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November 15, 2005

University Requests Reimbursement for Fees in Water Fight

By Lindsey Miller

The UC Regents have filed a lawsuit against the Goleta Water District, alleging that one-third of UCSB's yearly water bill - approximately $300,000 - goes to fees the school is not required to pay by state law.

November 15, 2005

Stores Appeal Tobacco License Suspensions

By Alvaro Bernal

Following several sting operations in which a number of Goleta and Isla Vista retailers were caught selling cigarettes to minors, many stores - including I.V. Market - are now trying to keep their tobacco licenses from g...

November 15, 2005

Otters Pop Questions to Council

By Christy Escobar

At a hearing this afternoon, the Santa Barbara City Council will consider whether it "otter" let some of the most dangerously cute animals in the Pacific Ocean return to local waters after more than a decade in exile.

November 15, 2005

Women’s Center To Offer Workshop for Final Abrams Prize

By Liz Otter

With funding for artists already rarer than a Nicolas Poussin painting, students will now only have one more chance to receive money from the Abrams Art Prize. The prize, which will be discontinued after this year, offer...

November 15, 2005

UC Briefs: November 15, 2005

By system

A UC Berkeley student accused an academic advisor of using a racial slur last month during a heated exchange outside the West Berkeley apartment building where they both live. Speaking to more than 200 students at a camp...

November 15, 2005

By Nikki Moore

Saturday, Nov. 13, 1:30 a.m. - Officers responding to reports of a fight on the 6600 block of Abrego Road arrived at the scene and contacted a 22-year-old man who had been involved in the scuffle. One of the deputies rec...

November 15, 2005

In Memoriam

By system

November 14, 2005

Local Students To Fly Against U.S. Hand in Overseas Militaries

By Kaitlin Pike

In preparation for larger protests this weekend, several UCSB students will table and rally this week against the U.S. government-funded Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSE), formerly and more w...

November 14, 2005

Peace Takes Spotlight at Local Speech

By David Ferry

Yesterday, local residents got the chance to hear some controversial opinions about the ongoing violence in Israel from a former CNN Bureau Chief who was held hostage by Hezbollah - a militant Lebanese group - during the...

November 14, 2005

Author To Recount Life of Blacks in Germany

By Claire Goodman

German author Ika H

November 14, 2005

Film Exposes International Effects of Wal-Mart Empire

By Mollie Vandor

A free movie screening in downtown Santa Barbara tonight will give local residents a chance to learn about the price communities across the world pay every time retail giant Wal-Mart rolls into a new town.

November 14, 2005

Can You Dig It?

By system

November 10, 2005

Burglars Break Into I.V. Theater, Steal Projector

By Nikki Moore

Thieves broke into I.V. Theater yesterday and pinched a data projector worth $4,000, leaving other expensive electronics untouched and leading the building's supervisor to believe that the culprits knew exactly what they...

November 10, 2005

SB Professor Blasts to Academic Stardom With Annual Award

By Nicki Arnold

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently presented UCSB Environmental Studies Professor Jeff Dozier with the William T. Pecora Award, making him one of two research...

November 10, 2005

Leggies Prepare for Regents Meeting

By Nick Durnhofer

The Associated Students Legislative Council held its last on-campus meeting of the quarter yesterday, voting to cancel its upcoming Nov. 23 meeting.

November 10, 2005

Rec Cen Jets Ahead With Plans for New Spa

By Taylor Orr

Students will soon have another way to kick back and relax after a hard day of studying, as construction on a new spa at the UCSB Rec Cen is slated to begin later this month and be finished by Winter Quarter.