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Biologists Link Blindness to Gene

May 25, 2005 by

Biologists at UCSB recently published research that identified a gene responsible for the most common form of irreversible elderly blindness in developed countries.
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SB City Council Aims to Keep 101 in Motion

May 25, 2005 by

While physical improvements to Highway 101 through Santa Barbara may still be a long way down the road, the Santa Barbara City Council is continuing to discuss methods of decreasing traffic congestion...
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Repent Sinners, Students

May 25, 2005 by


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Wage Increases Fail to Appease Union Demands

May 24, 2005 by

Members of one union are preparing to strike this week despite receiving a new wage proposal from the University of California, while members of another will vote on whether they wish to do the same f...
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Residents Defend DP Volleyball Park

May 24, 2005 by

The controversy surrounding Isla Vista parks continued Monday morning, as local residents protested the county's plans to sell Del Playa Drive's Volleyball Park.
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Talk To Buoy Ocean as Energy Source

May 24, 2005 by

Riding the recent wave of local discussion surrounding alternatives to fossil fuels, two lecturers will discuss the possibility of replacing energy from oil with tidal energy.
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Alpert Award Honors UCSB Playwright

May 24, 2005 by

A UCSB professor recently received a $50,000 fellowship for her dramatic contribution to the world of theater. Naomi Iizuka, a dramatic arts professor and UCSB Playwriting Program director, was one of...
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Experts Expect Future Increases in Cliff Erosion

May 23, 2005 by

While walking on the campus beach down from Lagoon Road, Martie Levy said she heard a rumbling noise originating 25 feet behind her and her daughter - just before a four-foot-wide boulder rolled down ...
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Three Survive Plane’s Crash Landing

May 23, 2005 by

The pilot and passengers of a small sightseeing plane escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon after their aircraft crashed in the slough beyond the runways of Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.
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UCSB Senior Breaks World Record With 909-Pound Lift

May 23, 2005 by

After placing a great deal of weight on his goal, a UCSB student literally lifted his burden by shattering the world record in a national powerlifting competition.
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Press Council, Staff Select New EIC

May 23, 2005 by

With a fiery-red passion for journalism matched only by his orange hair, third-year biological sciences major Matt Dozier will become next year's editor in chief of the Daily Nexus. The UCSB Press Cou...
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Runners Raise $23,000 for Cancer Cure

May 23, 2005 by

Twenty-four hours after stepping onto the UCSB track Saturday morning, the several hundred volunteers participating in this year's Relay For Life learned they had raised approximately $23,000 for canc...
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Nava Meets, Eats With SB Residents

May 23, 2005 by

Local residents got a chance to meet their state assemblyman Saturday morning when 35th District representative Pedro Nava opened his doors and invited everyone to breakfast.
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Judicial Council Declines to Fine SAC Candidates

May 20, 2005 by

The Associated Students Judicial Council did not charge two Student Action Coalition (SAC) candidates for violating campaign rules in last spring's election, citing insufficient evidence against the a...
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Workers Mend Collapsed Isla Vista Pipeline

May 20, 2005 by

After three days without running water, over a hundred residents on Sabado Tarde Road can bathe again after crews repaired a broken sewage line Wednesday afternoon.
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