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Museum Blasts to Past With Psychedelic ’60s Exhibit

The University Art Museum is flashing back to the days of hippies, political protests and music as it becomes a part of "High Society." The museum opened its new fall exhibits, "High Society: Psychede...
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Art, Jazz Festival To Help Disaster Relief

The sounds of large crowds and live music will trumpet from the gardens of the Santa Barbara Court House this weekend, as the city celebrates its Eighth Annual Santa Barbara Festival of Art and Jazz. ...
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Leg Council Approves Use of Student Fees to Oppose Prop 76

A.S. Passes Resolution to Appropriate Funds in Preparation for Potential Legal Battle with UCOP
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Family, Friends Grieve Passing of Local Man

For the friends and family of Tyler VonRuden -- who died after a fall from the Isla Vista bluffs on Sept. 25 - the 22-year-old Santa Barbara resident will always be remembered as a kind, passionate an...
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CSOs Seek to Bolster Ranks With Pay Raise

The Community Service Organization (CSO) is trying to double its yellow-clad, bicycle riding forces this year by enticing interested students with a recent wage increase and the promise of more flexib...
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New Sushi Rolls Into I.V. To Compete for Student Customers

The opening of a new sushi restaurant in Isla Vista could leave competition between sushi purveyors tighter than a well-rolled maki. Sushiya, a Los Angeles-based franchise, opened an I.V. branch on Se...
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Noted Author, Activist To Give History a Voice

You won't be just another face in the crowd at Campbell Hall tonight -- not if Howard Zinn has anything to say about it. Zinn, 83, is a professor, historian and social activist who has made a career o...
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Group Presents Sustainability Plan

UCSB will take the first step toward sustainability today, with the help of an outside firm hired to whip the campus into environmental shape. Students, faculty and staff can hear a presentation from ...
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New SB Bar Offers ‘Green Room’ Feel With Artistic Flair

The opening of a new UCSB alum-owned bar on State Street is giving local residents a new place to spend their green - on alcohol, art or both.
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Yearly Brief Notes Crime Fluctuations for UC Campuses

The 2004 UCSB Clery Report, released Tuesday, shows a major decrease in larceny-theft and drug law referrals from last year, but an even greater increase in forcible sex offenses and liquor law referr...
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I.V. Wraps Up Its Master Plan

The Isla Vista Master Plan entered its final stages of development Tuesday afternoon as the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hired an outside business to complete the plans and decided to spo...
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Class Trains Students to Warn, Cite Police Officers

Students will patrol the streets this weekend, potentially writing up Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UC Police Dept. (UCPD) officers. UCSB students taking Law & Society 4: Police and Community Righ...
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Vote for Pedro’s… Props


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Thieves Plunder Open Isla Vista Apartments

In the past week, over 20 local residents reported the theft of expensive electronics from their homes, but local law enforcement says the only culprit it has found thus far is the high number of unlo...
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IVRPD Advances I.V. Skate Park Plan

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) is ramping up its plans to build a skate park in I.V., as funding for the project begins to roll in. IVRPD Director Diane Conn said the IVRPD has al...
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