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Internet Takes Blame for Increase in Cheating

The number of students found guilty of academic misconduct is on the rise despite UCSB's efforts to end plagiarism. In 2002-03 the university handled 27 cases of academic misconduct, including 14 case...
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Repairs Have Bells Ringing A Proper Tune

The bells in Storke Tower were repaired Wednesday afternoon after a week-long malfunction that caused them to strike out-of-tune. The 61-bell carillon, located at the top of Storke Tower, malfunctione...
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Designers Reveal Plans for Future University Housing

The plan to increase housing for students, faculty and staff was the subject of a presentation Thursday afternoon in the Santa Rosa Residence Hall Formal Lounge.
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Power Demand, May Overload UCSB

The impending opening of the Engineering Sciences Building and the California Nanosystems Institute has UCSB staff and environmentalists concerned about the increase in power consumption the two build...
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Planners Hope to Make Campus Closer to Home

Community members gathered at Francisco Torres Residence Hall on Wednesday night to discuss housing, a new cellular tower and the future aesthetics of Isla Vista.
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Donor’s Gift honors Professor’s Legacy

The UCSB Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life is receiving more than half a million dollars from a Santa Barbara resident.
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Leggies To Meet, Same Time, Same Greeks

In its final meeting of the school year, Associated Students Legislative Council debated two bills Wednesday night relating to changing the council's meeting time and increasing greek representation i...
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False Alarm Sparks Impromptu Library Fire Drill

Electricians working in Davidson Library accidentally set off fire alarms in the building and caused the evacuation of students and staff inside Wednesday afternoon.
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UC Briefs: May 27, 2004

UC Davis first-year student Justin Burton was arrested Sunday morning on three counts for allegedly stabbing a fellow UCD student. Burton is charged with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weap...
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Engineers Take Grant to Heart

LaunchPoint Technologies, a Goleta-based engineering firm, recently received a $4.4 million grant to create the world's first internal heart-assist pump for infants. LaunchPoint will share the five-ye...
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The Superbowl of the Gaming World

If you're a gamer, or if you follow the world of video games at all, then chances are you've already heard about many of the splendid developments in gaming recently like Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Doom 3 a...
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UCSB To Study Commutes of Students, Staff

Researchers at UCSB want to know how students, faculty and staff get to campus every day - and they'll be using everything, from surveys to global positioning trackers, to find out.
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Political Editor Scrutinizes U.S. Labor, Economy

Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson came to UCSB Tuesday to discuss the potential threats to President Bush's re-election campaign.
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Student Efforts Bring Lecturer to Campus

Conservative political commentator and California State University, Fresno Professor Victor Davis Hanson will speak tonight about terrorism, the war in Iraq and politics across university campuses.
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