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Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Olsen Case

A Santa Barbara jury found Slava Olsen, the 20-year-old Isla Vista resident charged in the slaying of Santa Barbara City College student Bradley Jones last March, guilty on all counts after it conclud...
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KCSB Honors Life of Late Programmer

UCSB's radio station staff took a moment of silence Tuesday night to commemorate the life of long-time programmer and D.J. Michael Petrini, who died Aug. 30 in a landscaping-related accident.
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Group Asks for 3-Day Halt on Rape, Assault

The Rape Prevention Education Program (RPEP) is asking for a truce this weekend. The program is sponsoring the "I Want a Truce" campaign, which encourages students and community members to sign a pled...
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Leg Council Favors I.V. Community Center

Associated Students Legislative Council endorsed a local ballot initiative and tabled campus business during Wednesday night's meeting. Council members consented to indefinitely table a bill updating ...
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UCSB Blotter: October 21, 2004

Sunday, October 17, 5:03 p.m.: UCPD officers responded to reports of a naked man pleasuring himself on the dirt road by West Campus Family Student Housing. Officers did not immediately see anyone alon...
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IVFP Grant Aims to Limit Minors’ Access to Booze

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. officially received a $100,000 grant yesterday to curb the availability of alcohol to minors in Isla Vista.
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Police Prepare for Howling I.V. Halloween

Halloween revelers searching for a unique costume might want to avoid the cop outfits this year, as they will find the streets of Isla Vista teeming with real police officers this Oct. 31.
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Finance Board Spends All for Fall

Associated Students Finance Board allocated its entire remaining Fall Quarter budget to three student groups Monday afternoon, leaving the organization broke until winter.
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Committee Decides on Parking Restrictions for Holiday Weekend

Out of town party revelers coming to UCSB for Halloween this year will not find much welcome as the university gears up for the holiday celebration by imposing more restrictive parking policies and in...
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Keg Sales Tap Out as IVFP Cracks Down

Recently many I.V. residents have chosen to buy canned beer or bottled liquor rather than kegs, as those forms of alcohol are less likely to be traced back to the buyer, Lee Johnson, co-owner of the I...
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Attackers Stab 2 Pool Players in Goleta Yard

A pair of assailants armed with knives attacked two men at a Goleta residence Sunday evening, leaving both victims with stab wounds.
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Attorney To Offer Legal Advice to I.V. Partygoers

In response to increasing enforcement of alcohol-related laws in Isla Vista, the Associated Students Legal Resource Center (LRC) will host a lecture tonight titled "Know Your Rights."
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DP Houses To Hang On Cliffs Uninhabited

Two Del Playa Drive buildings, vacated under orders by the county building inspector on Sept. 30, will remain empty until at least next summer after yesterday's meeting of the SB County Planning Dept....
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Ortega Rolls Out Sushi for Daily Meals

Ortega Dining Commons has expanded its menu to include sushi in an effort to satisfy students' culturally diverse tastes.
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DLG Attracts Crowds; Ortega Starves

The long anticipated and newly restored De La Guerra (DLG) dining commons is luring a large number of students away from neighboring dining facilities, generating long lines at the facility and empty ...
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