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Bake Sale Takes Bite Out of One Student’s Debts

October 25, 2006 by

One UCSB graduate student is relying on campus Cookie Monsters to save her from college debt by dishing out some dough and buying one of her 4,000 pastries.
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Driver Overturns Veggie Truck on 101

October 25, 2006 by

The Milpas Street offramp was closed until noon yesterday after a tractor-trailer rig hauling a shipment of zucchini lost control and squashed several palm trees, roasting the truck's load of vegetabl...
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Race for Sheriff’s Office Gains Steam

October 25, 2006 by

With less than two weeks left until the Nov. 7 election, Santa Barbara County Sheriff candidates Jim Anderson and Bill Brown are actively seeking out support from local voters during the final stretch...
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Crest Looks for Smiling Faces on Social Site

October 25, 2006 by

UCSB students' incessant browsing of Facebook.com profiles turns out to be a great business for those jumping in on the craze, and it also turns out to be a great way to win free tickets and prizes.
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Workers File Suit Against News-Press

October 25, 2006 by

Santa Barbara News-Press upper management received two blows in the past two weeks, one from a class action lawsuit and the other from a recent decision by the Los Angeles branch of the National Labor...
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More than Meets the eye

October 25, 2006 by


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Angelides Rallies SB Support With Local Appearance

October 24, 2006 by

As his campaign's theme song "I Won't Back Down," by Tom Petty, blasted in the background, gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides strode onstage yesterday at Santa Barbara's Oak Park to ask for voters...
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Measure Seeks Tax Increase for Transportation

October 24, 2006 by

Voters will have to deal with their commitment issues this November and decide whether or not they should continue to support the 17-year-old Measure D - along with its new baggage. The proposal would...
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Speakers Examine Queer Issues

October 24, 2006 by

The first annual Michael Palm Lecture provided the campus with both a $1 million gift, and what some students felt was a polarizing force. In a day that brought another famous speaker to campus - auth...
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Boutique Opens Doors, Expands I.V. Wardrobes

October 24, 2006 by

Plain Janes in Isla Vista can spice up their wardrobe without leaving town, now that Sweet Jane clothing store is open at 6529 Trigo Rd.
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CCC To Weigh In on Housing Projects

October 24, 2006 by

The housing boom at UCSB is not stopping with the San Clemente Apartments springing up along El Colegio Road - two other projects in the works propose a total of 323 additional units to house faculty ...
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Prop Aims to Boost School Funding

October 24, 2006 by

During the November election, voters must decide if they want $10.4 billion of their money to go toward numerous public school infrastructure renovations.
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Finance Board Funds Groups, Exhausts Budget

October 24, 2006 by

At its third meeting of the school year, the Associated Students Finance Board drained the remainder of its account for the quarter in less than two hours, distributing $2,500 to three out of four stu...
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Vote or Pie!

October 24, 2006 by


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Dash Supports Cancer Charity

October 20, 2006 by

Approximately 320 runners took to the streets of Isla Vista and UCSB on Saturday for the 6th annual Kappa Dash in an effort to raise money to benefit breast and ovarian cancer research. Kappa Kappa Ga...
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