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AIDS Day Opens With Exhibit, Service

In commemoration of the 18th Annual World AIDS Day, two local organizations are hosting events in honor of locals affected by AIDS and HIV throughout the county. The Pacific Pride Foundation and the I...
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World Aids Fair Educates Students on Impact

Twelve student organizations will join together for World AIDS Day on campus today, offering students the chance to learn about HIV/AIDS and drawing attention to the millions of people it affects worl...
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SB High Court To Review Factors of Woman’s Plunge

The Santa Barbara Superior Court set a hearing date yesterday for the multimillion dollar lawsuit, filed by the family of a young woman who fell from the Del Playa bluffs last year, against the Isla V...
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Local Store Begins Isla Vista Brand of Hookah, 36 Flavors

The owner of Isla Vista Deli Mart is looking to smoke the competition with his new brand of hookah tobacco and coals, which is coming to I.V. straight from the Middle East.
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Accused Student Awaits Hearing in Jail

As of yesterday afternoon, first-year UCSB student Christian Covarrubias remained imprisoned after almost two weeks at Santa Barbara County Jail, awaiting his preliminary hearing slated for Dec. 14.
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UC Counseling Program To Boost Services to Students

In the year that has passed since their son committed suicide at UC Davis, Victor and Mary Ojakian are continuing their campaign to improve University mental health services and statistics - something...
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Transportation Services To Stay Driven Toward Feeding SB Community

The staff of Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) will try to show campus 'tis better to give than to receive this holiday season, as part of the Fourth Annual Campus Cares canned food drive.
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Food Bank Lacks All the Fixin’s for Holiday Dinners

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, a sharp decline in donations has left the Santa Barbara Food Bank without enough provisions to supply local agencies with the food they need to feed the county's thousands ...
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Students, Faculty Rally Against War, Nuclear Weapons

Student and faculty protestors gathered in Storke Plaza yesterday to rally for peace and an end to UC involvement in the production of nuclear weapons and testing.
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Program Studies Native Cultures

Students with an interest in indigenous cultures can finally put their coursework toward a minor with the opening of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program, offered by the Religious Studie...
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CalPIRG Study Warns of Dangerous Toys

Several local residents learned that buying toys is not always child's play Tuesday morning, as the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) presented the results of its 20th annual toy saf...
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SB Honors Sartre With Centennial Gala

UCSB will celebrate the 100th anniversary of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's birth next week with a six-day mixed media festival that organizers hope will appeal to everyone from philosophy buff...
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Greek Kickball Game Ends With Fight, Jail Time

A UCSB Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity member is still in jail today, after turning himself in to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) on Sunday for a felony battery charge.
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Man Accused of Assault Awaits Bail or Release

As of Monday afternoon, UCSB first-year Christian Covarrubias was still in custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail, where he is being held on felony charges of attempted rape and burglary that he all...
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Holiday Prompts Additional CHP Traffic Control

Students driving home for Thanksgiving weekend should take extra care to follow the rules of the road as the California Highway Patrol (CHP) steps up its enforcement to account for increased holiday t...
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