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Professor To Share in LED Profits

March 2, 2004 by

The same device responsible for the new wave of color cell phone screens has earned UCSB materials Professor Shuji Nakamura a court award of 20 billion yen, equivalent to $189 million.
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Science Grant To Expand Pathways, Minds

March 2, 2004 by

UCSB will use some of a $2 million grant to throw the coolest science slumber party ever. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCSB announced Feb. 26 it had received the grant from the Natio...
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Firestone Says Flier Charges Mislead Voters

March 2, 2004 by

One day after 3rd District supervisor candidate John Buttny said a flier charging he received laundered money from a local landlord was a lie, candidate Brooks Firestone said a recent flier attacking ...
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A.S. BIKES, Conference Get Funding

March 2, 2004 by

The quarter's final meeting of Associated Students Finance Board almost didn't happen Monday because several members were absent at the beginning of the meeting.
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Rock On Pescadero Beach

March 2, 2004 by


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Cops Nab Criminals With Loot

March 1, 2004 by

After apprehending two weekend burglars, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers recovered over 40 stolen items belonging to local residents. Within a 30-minute span early Saturday morning, thieves entered th...
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Buttny: Firestone’s Flier ‘Blatantly’ Lies

March 1, 2004 by

An election flyer distributed in Isla Vista by Brooks Firestone's campaign this weekend was "blatantly lying" in its attacks on him, 3rd District supervisor candidate John Buttny said.
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EWB-USA Ladles In More Volunteers

March 1, 2004 by

Engineers Without Borders at UCSB may have attracted a few more members with homemade soup and alarming statistics at its Friday kickoff dinner. Mechanical engineering staff members David Bothman and ...
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Sorority Race Benefits Cancer Research

March 1, 2004 by

The 3rd annual Kappa Dash began at 11 a.m. in front of the Kappa house at 6525 Picasso Road, circled around the lagoon, and finished back at the Kappa house. The event raised $6,000 to fight breast an...
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Cops Book Literary Larcenist

February 27, 2004 by

In a midday foot pursuit, UCSB Bookstore security chased and detained a suspect who allegedly snatched over $400 worth of textbooks. At approximately 12:15 p.m., UC Police Dept. officers responded to ...
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Treatment Makes Bladder-Busting Worm Squirm

February 27, 2004 by

UCSB donated patent rights for the first time on Feb. 24 for a novel type of medical treatment that could benefit millions worldwide.
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Teenagers Smoke Out Law-Breaking Vendors

February 27, 2004 by

The sale of tobacco products to minors has doubled in the past year, according to a recent survey conducted by the Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept.
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Firefighters Return to Safe Workplace

February 27, 2004 by

County firefighters returned to UCSB's station Friday after a three-week absence. The UCSB Fire Dept. evacuated its firefighters from the Public Safety Building - which also houses the campus police d...
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Primaries Leave Calif. Dems in the Cold

February 27, 2004 by

Adam Graff had been a hardcore Howard Dean supporter since he joined that candidate's presidential campaign in March of 2003 as a "grassroots" volunteer.
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Woman Jacks Up Cadillac, Owner

February 27, 2004 by

A 57-year-old man was hit in the head with a metal carjack stand during a fight Wednesday night. At approximately 5:40 p.m., the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. responded to a fight on the 3300 block of...
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