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Bike Shop Wants Facility Budget on Spring Ballot

February 15, 2006 by

The Associated Students Bike Shop still has a chance to cruise its renovation lock-in fee proposal onto the spring ballot, despite its shortage of signatures on a required petition.
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Art Show Hopes to Challenge Cliches About Sex Work

February 15, 2006 by

Prostitutes, strippers, dominatrices, phone sex operators and their peers intend to challenge embedded stereotypes tonight in the MultiCultural Center Theater (MCC) as part of the traveling Sex Worker...
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SB County Supervisors Split Over Official County Opinion

February 15, 2006 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors came close to issuing an official opinion about the county split at its meeting yesterday morning, but by the end of the meeting, the supervisors remained...
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Raise in Living Wage Awaits Vote from City

February 15, 2006 by

The Santa Barbara City Council will soon decide whether to approve a new living wage ordinance that could raise the minimum wage for local companies contracting with the city by more than six dollars,...
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Locals Organize to Raise Funds

February 14, 2006 by

Two local banks, Hospice of Santa Barbara and the son of a local celebrity are teaming up to help the families of the seven people killed by Jennifer San Marco on Jan. 30. The downtown branch of the S...
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Former UCSB Student Accepts Felony Counts

February 14, 2006 by

Former UCSB student Christian Covarrubias is facing probation and potential jail time after pleading guilty to charges of felony false imprisonment and felony sexual assault. Covarrubias, a former fr...
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Police To Light Up Nighttime Bike Safety

February 14, 2006 by

The UCSB Police Dept. (UCPD) is considering implementing a section of the California Vehicle Code currently not enforced on campus, which would require bicycles to have reflectors and lamps emitting w...
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CAB Seeks Funds for Volunteer Events

February 14, 2006 by

After garnering enough petition signatures to secure a place on the campus-wide ballot, the Associated Students Community Affairs Board (CAB) now hopes to win enough votes for its CAB Foundation initi...
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Labor Group Marches for Pay Increase

February 14, 2006 by

UCSB students and maintenance workers unexpectedly marched into Chancellor Henry Yang's office yesterday afternoon, demanding higher wages and criticizing parking fees.
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Board Rejects Funding Requisitions

February 14, 2006 by

The Associated Students Finance Board continued its budget hearings last night, but was unable to fund any student groups due to its lack of money.
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Locals Honor Victims of Shooting

February 13, 2006 by

The UCSB campus flag flew at half-staff yesterday, as hundreds of local residents and community leaders gathered at the Events Center to pay tribute to the seven local residents shot and killed by Jen...
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Computer Flaw Bugs Potential Residents

February 13, 2006 by

Housing and Residential Services' (HRS) online application system failed Thursday for the third time this year, prompting the switch from a first come, first served system to a lottery for on-campus h...
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SB Supervisors To Consider Upcoming Split Referendum

February 13, 2006 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will discuss its official position on a divisive local issue Tuesday morning, as the supervisors decide whether to officially support or oppose a 30-year-...
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Students To Petition for Bush’s Impeachment for Wiretap Abuse

February 13, 2006 by

One of UCSB's newest student organizations wants to impeach President George W. Bush for ordering, without judicial warrants, the placement of wiretaps on the phones of American citizens.
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