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Queer Pride Week Swings Into Action

UCSB's Queer Student Union (QSU) will be kicking off its annual Queer Pride Week tonight at 8 with an opening dance party in the Graduate Student Association Lounge.
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Sea Center Opens on Stearns Wharf

Stearns Wharf will swell with visitors tomorrow at noon, as the Ty Warner Sea Center -- a project six years in the making -- celebrates its grand opening.
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April 22, 2005

Officers responded to reports of a person passed out in the grassy area on the west side of the Francisco Torres Residence Hall. Upon arrival, the deputies found the subject, an unconscious 18-year-ol...
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Dept. of Energy Renews University Lab Contract

The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced Tuesday that it will renew the University of California's $2.3 billion Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory management contract for five years.
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Storke Plaza To Take Hit of Cannabis Culture at Carnival

The UCSB chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) will try to bring peace, love and harmony to Storke Plaza today, as it hosts its second annual "Cannabis Carnival...
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Battle Winner Drums Up ASPB Support

Anyone who has walked down DP on a Friday night can tell you that I.V. has a music scene, but only those who came to the Hub on Wednesday night can say they've seen the best of what the local scene ha...
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Leg Council Finalizes 2005-06 Budget

The Associated Students Legislative Council approved the 2005-06 overall student government's budget at its meeting Wednesday night, with little opposition from council members or the public.
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IVRPD Flips Fees, Kicks Up Park Plan

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Finance Committee recommended Wednesday that the district fund a new project that will make bored local skaters super-stoked. Brah.
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Tension Mounts as Final Voting Days Draw Near

As the final two days of the Associated Students (A.S.) online election approach, the two major parties running for student government seats are accusing each other of foul play - such as tearing down...
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Residence Hall Dishes Out 17 Eviction Notices

Seventeen residents of the Santa Cruz Residence Hall received eviction notices Wednesday afternoon after university officials said the group caused hundreds of dollars in damage to the hall's 1300 win...
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Deficit Fuels Energy Conversation

With funding too low and utility bills too high, the UCSB Physical Facilities Dept. is doing everything in its power to conserve the energy used by existing structures while trying to shore up its mai...
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UC Welcomes Latest Crop of High Achievers

With an average GPA of nearly 4.0, the high school seniors admitted to UCSB's 2005 freshman class are the highest academically performing class to enter UCSB in school history.
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Cops Detain Man on Drug, Banned Weapon Charges

Santa Barbara police seized a cache of illegal firearms and martial arts weapons from within a fortified compound Friday after arresting the owner of the residence for using methamphetamine.
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New Bike Project To Begin in June

After almost two decades of discussion, plans are finally underway for the construction of the Broida Expressway bike path, which university planners said will be completed in October.
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Farmer Harvests Fellowship Honor

Sharon Farmer, a longtime UCSB history professor, was one of a prestigious few in the nation who received the Guggenheim Award last week. Farmer was awarded a $37,000 stipend and is one of 186 artists...
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