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CalPIRG Drive Pines for UCSB Student Pledges

Students can help the UCSB chapter of California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) work to lower textbook costs, clean up the environment and support student activism by pledging to the organiz...
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‘Pop’ Goes the I.V. Priest to Carnegie Hall

The Rev. Norman R. Freeman, chaplain at Isla Vista's St. Michael's University Church, recently graced the stage of Carnegie Hall, performing a solo concert in his capacity as a timpani player for the ...
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Site Lets Cyber Spenders Donate Dough

After more than a year of planning, FundIt.org, a Web site which helps fund nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara, was launched Wednesday, Nov. 10.
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Not Facing the Music


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New Details Emerge in Arrest of A.S. President

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol released a police report yesterday detailing the incident that resulted in the arrest of Associated Students President Cervin Morris on Friday, Nov. 12.
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Bulbs Give Dorms Greener Glow

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

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

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

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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Gauchos Push and Pull Swinging Ohio

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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IVFP Arrests A.S. President

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

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

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


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Dish Failure Hurts KCSB Pledge Drive

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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