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Grant to Aid Optic Router Research

A $6.3 million grant will help a research team led by a group at UCSB revolutionize Internet routers. The university announced Monday that the federal Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) ...
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Finance Board Tightens Spring Purse Strings

Associated Students Finance Board made every penny of its spring budget count at its meeting Monday, allocating its smallest sum this quarter to student organizations.
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Success One Glass At a Time

By day, Coffield is an administrative assistant for the Military Science Dept. By night, he's a wine connoisseur. As the instructor of the World of Wine class, the most popular Leisure Review class of...
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Boxers Duke It Out at Fight Night

Punches were plentiful as clothing was scarce in the ring as thousands of raucous boxing fans filled the Thunderdome last Friday for Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity's 13th annual Fight Night. The cha...
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Frat Helps Locate Bone Marrow Donor

Nu Alpha Kappa fraternity's annual bone marrow registration drive may have helped save the life of a 17-year-old terminal leukemia patient. Felipe Infante, a 23-year-old fourth-year global studies and...
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Boy Saves Apartment From Stovetop Flames

A 10-year-old boy climbed into his neighbor's apartment to prevent a potentially serious fire Saturday afternoon. When firefighters arrived at an apartment on the 6800 block of Phelps Avenue, they lea...
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Warm Weather Kindles Early SB Fire Season

Hot weather and low winter rainfall totals have prompted local authorities to declare the onset of this year's fire season earlier than usual.
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Campus Network Survives Attack of PhatBot Worm

A worm hit the UCSB computer network late Wednesday night, causing some departments, organizations and residence halls to lose their Internet connections.
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Students Demand I.V. Plan Revisions

In preparation for a Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearing, community representatives and members of Associated Students met Thursday to come up with ideas on how to alter or delay the pro...
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Yard Sale To Benefit Man’s Best Friend

Dog lovers in the Santa Barbara area will get a chance to help homeless puppies get ready for adoption at a Goleta animal shelter's charity event this weekend.
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Animator to Return for Career Panel

One of the best artists in Nexus history will sit alongside Hollywood heavyweights in a panel discussion today. Kazu Kibuishim, Nexus art director from 1997 to 2000, will participate in the Film Studi...
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I.V. Youths Take All at Casino Night

The night was in full swing by 10:30 p.m. and the tables were loaded with gamblers. Dancing, flashing lights, music from DJ Eric Freedman and, of course, gambling combined to turn the Hub into a makes...
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Author Urges Pot-Lovin’ Crowd to Think

Even Eric Schlosser was surprised when the vast majority of Wednesday night's packed Campbell Hall audience raised their hands to admit having smoked marijuana. "I have to tell you, that's slightly hi...
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Doves To Protest Efforts to Enlist SBCC Students

Military recruiters looking to enlist students at Santa Barbara City College today will have to share the campus with several groups that intend to make potential recruits think twice about enlisting....
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