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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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Community Prepares for Local Thanksgiving

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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UC Reacts to ‘Education Crisis’ by Inflating Costs

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

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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