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Locals Donate Funds for Film Center

March 31, 2004 by

A planned public theater on campus will be known as Pollock Theater in honor of a Santa Barbara family that contributed $2 million to the project.
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Election losers resort to meat, drugs, violence

March 31, 2004 by

Mouths water and nostrils flare with every tender bite into one of Slick Gardner's burgers. At a makeshift stand erected on the front lawn of his ranch, meat patties sizzle in their crimson juices as ...
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I.V. Theater Hopes “Big Fish” Will Rekindle Its Magic

March 31, 2004 by

A new film series sponsored by the university will debut this Friday night in an attempt to diminish Del Playa Drive crowds and revive Isla Vista Theater's 70s "Magic Lantern" movie house heritage.
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U.C. biologists deem Comm. Majors better than old rats

March 31, 2004 by

Professors of biology Richard Star and Art Shandobil announced the unanimous results from an ethics meeting in which every invited UCSB professor declared future use of lab rats totally unsatisfactory...
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Womyn reclaim den of oppression

March 31, 2004 by

Editor’s Note: This article appeared as part of our April’s Fools issue. Once the site of barbaric and demeaning antics, the old Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity house on Embarcadero del ...
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MCC welcomes corn-fed panel for honkey-talk

March 31, 2004 by

An event at the MultiCultural Center on Wednesday gave voice to a culture that has long been drowned out by polka-and-cheese stereotypes: the American Midwest.
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Leg Council meets to discuss pressing issues

March 31, 2004 by

The first Spring Quarter meeting of Associated Students Legislative Council began with a 30-minute discussion of what proactive initiative toward a positive dialogue would best educate the students an...
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The degradation of today’s generation

March 31, 2004 by

"Why are young people so insensitive?" asks longtime News-Piss reader Lammy Granville. Well, Lammy, probably something to do with budding, not-quite developed nervous systems. Oh wait, you meant socia...
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Sleeping with the fishes

March 31, 2004 by


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Tools Drop From Crane Top

March 30, 2004 by

Two budding Isaac Newtons, aged 11 and 14, conducted their own gravitational experiments from the top of a 115-foot crane on campus for more than an hour before firefighters brought the youngsters bac...
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County To Try Olsen for Death of SBCC Student

March 30, 2004 by

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge ordered Slava Olsen, 20, to stand trial on three felony charges stemming from the March 2 death of Santa Barbara City College student Bradley Jones, 19.
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UC Employees Vote Down Union’s Offer

March 30, 2004 by

UC administrative professionals resoundingly rejected union representation in an election that ended March 3. The mail-in election conducted by the California Public Employment Relations Board receive...
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Campus Police Banish Sketchy Solicitor

March 30, 2004 by

A credit card solicitor was kicked off campus and banned from university premises Monday because he was a signing up students for credit cards in an area of the university that prohibits such advertis...
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March 21, 2004

March 30, 2004 by

Once at the station, the man continued to laugh and joke about the whole incident and asked the officer several times for a hug. He continued to provide the same name he had originally given, even tho...
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Protesters Want Deli Mart to Stay Dry

March 29, 2004 by

Saying Isla Vista is awash in alcohol-fueled crime, 30 UCSB employees - many with ties to the same campus committee - are protesting a convenience store's application for a liquor license.
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