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May 3, 2006 by


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Activists Make Strides With March

May 2, 2006 by

Thousands of local residents marched through downtown Santa Barbara yesterday to support the rights of immigrant laborers as part of the National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights. Protesters met at ...
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Students Join In on National Protests

May 2, 2006 by

While several professors cancelled class and students skipped their studies, nearly 150 protesters, counter-protesters and onlookers choked the Pardall tunnel entrance to campus for several hours yest...
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Local Web Encyclopedia Collects UCSB Articles

May 2, 2006 by

With articles ranging from the history of Storke Tower to the specifics of the ubiquitous file-sharing program DC++, a new UCSB encyclopedia might have students spending more time online than Facebook...
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Academy To Honor Professors With Membership at Induction Ceremony

May 2, 2006 by

Two more campus professors were recently inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, bringing the total number of recognized UCSB faculty to 23. The fellowships were awarded t...
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Locals Light Up Night After Outage

May 1, 2006 by

With more than half of Isla Vista blacked out following an electricity failure Thursday night, certain I.V. residents decided to light up the streets by setting fire to more than a half-dozen couches ...
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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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