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UCSB Pays Price for High Text Cost

September 22, 2005 by

As students say goodbye to summer and hello to the beginning of a new school year this fall, rising textbook prices mean that they will also have to bid farewell to any money remaining in their checki...
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Legal Briefs: September 22, 2005

September 22, 2005 by

The following news briefs are updates on three legal cases involving UCSB students from the 2004-05 academic year.
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Private Property of IVFP

September 22, 2005 by


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I.V. Eatery Seeks Liquor License

June 29, 2005 by

Customers at the recently opened China Garden may soon be able to order beer and wine with their orange chicken and chow mein, if the county approves the Isla Vista restaurant's recently submitted on-...
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UC Awaits Decision on Lab; Nearly 200 Workers Retire

June 29, 2005 by

As the July 19 deadline to submit a bid for continued management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory approaches, the University of California is working to stem the facility's all-time high retireme...
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Scientists Get Busy Studying Grunion

June 29, 2005 by

In a natural display of exhibitionism, thousands of fish will flop up onto Santa Barbara beaches this summer to do the nasty while researchers watch intently.
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Irish Students Find ‘Pot o’ Gold’ in I.V.

June 29, 2005 by

Isla Vista residents can expect to start hearing some unusual accents around town, as more than a hundred Irish citizens will be spending the summer in the area through work visa programs.
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Dennis Nord Leaves Big Shoes to Fill at C&CS

June 29, 2005 by

After 30 years of job placement tests, interview-skills workshops and career fairs, Counseling and Career Services (C&CS) Director Dennis Nord will retire today.
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Four Gauchos Go Pro in MLB Draft

June 29, 2005 by

Despite a relatively quiet season in the Big West, the UCSB baseball team managed to make its presence felt in the 2005 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft held on June 7 and 8. Four Gauchos...
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County Prepares for West Nile Infections

June 29, 2005 by

With the recent discovery of two dead crows infected with West Nile Virus in Santa Barbara County, local officials are beginning to worry that this year could bring higher activity of the disease, as ...
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Control of SB Planning Dept. Changes Hands

June 29, 2005 by

Despite dissent from local political groups and community members, all planning in Santa Barbara County will be under the control of the Executive Office beginning July 1, in an attempt by county offi...
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Nurses Union To Decide on Contract

June 29, 2005 by and

Following five months of negotiations, members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) at University of California medical centers and student health centers are voting whether to accept a recently...
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Grad Housing Construction Expenses Rise

June 2, 2005 by

While the California Coastal Commission (CCC) decides whether to approve construction of UCSB's latest multimillion-dollar housing complex, university representatives have said the cost of the project...
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UCPD Reinvestigates 1970 Murder Case

June 2, 2005 by

Thirty-five years after two hitchhikers were murdered as they slept on beach at Campus Point, the UC Police Dept. has reopened the investigation in an attempt to close the only unsolved case in the de...
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UCSB Readies to Pick Vice Chancellor

June 2, 2005 by

Just as the committee looking for a new UCSB Police Dept. chief enters the final stages of its selection process, another committee is narrowing its options in the search for a new vice chancellor.
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