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Deficit Fuels Energy Conversation

April 20, 2005 by

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

April 20, 2005 by

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

April 20, 2005 by

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

April 20, 2005 by

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

April 20, 2005 by

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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New Buildings Suck Up Power, Drain Budget

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 19, 2005 by

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

April 18, 2005 by

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

April 18, 2005 by

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

April 18, 2005 by

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

April 18, 2005 by

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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