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Holiday Meal To Have Family Feel, Turkey

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will host its seventh annual Thanksgiving dinner Thursday night for students not able to head home for the holiday.
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Gauchos Push and Pull Swinging Ohio

Standing at the intersection of Conant Street and Anthony Wayne Trail in the Toledo, Ohio suburb of Maumee, UCSB senior anthropology major Merritt Gurley leapt in the air and flung her limbs into an a...
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IVFP Arrests A.S. President

Associated Students President Cervin Morris, 20, was arrested Friday night for allegedly hitting another man in the head with a beer bottle during a fight at his apartment.
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Groups Hope for ‘Yes’ Vote on A.S. Initiative

With voting for the Associated Students Initiative beginning Tuesday, representatives from several campus organizations said they are supporting the $10.40 base fee increase, anticipating the financia...
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Copwatch Program Aims to Keep IVFP Officers in Check

To kick off their Copwatch program, Associated Students members set up a table on Del Playa Drive on Friday night to pass out complaint forms and informational fliers to Isla Vista residents.
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Surf’s Up… Literally


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Dish Failure Hurts KCSB Pledge Drive

In the middle of its week and a half-long annual pledge drive, the transmission of on-campus radio station KCSB was suddenly cut, requiring station members to lift a replacement radio dish up the side...
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Physics World Praises Work of UCSB Professor

Spintronics sounds like a Harlem Globetrotter trick, but it is actually a branch of physics in which a UCSB professor has received a nationally recognized prize and published a landmark paper.
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Wells Fargo Deposits New Branch in Isla Vista

A Wells Fargo branch recently opened in Isla Vista, becoming the first bank office to enter the area since rioting protestors burned the I.V. Bank of America branch to the ground in 1970.
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Fatal Flight Ends in Woodland Wreck

Three people are dead after a single-engine private aircraft heading for Santa Barbara Airport crashed into a remote part of the San Rafael Wilderness on Wednesday, killing all aboard.
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Leggies Pass Bill, Prepare

At their meeting Wednesday night, Associated Students Legislative Council members approved a bill to support local farmers and discussed next week's special election.
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Hookah Patron Collapses, Sustains Multiple Injuries

A young man was seriously injured at Sam's To Go in Isla Vista on Thursday night after he passed out while smoking a hookah. Witnesses reported seeing an unidentified man fall backwards off the bench ...
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County Turns Down Parking Plan Appeals

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected two appeals Tuesday that attempted to block or restrict implementation of the Isla Vista parking plan.
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Stats Single Out Visitors’ Tricks

UCSB students were mostly on their best behavior this Halloween, with students from other schools and non-students accounting for the bulk of the arrests during the weekend's festivities.
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Frat Fundraiser Draws Full House for Charity

Students put on their best poker faces at Phi Sigma Kappa's Texas Hold'em Tournament held at Corwin Pavilion on Tuesday. The games began at 5 p.m.
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