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3rd District Candidates To Debate at Luncheon

With the March 2 election less than three weeks away, the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association (SBCTA) has invited John Buttny, Brooks Firestone, Slick Gardner and Steve Pappas to speak at the A...
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Leg Talks By-Laws Bills and Bikepaths

In its meeting Wednesday night, the Associated Students Legislative Council heard two executive reports and discussed a bill to amend the A.S. By-Laws.
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Ranch House Blaze Ignites Rooftop

No injuries were reported in a residential fire that was extinguished Wednesday afternoon north of Los Alamos. The fire occurred in a 2,500-square foot ranch house on the 3000 block of Highway 135 at ...
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Onlookers Ogle Wiener


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Feature Photo: All by Myself


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I.V. Authorities Enlist Decoys in Booze Busts

I.V. Market employee Jenifer Acu
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UCSB Obtains 3-D Microchip Patents

Computer chips of the future may have an entirely new shape thanks to collaboration between UCSB and Boeing. The Boeing Company gave four patents to UCSB that describe technology used in making multi-...
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Cal Lab Director To Resign; UC Seeks Replacement

The longest tenure among national U.S. Dept. of Energy laboratory directors will soon end following Charles Shank's announcement that he will step down as director of Lawrence Berkeley National Labora...
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Publishers Claim No Blame in Rising Prices

Textbook publishers are calling a recent report that accuses them of artificially inflating the price of books "totally one-sided and fatally flawed."
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Parking Services Plans Permit Art Competition

Students will have a chance to exhibit their artwork in car windows all over campus next year through the Transportation & Parking Services' 2nd annual permit artwork contest.
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Students, Kids Offer V-Day Lovin’

Members of the Chi Delta Theta sorority, Hermanos Unidos and approximately 50 children made St. Valentine's Day cards for senior citizens Tuesday at Isla Vista Elementary School.
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Union May Get Thousands of UC Employees

On Wednesday the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will send ballots to administrative professionals throughout the UC system offering the choice between the status quo of no represe...
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The Accidental Administrator

Gene Lucas is the UCSB executive vice chancellor. He spends his days overseeing committee meetings and smoothing out disagreements with people dealing with the university. The committees he oversees m...
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Bell Repairman Tackles Storke Tower

Richard Watson is the only bell tuner in the country, and, as far as he knows, one of the few in the world. He co-owns the only bell foundry in the United States, located on a 100-acre property in Geo...
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Police Find Weapons in Vehicle on West Campus

Two teenagers from Goleta were found and arrested on campus Friday night for possession of a deadly weapon. At approximately 10:30 p.m., UC police observed two 17-year-old boys and a girl, whose age w...
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