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Author To Recount Life of Blacks in Germany

November 14, 2005 by

German author Ika H
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Film Exposes International Effects of Wal-Mart Empire

November 14, 2005 by

A free movie screening in downtown Santa Barbara tonight will give local residents a chance to learn about the price communities across the world pay every time retail giant Wal-Mart rolls into a new ...
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Can You Dig It?

November 14, 2005 by


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Burglars Break Into I.V. Theater, Steal Projector

November 10, 2005 by

Thieves broke into I.V. Theater yesterday and pinched a data projector worth $4,000, leaving other expensive electronics untouched and leading the building's supervisor to believe that the culprits kn...
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SB Professor Blasts to Academic Stardom With Annual Award

November 10, 2005 by

The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently presented UCSB Environmental Studies Professor Jeff Dozier with the William T. Pecora Award, making him...
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Leggies Prepare for Regents Meeting

November 10, 2005 by

The Associated Students Legislative Council held its last on-campus meeting of the quarter yesterday, voting to cancel its upcoming Nov. 23 meeting.
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Rec Cen Jets Ahead With Plans for New Spa

November 10, 2005 by

Students will soon have another way to kick back and relax after a hard day of studying, as construction on a new spa at the UCSB Rec Cen is slated to begin later this month and be finished by Winter ...
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Nava To Discuss Educational Opportunities at Latino Forum

November 10, 2005 by

Isla Vista is getting a double dose of 35th District Assemblyman Pedro Nava this week as the politician hosts events today and on Saturday to address issues concerning local Latinos and the I.V. commu...
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Voters Veto Props, Re-elect Mayor

November 9, 2005 by

As of 12 a.m. this morning, preliminary returns from yesterday's special election showed that all the statewide propositions failed by very narrow margins and Santa Barbara City's incumbent Mayor, Mar...
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Church’s Paulist Fathers To Leave Local Ministry

November 9, 2005 by

After nearly 40 years of serving the UCSB and Isla Vista community, the Roman Catholic priest order of the Paulist Fathers announced that a dwindling number of priests and lack of resources has caused...
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Student Health Runs Low on Shot Stock

November 9, 2005 by

While other local facilities have an ample supply, UCSB Student Health has nearly exhausted its stock of the influenza vaccine due to a high volume of students, faculty and staff seeking inoculation a...
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CHP To Give Thanks by Donating Turkeys for Underprivileged

November 9, 2005 by

Officers from the Santa Barbara chapter of the California Highway Patrol will hand out turkeys as well as tickets this Thanksgiving season for locals who cannot afford to finance their own feasts.
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SB County Tests for Infected Mosquitoes in Various Locations

November 9, 2005 by

Several mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found inhabiting pools of standing water countywide since the disease's first discovery in Santa Barbara in 2004.
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Ex-Professor To Serve 2 Years

November 9, 2005 by

Former UCSB professor and Nobel Prize winner John Robert Schrieffer was sentenced to two years in state prison Monday for gross negligence vehicular manslaughter.
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New Campus Center To Examine the Mind

November 9, 2005 by

UCSB will soon evolve from a place where minds can study to a place where researchers can also study the mind. The recently founded SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind will offer faculty and student...
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