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SB Foresees Increased Voter Turnout on Nov. 7

As campus groups continue their campaign efforts, county officials are expecting a high voter turnout for tomorrow's election - one that could give Democrats the first majority in Congress since 1994.
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UCSB Urges Tent City To Vacate

Pledging to continue their crusade for the evicted tenants of the Cedarwood Apartments and for an increase in university service workers' wages, Tent City protesters packed up their possessions Friday...
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Breakfast Benefits Children’s Charities

Gamma Phi Beta Sorority served up some flapjacks, eggs, bacon and a $4,000 donation this Sunday morning, all to help disadvantaged children.
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MCAT Mutates to Computer Format, Shorter Test Length

The Medical College Admission Test, more commonly known as the MCAT, is about to undergo some major reconstructive surgery.
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Visitors Continue to Constitute Majority of Halloween Arrests

The numbers are in: A total of 333 people were arrested over Halloween week, and an additional 380 citations have revelers in debt to the county.
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Service To Celebrate Life of Student

The friends of UCSB student Alisa Naret - who died in a car accident last week - will hold a memorial service to honor her life this Saturday in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.
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Volunteers Clean Up Halloween Mess

Isla Vistans won't have to swim though a sea of shattered pumpkins and beer bottles for much longer, thanks to a group of student volunteers scrounging the streets for trash.
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Colloquium To Honor Late Colleague

Dedicated this year to the late professor Timothy McGovern, the Ninth Colloquium on Mexican Literature begins today and continues tomorrow to explore the real and the imagined.
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UCSB Plans for Parents’ Weekend

Parents' and Family Weekend will provide an interesting juxtaposition to last week's Halloween festivities, as a surplus of students' relatives and friends are expected to attend the event.
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Weinering Votes

Lompoc Chief of Police Bill Brown, running for Santa Barbara County Sheriff, hands out free hot dogs to students on Embarcadero Del Norte. Brown is running against incumbent Sheriff Jim Anderson in th...
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On the Menu

Do you remember the fifth of November? Here at On the Menu, we're celebrating Guy Fawkes Day the only way we can over here in the former colonies: with large amounts of malt liquor, all in local pubs ...
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MCC To Host Queer Film Festival, Bring Indie Works to UCSB

Movie buffs will delve into some reel and pressing queer issues this week; that is if they come out for the OUTrageous Film Festival. The 15th Annual Santa Barbara Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender...
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Leggies Hear Resignation, Resolutions

The Associated Student Legislative Council held a busy meeting last night, discussing three bills and two resolutions, allocating money, approving appointments and accepting the resignation of yet ano...
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Frat To Offer Food, Dance, Election Info

Politics, Freebirds and dancing typically don't enter spheres of influence, but tonight the unlikely tripod will encourage smarter, savvier and less apathetic voters to perform their civic duty.
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Online Alternative Lowers Book Fees

Calculus Professor Martin Scharlemann did his math this quarter when choosing course materials - he offered students a $50 cheaper alternative to the required textbook.
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