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March 3, 2004

County Voters Exceed Turnout Expectations

By Matt Dozier

The Santa Barbara County residents who went to the polls Tuesday managed to beat the predicted voter turnout for the county in California's primary election.

March 3, 2004

Calif. Approves Budget Bonds, Split on Schools

By Jason La

California voters followed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's lead Tuesday and approved $15 billion in state bonds to stave off the state's economic shortfall.

March 3, 2004

Super Tuesday Finishes With a Kerry on Top

By Jenny Mayock

With California polls still open, John Edwards resigned his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination Tuesday afternoon, leaving frontrunner John Kerry with the party nomination firmly in his grasp.

March 3, 2004

Vote Decides District Winners, Judge Runoff

By Dina Vainer

Salud Carbajal has been elected the new 1st District supervisor with roughly 64 percent of the vote, while incumbent supervisor Joni Gray handily maintained her 4th District seat with 79 percent.

March 3, 2004

UCSBlotter: Februrary 25, 2004

By Meghan Palma

Thursday, Feb. 26, 6:50 a.m. - UC police found a 21-year-old man passed out on the grass near the tennis courts at Francisco Torres Residence Hall. His clothing was wet and soiled with dirt. Dried leaves, dirt and other ...

March 2, 2004

Candidates Gear Up for Election Day

By Kristina Ackermann

With county elections accompanying the California primary election today, candidates for 3rd District supervisor are scrambling for last-minute votes.

March 2, 2004

Rain Drives Groundbreaking Indoors

By Travis Hunter

As campus leaders gathered Monday to break ground on a new academic building, the only thing missing was the ground. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Psychology Building addition was moved from the building site to in...

March 2, 2004

Professor To Share in LED Profits

By Samantha Morgan

The same device responsible for the new wave of color cell phone screens has earned UCSB materials Professor Shuji Nakamura a court award of 20 billion yen, equivalent to $189 million.

March 2, 2004

Science Grant To Expand Pathways, Minds

By Travis Hunter

UCSB will use some of a $2 million grant to throw the coolest science slumber party ever. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCSB announced Feb. 26 it had received the grant from the National Science Foundati...

March 2, 2004

Firestone Says Flier Charges Mislead Voters

By Daniel Haier

One day after 3rd District supervisor candidate John Buttny said a flier charging he received laundered money from a local landlord was a lie, candidate Brooks Firestone said a recent flier attacking him also contains a ...

March 2, 2004

A.S. BIKES, Conference Get Funding

By Jenny Mayock

The quarter's final meeting of Associated Students Finance Board almost didn't happen Monday because several members were absent at the beginning of the meeting.

March 2, 2004

Rock On Pescadero Beach

By system

March 1, 2004

Cops Nab Criminals With Loot

By Daniel Haier

After apprehending two weekend burglars, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers recovered over 40 stolen items belonging to local residents. Within a 30-minute span early Saturday morning, thieves entered the unlocked doors of ...

March 1, 2004

Buttny: Firestone’s Flier ‘Blatantly’ Lies

By Daniel Haier

An election flyer distributed in Isla Vista by Brooks Firestone's campaign this weekend was "blatantly lying" in its attacks on him, 3rd District supervisor candidate John Buttny said.

March 1, 2004

EWB-USA Ladles In More Volunteers

By Ben Krasnow

Engineers Without Borders at UCSB may have attracted a few more members with homemade soup and alarming statistics at its Friday kickoff dinner. Mechanical engineering staff members David Bothman and Mary Dinh, and mater...