fiscal transparency of the non-profit o...
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