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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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SB Contendors Tip the Scales for Fight Night

Boxers for Pi Kappa Alpha's (PIKE) 14th annual Fight Night sized each other up yesterday night at the pre-fight weigh-in, giving themselves and the public an idea of what to expect at UCSB's annual br...
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Recruiter Ban Debate Prompts Forum

The UCSB Academic Senate will host a "town hall" meeting today to discuss a proposal that seeks to ban military recruitment on campus. The meeting will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the McCune Confer...
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Tenants Union Kicks Off Year of Housing Help

The Isla Vista Tenants Union held its first open house informational meeting of 2005 yesterday on Tuesday, opening its doors to local residents who have housing questions.
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Council To Replace Oil With Sun Power

The Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously to oppose the expansion and continuation of offshore drilling facilities along the Santa Barbara coastline Tuesday, and to endorse the creation of a so...
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Rally Speaks Out Against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang declined to sign a petition by a group of 20 protesters who stormed Cheadle Hall on Monday afternoon and demanded he support a ban of military recruiters on campus. Carrying...
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