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The Accidental Administrator

February 10, 2004 by

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

February 10, 2004 by

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

February 10, 2004 by

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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A.S. Finance Board Spends for Now, Budgets for Later

February 10, 2004 by

At Monday night's meeting, the board began hearings for next year's A.S. budget. As many as 10 A.S. entities went before the board to present their proposed budgets for the 2004-05 academic year and e...
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SB Hospital Needs Pricey Face-lift

February 10, 2004 by

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has launched a $100 million fundraising drive to rebuild the hospital. The project is in response to an amendment to the 1983 Alquist Seismic Act that requires existing ...
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LRC Provides New Internship Opportunities

February 10, 2004 by

The Associated Students Legal Resource Center (LRC) is providing students interested in law careers with internship opportunities in the Santa Barbara area through a new program that allows juniors an...
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Frat Deals Money to Charity

February 9, 2004 by

Students put on their best poker faces Sunday and tried to call, raise and bluff their way to victory in Zeta Phi Rho's first annual charity poker tournament.
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Volunteers Plant Trees to Beautify Goleta

February 9, 2004 by

Eleven shovel-wielding volunteers replaced over a dozen trees at Girsh Park with trees more suitable for the park's environment.
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I.V. Store Owner Dies of Heart Attack

February 9, 2004 by

The owner of SOS Liquor on Embarcadero del Norte, Jin Mook Hong, died of a heart attack early Friday morning.
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Strike Drives Shoppers to Healthier Food

February 9, 2004 by

Santa Barbara residents who honor the ongoing grocery workers' strike may end up eating a more healthful diet. Because the UFCW strike involves all of the major local grocery chains - Ralphs, Vons and...
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Residents Debate Over Vista Square Proposal

February 9, 2004 by

Approximately 50 Isla Vista residents met in I.V. Theater Saturday to discuss plans for the proposed community center in Estero Park, located at the corner of Camino del Sur and Estero Road.
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UC Briefs: February 9, 2004

February 9, 2004 by

UCI Management Students To Play with Borrowed Money UC Irvine - The New University Feb. 2 - Charles Martin, co-chair of UC Irvine's Graduate School of Management will take a $1.5 million gamble to giv...
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February 9, 2004

February 9, 2004 by

The Not-So-Jolly Trolley Friday, Feb. 6, 8:06 p.m. - A passenger on an open-air trolley, which was traveling eastbound on the 6500 block of Pardall Road, threw an empty bottle at a patrol car parked i...
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Dirty Air Ducts Drive Firemen From UCSB

February 6, 2004 by

This morning the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. is withdrawing its firefighters from UCSB because it is concerned for their health. The department is moving the three-firefighter crew to a station on...
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Author Links 9/11, WWII Violence

February 6, 2004 by

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian came to UCSB on Thursday to examine the events surrounding "three of the most horrendous acts of violence" in history.
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