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UCSB Obtains 3-D Microchip Patents

February 11, 2004 by

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

February 11, 2004 by

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

February 11, 2004 by

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

February 11, 2004 by

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’

February 11, 2004 by

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

February 10, 2004 by

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

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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