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Community Prepares for Local Thanksgiving

November 22, 2005 by

Most UCSB students, faculty and staff will be heading home this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, but for some, home is going to be the address they give the Woodstock's Pizza delivery guy.
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Contraceptive Costs Increase at Student Health

November 22, 2005 by

Birth control prescription prices at the Student Health Pharmacy are on the rise, leaving local pharmacies, clinics and sex educators to pick up the slack.
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Police Hold Student On Attempted Rape, Burglary Charges

November 21, 2005 by

UC Police Dept. officers arrested an 18-year-old male UCSB student early Saturday morning in connection with an attempted rape at a university residence hall.
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Congress OKs Preliminary Bill Cutting Student Loan Funding

November 21, 2005 by

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a preliminary federal budget reconciliation bill Friday morning that, if agreed upon by Congress, would cut $14.3 billion from student loan programs.
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Event To Protest UC-Lab Alliance

November 21, 2005 by

While the fate of the University of California's contract with the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) remains undecided, students opposing the UC's role in the lab will host "The University's Role ...
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Meeting Presents Fossil-Fuel Alternatives

November 21, 2005 by

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 Barba...
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Author Discusses a New History of Human Creation

November 21, 2005 by

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 ...
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Surf’s Up for Charity

November 21, 2005 by


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UC Reacts to ‘Education Crisis’ by Inflating Costs

November 17, 2005 by

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...
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Dissidents Rally Against SOA

November 17, 2005 by

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 attrac...
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Volunteers To Collect Funds for Relief Trip

November 17, 2005 by

At least four campus groups are joining forces in a trek across the country next month - their final destination: the hurricane-hammered Big Easy.
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Professionals To Counsel Law Students in Seminar Tonight

November 17, 2005 by

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 ...
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SB Charities To Benefit From Festive Bazaar Contributions

November 17, 2005 by

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 Barbar...
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Trust the Daily Nexus Instead

November 17, 2005 by


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MCC To Present Political Talk

November 16, 2005 by

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 th...
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