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Boxers Duke It Out for Charity in Thunderdome

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 ...
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Former Students Take Roles as Soldiers

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."
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IVFP Uses Newly Acquired Tasers to Subdue Suspects

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.
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SAC Pays Nexus for Vandalized Papers

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.
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eGrades, U-Mail To Boost Safeguards

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 s...
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Fight Night Face-Off To Hit UCSB Tonight

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., an...
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Fraternity To Donate Event Proceeds to SB Youth Program

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 fro...
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Museum Lecture To Focus on Impact of Meteorites

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 ...
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Ring Girls of 2005 Told Not to Skimp on Their Costumes

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.
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IVRPD Springs for Skate Park, Vernal Pool

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) voted to fund two major projects at its Thursday meeting, giving the green light to an $800,000 skate park and the $28,000 restoration of a vernal p...
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Graduating Into War

With their backs to a skyline of research buildings and residence halls, a squad of camouflage-clad cadets charges up the side of a blufftop ridge between the UCSB Lagoon and Campus Point. On this sun...
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Students, Staff Address ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Over 20 students, professors and community members debated in front of a packed crowd over the possible removal of military recruiters on campus at the Academic Senate's special town hall meeting Wedn...
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Campus Groups Ask for Increased A.S. Funding

The Associated Students Legislative Council revised and approved its 2005-06 budget last night at its weekly meeting - increasing the funding allocated to both Queer Commission and Student Lobby after...
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Environmentalists Attempt To Get Trees Off Chopping Block

A coalition of local environmental groups is urging Santa Barbara County to preserve its oak trees by stopping a two-year-old tree protection ordinance from getting the axe.
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Chumash Chip in for Safety Depts.

If the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has played its cards right, local public safety programs could soon see a grant of over $1 million from the Chumash Casino.
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