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Students, Faculty Rally Against War, Nuclear Weapons

November 23, 2005 by

Student and faculty protestors gathered in Storke Plaza yesterday to rally for peace and an end to UC involvement in the production of nuclear weapons and testing.
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Program Studies Native Cultures

November 23, 2005 by

Students with an interest in indigenous cultures can finally put their coursework toward a minor with the opening of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program, offered by the Religious Studie...
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CalPIRG Study Warns of Dangerous Toys

November 23, 2005 by

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

November 23, 2005 by

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

November 22, 2005 by

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

November 22, 2005 by

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

November 22, 2005 by

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

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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