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New Amtrak Train Links L.A., SB, SLO

At a ceremony held at 9:30 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Train Station, representatives from Caltrans, Amtrak and Metrolink met with a crowd of about 50 Santa Barbara residents and government officials to...
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Leggies Focus on Getting Votes

Associated Students Legislative Council met briefly Wednesday night, tabling the only bill on the agenda to try to keep the meeting short so they could go out into Isla Vista to remind students to vot...
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A.S. Special Election Voting Period To End at 4 p.m. Today

Today is the last day to vote in the two-day special election for the Associated Students Initiative, which proposes to increase the A.S. lock-in fee by $10.40.
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Campus Career Fair Draws Throngs of Students

Mobs of job-hungry students swarmed between booths from approximately 20 different companies in Corwin Pavillion on Wednesday during the Science and Technology Fair hosted by Career and Counseling Ser...
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Forum Seeks Greener Transportation

The Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) held a forum Wednesday night to talk about alternative transportation along the southern coast and an environmentally friendly approach to planning ...
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Center Hopefuls Hunt for Funds After ‘Yes’ Vote

When Measure D passed in the Nov. 2 election, it gave the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) authorization to build a new community center in I.V.
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Meeting To Review DP Open Space

At tomorrow's Isla Vista Project Area Committee/General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) meeting, committee members will discuss a proposal to buy portions of Del Playa Drive for the creation of a p...
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CalPIRG Drive Pines for UCSB Student Pledges

Students can help the UCSB chapter of California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) work to lower textbook costs, clean up the environment and support student activism by pledging to the organiz...
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‘Pop’ Goes the I.V. Priest to Carnegie Hall

The Rev. Norman R. Freeman, chaplain at Isla Vista's St. Michael's University Church, recently graced the stage of Carnegie Hall, performing a solo concert in his capacity as a timpani player for the ...
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Site Lets Cyber Spenders Donate Dough

After more than a year of planning, FundIt.org, a Web site which helps fund nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara, was launched Wednesday, Nov. 10.
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Not Facing the Music


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New Details Emerge in Arrest of A.S. President

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol released a police report yesterday detailing the incident that resulted in the arrest of Associated Students President Cervin Morris on Friday, Nov. 12.
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Bulbs Give Dorms Greener Glow

By distributing energy-saving light bulbs, the Green Campus Council (GCC) has found a way to make late-night studying more efficient for students living in on-campus residence halls.
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Group Visits Prize-winning Spacecraft

A group of engineering students traveled to the Mojave Desert on Friday to see the spaceship that made history by winning the Ansari X Prize last month.
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Police Probe Possible Murder-Suicide of Pair

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. is investigating a suspected murder-suicide that occurred Monday afternoon in Goleta. At approximately 4:20 p.m., deputies from the Goleta station responded to...
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