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Bulbs Give Dorms Greener Glow

November 16, 2004 by

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

November 16, 2004 by

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

November 16, 2004 by

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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Holiday Meal To Have Family Feel, Turkey

November 16, 2004 by

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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IVFP Arrests A.S. President

November 15, 2004 by

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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Gauchos Push and Pull Swinging Ohio

November 15, 2004 by

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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Groups Hope for ‘Yes’ Vote on A.S. Initiative

November 15, 2004 by

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

November 15, 2004 by

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

November 15, 2004 by


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Dish Failure Hurts KCSB Pledge Drive

November 12, 2004 by

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

November 12, 2004 by

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

November 12, 2004 by

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

November 12, 2004 by

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

November 12, 2004 by

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

November 12, 2004 by

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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