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Election Concludes With Goldschen Win

May 1, 2006 by

Open People's Party candidate Jared Goldschen will be the new Associated Students president next year, after defeating his runoff opponent, Romy Frazier, by 58 percent.
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Locals To Protest for Immigrant Rights

May 1, 2006 by

Thousands of people are expected to protest, strike, boycott and march throughout Santa Barbara today as part of the Great American Boycott, also known as A Day Without an Immigrant. The protests, whi...
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Fight Night Attracts, Raises Thousands

May 1, 2006 by

By 6:30 p.m., the line had worked its way from the Thunderdome entrance to the Pardall tunnel. Ring girls dressed in gold bikini tops, mini gold-striped boxing shorts and high heels patiently waited b...
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Concerts Promote Peace, Preservation

May 1, 2006 by

Crowds of people gathered in Anisq' Oyo' Park over the weekend to attend the Isla Vista Peace Festival Concert on Saturday and the Forests Awareness Concert on Sunday. The I.V. Peace Festival Concert ...
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Activist Speaks on Work to Save Kenyan Forests

May 1, 2006 by

Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai arrived to a sold-out crowd in Campbell Hall last Friday to discuss her award-winning work to restore forests and wildlife in Kenya. Maathai received the 20...
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A Fair To Remember

May 1, 2006 by


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Voters Elect New A.S. Executives

April 28, 2006 by

The Associated Students election season has ended with a near split down party lines for the executive officers, but a near landslide victory for Students' Party Legislative Council candidates. Open P...
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Initiatives Return Mixed Results

April 28, 2006 by

This year's spring election saw emotional responses from supporters on all sides, as all reaffirmations passed, all Associated Students fee initiatives failed, both campus initiatives passed and both ...
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Benefit Concert To Aid Postal Victims’ Families

April 28, 2006 by

Three Santa Barbara County organizations are hosting a benefit concert on Saturday for the families of the seven people killed in a shooting at the Goleta Postal Processing Center in January.
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Road Repairs To Begin Monday

April 28, 2006 by

Some residents living on the 6800 block of Fortuna Road and Fortuna Lane in Isla Vista may get a rude awakening if they sleep in on Monday morning - the sound of their cars being towed.
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Peace Festival To Hold Concert, Raffle

April 28, 2006 by

Over 200 people are expected to turn out on the grass in Anisq' Oyo' Park this weekend to listen to music and learn about the peace movement at UCSB during the Isla Vista Peace Festival concert.
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Nobel Prize Winner To Lecture

April 28, 2006 by

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai will recount her struggle to bring peace to her homeland of Africa tonight in a speech entitled "Sustainable Development, Democracy and Peace."
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SB Opinions To Be Voiced in Video

April 28, 2006 by

Local residents will have the chance to tell one congresswoman, two senators and the entire audience of Santa Barbara's public access television station how they feel about the United States' policy o...
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The Right To Not Be Afraid

April 28, 2006 by


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I.V. Plan Discusses Housing Expansion, Area Improvements

April 27, 2006 by

Local property owners, residents and students focused on the future development of Isla Vista and the UCSB campus at last night's meeting of the Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Commit...
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