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Groups Rally for Minority Admissions

Several hundred protesters assembled outside the UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Los Angeles yesterday, demanding the board to reverse the trend of a declining number of minority students entering t...
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Tent City Protest Heads to Cheadle for I.V. Residents

A group of protestors who camped out near Storke Tower for over two weeks on behalf of the evicted Cedarwood Apartments tenants issued new demands to the university yesterday - staging a small protest...
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News-Press Files New Suit After Union Protest

The Santa Barbara News-Press filed another unfair labor practice charge against the Teamsters Union on Wednesday for having its members protest during the newspaper's 18th annual banquet last weekend.
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SB Red Cross to Host Basketball Tournament

Some UCSB students will be shooting basketballs instead of vodka tomorrow afternoon - while they participate in Hoops for Heroes, a sports-themed fundraiser hosted by UCSB's American Red Cross Club.
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Forum To Deliberate on Matters of UC Diversity

This weekend, 75 UCSB students will head north to UC Berkeley for the University of California's annual Students of Color Conference - where they will discuss strategies for increasing racial and ethn...
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Students Appeal I.V. Noise Ordinance

About 25 people took to the streets of Isla Vista last night armed with whistles, signs and megaphones to rally support and beef up attendance for the town hall meeting, where they discussed possible ...
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Regents Discuss Prop 1D, UC Budget

The University of California Board of Regents met today at UC Los Angeles to discuss the creation of a law school at UC Irvine, its 2007-08 budget and Proposition 1D. The UC Regents are a decision-ma...
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House Bill Aims to Allow Hunting on Islands

The provision to allow hunting on Santa Rosa Island to continue indefinitely may not go through as planned, as the U.S. Senate passed a counter-amendment on Tuesday.
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Funding To Aid in Thoreau Publishing

Rearchers working to compile and digitally transcribe a collection of Henry David Thoreau's handwritten works were rewarded for their efforts last month with $220,000 in grant money.
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Leg Council Begins Project Planning

he Associated Students Legislative Council tabled all business yesterday in order to hold its first working meeting for the 2006-07 school year, where Leggies discussed plans for a variety of group pr...
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AIDS Day Opens With Exhibit, Service

Twelve student organizations will join together for World AIDS Day on campus today, offering students the chance to learn about HIV/AIDS and drawing attention to the millions of people it affects worl...
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Group Seeks Student Support to Challenge UC Nuclear Research

The Coalition to Demilitarize the UC issued a call to arms this week, asking students to protest the University of California's involvement in nuclear research and weapons production.
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SB Bowl To Implement Renovations

The 70-year-old Santa Barbara Bowl is taking a cue from wealthy Montecito women, as the prominent venue goes under the knife for an $8 million facelift. Construction will begin this month on a new thr...
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A.S. Project Aims to Improve Bike Paths

The Associated Students Bicycle Improvements Keep Everyone Safe committee will soon spend $26,000 on bike path improvements - once the money makes its way into the hands of organizers, that is.
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Production of Proteins Pays Off for Professor

Assistant chemistry professor Jeffrey Bode recently received a $625,000 research grant for his past and future work on amino acids.
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