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Society Bestows Award to UCSB Ph.D. Student

A UCSB doctoral student is winning an award this week for his research on carbon fiber - a material used in everything from cell phone covers to fighter jets.
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Arbor Returns for Fall ’05

By late summer 2005, construction should be completed on the new Arbor convenience store, which will be 10 times larger than its predecessor and include a Woodstock's Pizza, as well as a Subway sandwi...
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Anisq’ Oyo’ Concert Registers, Educates Voters in Isla Vista

UCSB students and Isla Vista residents rocked out this weekend at the Associated Students sponsored "Get Out the Vote" concert, featuring local and national talent.
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Advocates Close in On Goal for Mesa

After receiving $19.4 million in grants and donations over the past 22 months, the campaign to save Ellwood Mesa is just $1 million short of its goal.
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County, Experts Face Off at DP Appeals Hearing

Del Playa Drive residents on the edge of an eroding cliff - and eviction - have a new move-out deadline of Dec. 1 unless their landlords can submit data by Nov. 30 showing their blufftop properties ar...
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Bands To Rock Student Voters at Weekend Show

Music and politics will fuse in Isla Vista when a "Get Out the Vote" concert kicks off Saturday afternoon. The Beatnuts will headline the concert, lasting from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Anisq' Oyo' Park.
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Celebration To Pay For Weed Case Victory

This weekend's Freedom Celebration fundraiser will honor what organizers are calling a historic legal victory for civil liberties and protection of privacy within medicine.
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Drives To Aid Storm-Battered Caribbean

Students can help victims of the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean by donating food and supplies at two collection drives on Saturday, co-sponsored by the Global Relief Organization and the U.S. Doct...
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Forum Speakers To Debate U.S. Foreign Policy

Scholars and political experts will meet downtown this Saturday to air their views on the justifications for the war in Iraq and the doctrine of pre-emptive war.
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Blues Society To Showcase Singer

The Santa Barbara Blues Society is hosting a show tonight for blues musician Candye Kane. Kane will perform at 8:30 p.m. in Warren Hall at the Earl Warren Showground. Tickets for the concert are $25 ...
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Breeding Season Yields Plover Chicks

The snowy plover has had another successful breeding season, thanks to four years of combined efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Coal Oil Point Reserve staff, Santa Barbara Audubon Soc...
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Candidate for State Assembly Visits UCSB

Pedro Nava, Democratic candidate for the 35th District California State Assembly representative, visited Storke Plaza on Wednesday to rally student support for the upcoming Nov. 2 election.
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UCSB’s Theft, Sex Offense Rates Increase

The recently released 2003 Clery Report for UC Santa Barbara shows burglary and forcible sex offense rates have increased, while liquor and drug offense rates have decreased at the university.
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“Corporation” Set to Re-screen Tonight

After turning away approximately 500 people from its first sold-out showing, UCSB Arts & Lectures plans to re-screen "The Corporation" at 7:30 tonight in Campbell Hall.
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SB County Fire Dept. Promotes Veteran Staff

It has been a week of change for the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept., with three employees stepping into positions of greater responsibility and five new faces making their debut.
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