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Students To Spotlight Safety With Improved Campus Lighting Plan

April 24, 2006 by

A student focus group is proposing a bright and simple idea to increase safety through the addition of more lights and emergency phones on campus.
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Capps Park Opens With Tribute

April 24, 2006 by

After over a decade of negotiations, protests and petitions, approximately 40 people came together yesterday to celebrate the official opening and dedication of Capps Park.
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Lion Munches Meat-Packed Birthday Cake

April 24, 2006 by

Approximately 70 people crowded around to watch Docha, a male African lion at the Santa Barbara Zoo, devour a mane course of beef and ice cream as he celebrated his first birthday Saturday morning.
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Devereux Athletes Make a Splash at Campus Pool

April 24, 2006 by

A crowd of about 100 people gathered at Campus Pool on Sunday as members of the UCSB swim team and students from Devereux Santa Barbara met for the fourth annual Splash Olympics.
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Town Meeting To Examine Housing Concerns

April 24, 2006 by

Students can learn about landlords, leases and legal issues from local experts at the Isla Vista Town Hall meeting at Embarcadero Hall tonight.
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With Our Naked Chests Combined…

April 24, 2006 by


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I.V. Asks County to Review Park Activity Decrees

April 21, 2006 by

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District voted yesterday to send a letter to the Santa Barbara County Parks Commission requesting that the county reexamine its permit guidelines for county-owned pa...
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HaU Members MENTOR Visiting Students

April 21, 2006 by

Nearly 75 students from three California high schools are visiting UCSB this week as part of a Hermanas Unidas program to motivate students to pursue a university education.
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EAP Cuts Seven Overseas Programs

April 21, 2006 by

As a result of rising costs abroad, the Education Abroad Program was recently forced to cancel some of its upcoming summer and yearlong programs for 2006-2007. EAP Strategic Marketing and Communicatio...
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County Links Transportation Tax Bills

April 21, 2006 by

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments approved a proposal Thursday to combine two new taxes designed to replace Measure D, which expires in 2010, into a single measure on the November 20...
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SB Students Remember Armenian Genocide

April 21, 2006 by

Roughly 120 people went to I.V. Theater last night for an Armenian Students Association-sponsored commemoration of the Armenian Genocide - a massacre, many attendees said, that the responsible parties...
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‘Splash Olympics’ To Assist Disabled

April 21, 2006 by

Swimmers from Devereux Santa Barbara plan to make a splash at Campus Pool this Sunday, as they join the UCSB Swim Team for the fourth annual Splash Olympics. Members of the UCSB swim team are partneri...
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Daylong Fair To Honor Earth

April 21, 2006 by

Santa Barbara residents can celebrate the environment, watch belly dancing and check out new environmentally friendly automobiles - all while enjoying the musical styling of local musician Crosby Logg...
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Paintings Unveil Females’ Sexuality

April 20, 2006 by

To Iranian-born UCSB graduate student Abelina Galustian, being an artist means more than showcasing her work in big-name galleries - it means finding the courage to freely express under-the-radar subj...
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Local Joints, Isla Vista Residents Fire Up for 4/20

April 20, 2006 by

Allegedly, 4:20 p.m. marks the end of the exhausting detention period at some American junior or senior high schools. Some believe 420 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which marijuana burns.
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