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‘Full o’ Spirit’ Freshmen Prepare Indoctrination Half-Time Stunt

This article appeared in a predecessor of the Daily Nexus - El Gaucho - on Sept. 29, 1950. At the time, UCSB was called the University of California Santa Barbara College and was located on a 13-acre ...
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Two Leggies Resign, VP Proposes a Third

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.
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A.S. Rallies for Participation in Initiative Vote

In order for this week's special election for the Students' Initiative to count, 1,133 more students need to vote today by 4 p.m.
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SB News-Press Staff Unionizes to Protect Journalistic Integrity

In a landslide vote yesterday, the news staff at the Santa Barbara News-Press decided to unionize
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IVFP, Bomb Squad Investigate Box

A bomb scare in front of the I.V. Foot Patrol office last Sunday shook up business as usual on Pardall Road, and could be tied to another investigation by the UC Police After observing a suspicious me...
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UCSB Loses Five Students to Various Causes Over Summer

There are thousands of UCSB students on campus today attending their first day of classes, but there are five that will not be returning to school this year.
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DP Fight Leaves Visiting Student Severely Injured

Isla Vista resident and Santa Barbara City College student Jason Sprunk is currently behind bars after he allegedly attacked and hospitalized a UC Los Angeles student on Sunday.
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Remodeling Progresses for Buildings on Campus

While many finished this summer, a plethora of construction projects continue campuswide as the school year commences.
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Student Health Offers HPV Vaccine

UCSB Student Health is now offering the new vaccine for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), one of the most common sexually transmitted infections.
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Business To Sell Toiletry Bags to Dorm Residents

This year, incoming freshmen can not only expect to have bundles of fun, but also the opportunity to order a bundle of personal hygiene items.
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Isla Vista Eats New Restaurants Up

Between the newest place to eat a teriyaki bowl, the newest place to chow down on a burrito and the newest place to smoke some apple-mint hookah, Isla Vista's menu didn't expand this summer, but it ce...
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Police Blotter

Oh No He Di'int Saturday, Sept. 23, 1:54 a.m. - Officers patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive stopped at a residence when they heard a man and woman arguing loudly behind a fence.
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I.V. Families Seek Owner, Resolution

Three days have passed since the deadline to move out, and the 22 families remaining in the Cedarwood Apartments have yet to pack. Represented by a few lawyers, supported by crowds of student and comm...
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UCSB, Intel Partner for Hybrid Laser

A collaboration between UCSB and Intel has yielded the world's first hybrid silicon laser, an advance in computer technology which has the potential to boost data transfer rates far beyond anything cu...
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Witnesses Reflect on Mideast Turmoil

At least 15 UCSB students were in the Middle East this summer visiting family, traveling or working when the fighting between Israel and Lebanon broke out on July 12.
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