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New Buildings Suck Up Power, Drain Budget

The influx of new research buildings on campus - most recently the Engineering Sciences Building - coupled with state budget cuts and the increase in the cost of utilities, has left the university's u...
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Local Provider Brings Wi-Fi to I.V. Businesses

Downtown Isla Vista has just become the area's newest surfing spot, thanks to the recent addition of wireless Internet hot spots at many of the businesses around the Embarcadero loop.
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Venoco To Check Warning System

Don't worry about that loud siren that might be heard across Goleta and Isla Vista this morning; it's just an annual test of the warning system at an oil facility near Ellwood Mesa.
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Truck Accidents Slow 101 Traffic

Local emergency crews responded to two separate incidents involving truck accidents Monday, both of which involved diesel spills and hazardous materials cleanup.
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Lit Professor Acquires Laureate Appointment

Visiting literature professor Barry Spacks was recently appointed Santa Barbara's first poet laureate, giving him the opportunity to spend the next stanza of his life elevating the role of the arts in...
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Rocks Draw Attention to Exhibit

Call it an avalanche of artistic design - four boulders, installed last May by landscape designer Isabelle Greene, mark the entrance to the University Art Museum as a gateway to a new landscape exhibi...
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Sheriff’s Dept. Arrests Ex-Wife of Slain Student

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies have arrested another suspect in the ongoing investigation into the death of Jarrod Blake Davidson, the UCSB graduate student who was murdered in front of his G...
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Law & Society Class Observes IVFP Conduct

Carrying clipboards and a video camera, about half a dozen students ambled up and down Del Playa Drive looking for trouble with police officers this past Friday night.
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A.S. Candidates, Fees Face Voters This Week

Today marks the beginning of the four-day process of Associated Students elections, in which students will decide which organizations will receive funding and which candidates will control UCSB's stud...
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Police Show Frat How to Have a Good Time

For once, partying with the police didn't end with an embarrassing urination in public ticket and the long, dark ride to the sobriety tank. Associated Students Legislative Council and Phi Sigma Kappa ...
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STAGE Contest to Join Art, Science

In an attempt to merge art with science, thespians and theorists are uniting forces. The Professional Artists Lab, a division of the Film Studies Dept, and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI),...
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Banks Give $2M for SB Housing Needs

A local humanitarian organization is opening its wallet to help open the doors on more affordable homes for Santa Barbara County's less fortunate residents.
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Unions, Students Fight Against UC’s Stagnant Salaries

About 300 people gathered at noon in the Arbor on Thursday to protest the standstill in negotiations between the University of California and service workers requesting an increase in wages.
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Take Back the Night Rallies Against Rape

Students and activists banded together to spread the word about sexual assault in Isla Vista on Thursday night at the 28th annual Take Back the Night rally in Anisq' Oyo' Park, which drew over 100 peo...
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