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May 11, 2005

UCSB Profs Earn National Honor

By Asad Ali

Two more UCSB professors will help advise the nation on scientific issues after being recently elected into the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

May 11, 2005

Residents Pitch Incorporation Proposal

By Mollie Vandor

The City of Santa Barbara may soon be expanding its borders to welcome some new residents that currently do not have a city to call their own. Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum said the Santa Barbara City Council heard a pr...

May 11, 2005

Friday’s Fight Night Quietude Honors Soldier

By Dina Vainer

Most of the people in the crowd at Fight Night last week did not know UCSB graduate Dion Burmaz, but when announcer Frank Debernardo asked for a moment of silence for his friend, the arena quieted to honor Burmaz's memor...

May 10, 2005

UC Employees To Strike for Better Wages

By Patricia Bobek

As the University of California settles contract negotiations with a service workers' union, another union voted Monday to strike. After spending 11 months bargaining with the UC for wage increases, 85 percent of the 17,...

May 10, 2005

Pole Collisions Cause Deaths of Migrating Birds

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Up to 30 birds flew toward the light last week, crashing into the new light poles illuminating the recently installed artificial field next to the Rec Cen.

May 10, 2005

Los Padres Grant Looks to Save Vehicle Trails

By Dina Vainer

Los Padres National Forest officials are pining for public comment on a grant application to the State of California, which could help maintain and protect the forest's off-highway vehicle (OHV) system.

May 10, 2005

Grant Funds Grad Global Studies Program

By Leanndra Martinez

Graduates with globalization on the brain will soon have the opportunity to earn their master's degree in Global and International Studies, thanks to a new $500,000 per-year grant from the Orfalea Family Foundation of Sa...

May 9, 2005

Boxers Duke It Out for Charity in Thunderdome

By Drew Holland Staff Writer Kaitlin Pike Jason La Staff Writers

As the lights dimmed and Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" blasted throughout the Events Center just before 7:30 on Friday night, the crowd roared for Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity's 14th annual Fight Night to begin.

May 9, 2005

Former Students Take Roles as Soldiers

By Daniel Haier

Somewhere in Baghdad, her exact location classified for security reasons, 2nd Lt. Jennifer Pozzi serves with a U.S. Military Police unit in a combat zone she describes as "pretty darn scary."

May 9, 2005

IVFP Uses Newly Acquired Tasers to Subdue Suspects

By Lindsey Clodfelter

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) put its newest weapons to the test recently, using Taser X26 stun guns to bring down two suspects who could not be restrained by police officers.

May 9, 2005

SAC Pays Nexus for Vandalized Papers

By Jason La

Former Associated Students Presidential Candidate Bill Shiebler wrote a $299 check to the Daily Nexus late last month to cover the cost of 300 copies of the newspaper that were defaced by vandals.

May 9, 2005

eGrades, U-Mail To Boost Safeguards

By Lindsey Miller

UCSB administrators are booting up an improved security system to help prevent students from stealing identities and falsifying grades online. Associate registrar for computer processing Pat McNulty said U-Mail and other...

May 6, 2005

Fight Night Face-Off To Hit UCSB Tonight

By Jason La

The bells will toll tonight for 14 boxers as they compete in Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity's 14th annual Fight Night. Doors to the charity event, held in the Thunderdome, will open at 5:30 p.m., and the first match is...

May 6, 2005

Fraternity To Donate Event Proceeds to SB Youth Program

By Ashley Ratcliff

While boxers and ring girls take center stage at the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity's annual Fight Night, directors of a downtown organization called the Say Yes to Kids Foundation said proceeds from the event help cha...

May 6, 2005

Museum Lecture To Focus on Impact of Meteorites

By Matt Dozier

A local meteorite collector, Lowdermilk will give a presentation tonight at 7 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, touching on topics ranging from billion-year-old meteorites to fossilized dinosaur dung.

May 6, 2005

Ring Girls of 2005 Told Not to Skimp on Their Costumes

By Nick Durnhofer

Spectators attending the 14th annual Fight Night this Friday will be met by a slightly more dressed-up event this year as new restrictions have been placed on the event's ring girls and their outfits.