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UCSB Receives $1.1 Million for Catholic Studies

January 27, 2004 by

At a Friday benefit celebrating his 85th birthday, Father Virgil Cordano received the sizable gift of a $1.1 million donation to the endowment bearing his name.
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A.S. Finances Various Student Events

January 27, 2004 by

The Associated Students Finance Board shelled out almost $3,500 on Monday, meeting the financial requests of four student groups.
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SBPD Honors Professor for Service

January 27, 2004 by

UCSB students are used to feeling like they are at their teacher's mercy, but they are probably not used to facing one with the power to throw them in the slammer.
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Santa Barbara’s ‘Jack of all Trades’

January 26, 2004 by

Officer Jeff Browning's voice is dry and level. He is looking out over the bow of his harbor patrol boat at a crowd of yachts and warships bobbing at anchor.
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Woman Escapes Potential Rapist

January 26, 2004 by

The UC Police Dept. arrested a 35-year-old male transient on campus Sunday morning after the man allegedly threw a woman to the ground and attempted to rape her.
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CA Alcohol Czar, Chancellor Do DP

January 26, 2004 by

In the hope of partygoer behavior and the prevalence of alcohol-fueled revelry in Isla Vista, state authorities toured Del Playa Drive Friday night with Chancellor Henry Yang and law enforcement offic...
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Dartmouth Visitors Involved in Dispute

January 26, 2004 by

Four members of the Dartmouth College football team, along with one Santa Barbara resident, were arrested in Isla Vista early Friday morning on charges of home invasion after they allegedly entered a ...
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Beach Crosses Stand in Honor of Dead Troops

January 26, 2004 by

The Santa Barbara chapter of Veterans for Peace (VFP) continued its weekly anti-war protest near Stearns Wharf this Sunday with some special guests.
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Hip Hop Battle Winner Takes Home $1000

January 26, 2004 by

MCs from all over the West Coast came to the UCen Saturday night to battle each other for a $1000 prize in front of an audience of 800 people.
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Dry Rocks

January 26, 2004 by

Musicians from JAM43, a local band, serve up an alternative to alcohol at I.V. Live Friday.
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UCSA Battles The Governator

January 23, 2004 by

University of California students and civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday with the State Supreme Court against Gov. Schwarzenegger asking the court to overturn the recent reduction of...
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Booze Czar to Check Out How I.V. Gets Down

January 23, 2004 by

In pursuit of a $100,000 grant to help crack down on the provision of alcohol to minors by local businesses, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol is taking state authorities out for a night on the town.
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Kenyan Writer Speaks Against Globalization

January 23, 2004 by

An author renowned for writing in both English and his native African language came to UCSB Thursday to discuss the impact of language on the changing world order.
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Environmental Groups Take EPA to Court

January 23, 2004 by

A lawsuit filed Thursday by three nonprofit environmental groups may force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update clean water permits issued to oil drilling platforms off the Califor...
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Engineering Students Seek to Assist Abroad

January 22, 2004 by

Billions of people awaken every day and turn on the water faucet to wash their faces. But, as mundane as it may seem, there are still many communities worldwide that would consider running water and f...
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