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November 21, 2005

Meeting Presents Fossil-Fuel Alternatives

By Online Editor

Electric buses and car-share programs were only two of the many topics fueling discussion Saturday afternoon, as local environmental activists and county planners talked about ways to make Santa Barbara less reliant on n...

November 21, 2005

Author Discusses a New History of Human Creation

By Matt Cappiello

Visitors to the Karpeles Manuscript Library last Saturday had a close encounter with an author who presented his theory that aliens are responsible for creating humans. Marshall Klarfeld, independent researcher and autho...

November 21, 2005

Surf’s Up for Charity

By system

November 17, 2005

UC Reacts to ‘Education Crisis’ by Inflating Costs

By Devon Flannery

For the fifth year in a row, the University of California Board of Regents voted to increase undergraduate, graduate and professional student fees in its annual UC budget approval process. The Regents, in a 17-2 vote yes...

November 17, 2005

Dissidents Rally Against SOA

By Gibran Maciel

Local reggae band Rebelution and about 100 students and converged on Storke Plaza yesterday to protest what they call the U.S.'s "School of Assassins." While Rebelution intermittently played to attract more people to the...

November 17, 2005

Volunteers To Collect Funds for Relief Trip

By Gibran Maciel Staff Writer Caitlin Cassady Staff Writer

At least four campus groups are joining forces in a trek across the country next month - their final destination: the hurricane-hammered Big Easy.

November 17, 2005

Professionals To Counsel Law Students in Seminar Tonight

By Taylor Ward Staff Writer

Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum and a panel of local lawyers and judges will be on campus to talk to students about pursuing a career in law tonight at an informational forum hosted by Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, Inc.

November 17, 2005

SB Charities To Benefit From Festive Bazaar Contributions

By Brian Van Wyk

People looking to shop, snack or share some money with local charities all have reason to celebrate this weekend, as the Pepper Tree Inn hosts its 12th annual Holiday Boutique in downtown Santa Barbara.

November 17, 2005

Trust the Daily Nexus Instead

By system

November 16, 2005

MCC To Present Political Talk

By Lizzie Blumenthal

Students looking to get their daily dose of political commentary are in luck today, as radio journalist and author David Barsamian visits UCSB to deliver his speech "Media, Propaganda, and Iraq" at the MultiCultural Cent...

November 16, 2005

UCSB Frat Earns Recharter After 1997 Suspension

By Nikki Moore

Six years after being suspended from campus for hazing, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity received its UCSB charter last weekend, once again becoming an official chapter of the national fraternity.

November 16, 2005

Holiday Charity Events Benefit I.V. Locals

By Claire Goodman

Students looking to get rid of some extra canned food and extra pounds this Thanksgiving season may find the Community Affairs Board (CAB) food drive or this Saturday's 28th Annual Turkey Trot to be worthy recipients.

November 16, 2005

Honored Professor To Share Study Findings

By Jamie Stevenson

As winner of the annual UCSB Harold J. Plous Award, anthropology assistant professor Michael Gurven will explain today why grandmothers help humans live longer and why people have such large brains.

November 16, 2005

SB Council To Review Parking Rates

By Mollie Vandor

The Santa Barbara City Council Finance Committee approved an fee increase yesterday that could leave downtown shoppers paying more for their parking spaces.

November 16, 2005

Alumnus Lectures to Protect Human Rights

By Valerie Tidwell

A former UCSB student and professor spoke to a crowd of roughly 40 people yesterday in the MultiCultural Center about his organization - the International Convention on Human Rights (ICHR) - its new International Bill of...

November 16, 2005