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April 7, 2006

East Campus Toasts Two New Cafes

By Sabrina Ricci

Students and staff have a greater selection of food this month as two new eateries open on campus.The Courtyard Cafe, located under Parking Structure 10, opens this Monday and will share a space with the Rice Garden, whi...

April 7, 2006

Bookstore Uses Credit System

By Lauren Crecelius

Beat The Bookstore has been in Isla Vista for less than a month, but as students spend the first few weeks of the new quarter forking over small fortunes for their textbooks, the new bookstore is setting itself up as an ...

April 7, 2006

Festival Urges I.V. to Save the Environment

By David Ferry

Students and local residents will lounge on the grass in Anisq' Oyo' Park this Saturday to celebrate Earth Day 2006, one temporary tattoo and Capoeira lesson at a time.

April 7, 2006

Activists Assemble for Cannabis Conference

By Ryan Grandov

Doctors, health care professionals and a famous talk-show host will gather in Santa Barbara this weekend in an attempt to smoke out the truth about medicinal marijuana use.

April 7, 2006

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

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April 6, 2006

Cable Fails, Cuts Power to Buildings

By Valerie Tidwell

A power outage struck over half of the campus yesterday, leaving many students and staff without electricity until mid-afternoon.

April 6, 2006

SB Juice Joint Blends Fruit, Ice, Charity Together to Encourage Blood Donation

By Taylor Ward Staff Writer

Local smoothie shop, Blenders in the Grass, is mixing smoothies with charity this week and next week as it teams up with the Tri-Counties Blood Bank to promote blood donations in Santa Barbara County.

April 6, 2006

Former UCSB Student To Act as Regent Designate

By Aria Miran

UCSB alumnus and Santa Barbara Independent chief executive officer and publisher George Thurlow will join the governing board of the UC Board of Regents on July 1.

April 5, 2006

UCSB Grad Student Falls from SF Cliffs; Fatality Unconfirmed

By Lizzie Blumenthal

While his body has yet to be found, a UCSB graduate student is presumed dead after falling into dangerous waters near San Francisco over Spring Break.

April 5, 2006

French Demonstrators Disrupt EAP

By Valerie Tidwell

As mobs of protesters take to the streets in France, many of UCSB's students studying abroad in the European country are left without an education, due to several class cancellations.

April 5, 2006

County Plans Review of Transportation Funding

By David Ferry

A proposal to renew or replace Measure D - a sales tax that funds most of the county's transportation projects - in November's election has UCSB students concerned that the end result could be a cut to alternative transp...

April 5, 2006

Goleta Land Use Plan Advances; Public Comment Stage To Begin

By Dana Olsen

After four years of work, the Goleta City Council recently released a Public Hearing draft of its General Plan/Coastal Land Use, giving community members a chance to check it out before an upcoming series of public heari...

April 4, 2006

Police Arrest Man for Breaking Into Local Restaurants

By Mollie Vandor

While most UCSB students spent their Spring Break resting and relaxing, deputies at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol spent the week dealing with burglaries and broken windows. IVFP Lt. Sol Linver said the overall amount of cri...

April 4, 2006

Leggies Authorize Ballot Initiatives in Marathon Meeting

By Megan Snedden

In what turned out to be a six-hour long meeting, Associated Students Legislative Council passed nine bills and approved a new constitution to be placed on the spring ballot.

April 4, 2006

Former Student To Remain in SB Jail

By Nicki Arnold

Former UCSB student Christian Covarrubias will serve nine months in the Santa Barbara County Jail on charges of felony sexual assault and felony false imprisonment. Covarrubias entered into a plea bargain on Feb. 10, whi...