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March 31, 2004

Locals Donate Funds for Film Center

By system

A planned public theater on campus will be known as Pollock Theater in honor of a Santa Barbara family that contributed $2 million to the project.

March 31, 2004

Election losers resort to meat, drugs, violence

By Dusk Calvin News-Piss Staff Writer

Mouths water and nostrils flare with every tender bite into one of Slick Gardner's burgers. At a makeshift stand erected on the front lawn of his ranch, meat patties sizzle in their crimson juices as Mr. Gardner, beer in...

March 31, 2004

I.V. Theater Hopes “Big Fish” Will Rekindle Its Magic

By Lulwa Bordcosh

A new film series sponsored by the university will debut this Friday night in an attempt to diminish Del Playa Drive crowds and revive Isla Vista Theater's 70s "Magic Lantern" movie house heritage.

March 31, 2004

U.C. biologists deem Comm. Majors better than old rats

By Neb Wraskon News-Piss Staff Writer

Professors of biology Richard Star and Art Shandobil announced the unanimous results from an ethics meeting in which every invited UCSB professor declared future use of lab rats totally unsatisfactory. The Tuesday meetin...

March 31, 2004

Womyn reclaim den of oppression

By Caspianicus Fatkins

Editor’s Note: This article appeared as part of our April’s Fools issue. Once the site of barbaric and demeaning antics, the old Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity house on Embarcadero del Norte now braces for...

March 31, 2004

MCC welcomes corn-fed panel for honkey-talk

By Hunter X. Gustavson News-Piss Staff Writer

An event at the MultiCultural Center on Wednesday gave voice to a culture that has long been drowned out by polka-and-cheese stereotypes: the American Midwest.

March 31, 2004

Leg Council meets to discuss pressing issues

By Bernice Bean, News-Piss Staff Writer

The first Spring Quarter meeting of Associated Students Legislative Council began with a 30-minute discussion of what proactive initiative toward a positive dialogue would best educate the students and raise awareness ab...

March 31, 2004

The degradation of today’s generation

By Barney Brantingasaurus

"Why are young people so insensitive?" asks longtime News-Piss reader Lammy Granville. Well, Lammy, probably something to do with budding, not-quite developed nervous systems. Oh wait, you meant socially.

March 31, 2004

Sleeping with the fishes

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March 30, 2004

Tools Drop From Crane Top

By Travis Hunter

Two budding Isaac Newtons, aged 11 and 14, conducted their own gravitational experiments from the top of a 115-foot crane on campus for more than an hour before firefighters brought the youngsters back down to earth.

March 30, 2004

County To Try Olsen for Death of SBCC Student

By Daniel Haier

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge ordered Slava Olsen, 20, to stand trial on three felony charges stemming from the March 2 death of Santa Barbara City College student Bradley Jones, 19.

March 30, 2004

UC Employees Vote Down Union’s Offer

By Nexus Staff Report

UC administrative professionals resoundingly rejected union representation in an election that ended March 3. The mail-in election conducted by the California Public Employment Relations Board received 8,127 ballots - a ...

March 30, 2004

Campus Police Banish Sketchy Solicitor

By Jason La

A credit card solicitor was kicked off campus and banned from university premises Monday because he was a signing up students for credit cards in an area of the university that prohibits such advertising and did so witho...

March 30, 2004

March 21, 2004

By Kristina Ackermann

Once at the station, the man continued to laugh and joke about the whole incident and asked the officer several times for a hug. He continued to provide the same name he had originally given, even though the officer had ...

March 29, 2004

Protesters Want Deli Mart to Stay Dry

By Jason La

Saying Isla Vista is awash in alcohol-fueled crime, 30 UCSB employees - many with ties to the same campus committee - are protesting a convenience store's application for a liquor license.

March 29, 2004

Scanner To Help UCSB Research Brain Activity

By Ben Krasnow

Plans are underway in the Psychology Dept. to open a brain imaging center that will allow UCSB to join the ranks of six other UC campuses in brain research.