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May 5, 2004

Fire Season Hits California Early This Year

By Daniel Haier

A brush fire that burned 300 acres Monday in the Santa Ynez Valley continued spreading Tuesday, charring an additional 215 acres of the Los Padres National Forest.

May 5, 2004

Group Seeks to Edit I.V. Parking Plan

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Associated Students members and community representatives, who have been meeting for several weeks to discuss a proposed Isla Vista parking permit program, decided last night not to oppose the plan outright.

May 5, 2004

Construction Plan Irks Residents

By Dina Vainer

Residents of Isla Vista and Goleta met at Embarcadero Hall last night to complain about the proposed environmental impact report (EIR) for UCSB's portion of the Ellwood-Devereux Open Space Plan.

May 5, 2004

Law Professionals Offer Internships

By Jason La

The Associated Students Legal Resource Center and the Law & Society Dept. are teaming up to bring internships to students interested in law. The internship program would allow students to work with defense lawyers, prose...

May 5, 2004

Visionaries To Speak on Imagination, Travel

By Drew Atkins

Two people who know a thing or two about creativity will discuss that topic tonight in Campbell Hall. Writer Pico Iyer and musician Meredith Monk will speak in Campbell at 8 p.m. Admission will be $10 for the general pub...

May 4, 2004

A.S. To Bring Parking Debate to Students

By Kristina Ackermann

Students opposed to the Isla Vista parking permit plan can find out what they can do about it this afternoon. Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board will host a meeting at 5 p.m. in the A.S. conference room to d...

May 4, 2004

UCSB Jews, Muslims Sit Down to Talk

By Dina Vainer

The Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Club met last night to explore Muslim and Jewish relations in its newly official and undergraduate format. Seven people attended the meeting, which touched on subjects ranging from the latest r...

May 4, 2004

Emergency Crews Fight Ongoing Forest Fire

By Lulwa Bordcosh

Firefighters responded to a brush fire in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Ynez at approximately 3 p.m. Monday and have continued to battle the fire throughout the night.

May 4, 2004

Grant to Aid Optic Router Research

By Travis Hunter

A $6.3 million grant will help a research team led by a group at UCSB revolutionize Internet routers. The university announced Monday that the federal Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) had awarded $6.3 mil...

May 4, 2004

Finance Board Tightens Spring Purse Strings

By Matt Dozier

Associated Students Finance Board made every penny of its spring budget count at its meeting Monday, allocating its smallest sum this quarter to student organizations.

May 4, 2004

Cool Shades, Hot Band

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May 3, 2004

Success One Glass At a Time

By Katie Wallace

By day, Coffield is an administrative assistant for the Military Science Dept. By night, he's a wine connoisseur. As the instructor of the World of Wine class, the most popular Leisure Review class offered through the UC...

May 3, 2004

Boxers Duke It Out at Fight Night

By Matt Dozier

Punches were plentiful as clothing was scarce in the ring as thousands of raucous boxing fans filled the Thunderdome last Friday for Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity's 13th annual Fight Night. The charity boxing tourname...

May 3, 2004

Frat Helps Locate Bone Marrow Donor

By Galina Peters Reporter

Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity's annual bone marrow registration drive may have helped save the life of a 17-year-old terminal leukemia patient. Felipe Infante, a 23-year-old fourth-year global studies and political science m...

May 3, 2004

Boy Saves Apartment From Stovetop Flames

By Kristina Ackermann

A 10-year-old boy climbed into his neighbor's apartment to prevent a potentially serious fire Saturday afternoon. When firefighters arrived at an apartment on the 6800 block of Phelps Avenue, they learned the fire had al...

May 3, 2004