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Voting Registration Drive Nears Deadline

With the Nov. 7 General Election less than three weeks away, the County of Santa Barbara and several campus groups are working to enfranchise all potential voters before Monday's registration deadline...
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IVFP Looks Into Weekend Sexual Assaults, Battery

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers are investigating two separate incidents of sexual assault and one incident of battery that left an 18-year-old man in the hospital with a serious head injury.
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Annual Festival Provides Lemon-Flavored Fun

An estimated 35,000 lemon lovers were happy to be left with a sour taste in their mouth this weekend after attending the 15th Annual California Lemon Festival in Goleta's Girsh Park.
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Conference Explores Nuclear Alternatives

At the second annual Think Outside the Bomb Conference this weekend, attendees might start worrying and stop loving the bomb in order to find alternatives to nuclear war and weapon production.
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Police Blotter

Allergic Reaction in Action Saturday, Oct. 21, 11:04 p.m. - Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers were biking northbound on Camino del Sur when they saw a man lying on the ground at a bus stop.
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Protest Campers Call for Aid From Chancellor Yang

The Open DoorStudents and community members agitating for the university's support stormed Cheadle Hall yesterday, vowing to sit in until they had concrete answers to their demands.
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A.S. Proposes Lock-in Fee for Group Funding

The 29 organizations that are part of the Students' Initiative have gathered more than the 2,130 student signatures necessary to get the fee increase on the ballot for next week's special election. Th...
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Weekend Event To Combat E-Waste

Beer-soaked laptops and smashed cell phones are not an uncommon sight in Isla Vista, and now students can get rid of these electronics legally as Electronic Waste Management hosts a free e-waste dispo...
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Activities Faire Spotlights UCSB Clubs

With dancing, music, free food and scores of smiling faces, the 22nd Annual Activities Faire prodded students to stop vegetating and starting participating in campus life.
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Leggies Meet Outdoors to Support Tenants

Associated Students Legislative Council approved an unusual request last night and held its weekly meeting outdoors under a twilight sky.
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IVRPD To Send Power Underground

The lofty poles and power lines on El Colegio Road and Camino Corto will soon be another relic in Isla Vista's history, now that the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District has unanimously approved a ...
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Evicted Tenants Rally, Protest

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors publicly announced yesterday that it will not be able to help the Cedarwood Apartments tenants in their campaign against being evicted.
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Coalition Calls for Rape Truce, Assault-Free Day

In preparation for what they have declared as a rape and sexual assault-free weekend, members of Students Stopping Rape will table in front of the Women's Center this week to educate passersby on how ...
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New Eatery To Serve Up Local Food

Isla Vista's China Garden has been uprooted, but a blossoming new restaurant, Eclectic I.V., will soon take its place.
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