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MCC Nurtures Artistic Souls With Open Mic

November 6, 2003 by

The MultiCultural Center Lounge hosted an open mic event last night where students and community members performed poems, songs and stand-up comedy by candlelight.
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Playing the Piper

November 6, 2003 by


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SB Elects 3 Members to City Council

November 5, 2003 by

Following a low-turnout election, three new city council members are poised to take office. On Tuesday, voters selected Helene Schneider, Das Williams and Brian Barnwell from a field of nine candidate...
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New Parking Fees Bring in Revenue

November 5, 2003 by

As the student body gets accustomed to the new parking pay stations that accompany the night and weekend parking policy that went into effect July 1, Transportation and Parking Services is keeping its...
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Teen Center Fear Impact of Party Behavior

November 5, 2003 by

While Halloween crowds in Isla Vista this past weekend broke plenty of car mirrors and left plenty of trash, staff members at the Isla Vista Teen Center say the antics of drunken college students also...
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Chicana Author Delights MCC

November 5, 2003 by

An up-and-coming Chicana writer read stories on topics ranging from failed appearances on The Price is Right to grocery store mayhem to a full MultiCultural Center Theater in a light-hearted lecture T...
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Candidates Await Election

November 4, 2003 by

Today is Election Day, and nine candidates are competing for three seats on the Santa Barbara City Council. Voters will also elect two board members for the Embarcadero Municipal Improvement District,...
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Gunn-ing for the Globe: Giles Gunn

November 4, 2003 by

Professor Giles Gunn will go to almost any lengths to get his point across. He loves teaching so much that one day two years ago, the quiet, easygoing professor shocked Global Studies 1 students and f...
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Roads Turn Deadly in Rainstorm

November 4, 2003 by

While the rainy weather this weekend may have helped fight wildfires, it also caused several car accidents and two deaths in the Santa Barbara area.
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Plans Proceed for Hwy 217 Intersections

November 4, 2003 by

Last night, the Goleta Redevelopment Agency (RDA) met at the Goleta Valley Union School District building and to discuss plans to extend two small roads east of Highway 217 to intersect the highway.
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‘Max,’ 34, of SB Zoo Gorilla Exhibit, Dies

November 4, 2003 by

A gorilla at the Santa Barbara Zoo died Oct. 30 after being anesthetized for a medical exam. Max, age 34, had shown symptoms of suffering from neurological issues, and zoo veterinarian Dr. Karl Hill a...
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Finance Board Gives Money to Gamers, A.S.

November 4, 2003 by

Targetable terrorists and test sheets were the talk of Monday's Associated Students Finance Board meeting. Finance Board gave $180 to the Computer Gaming Club for a local area network (LAN) party it i...
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Gettin’ Dirty

November 4, 2003 by

Despite the rain-soaked grass, UCSB's men's lacrosse team practices on Harder Stadium field. This year, the team replaced its head coach Scott DeMonte with Mike Allan, who previously coached the team ...
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I.V. Weekend Draws Diverse Crowd, Crime

November 3, 2003 by

Ninety-eight arrests and 174 citations later, a Halloween horde of students, residents and out-of-town revelers trampled through Isla Vista this weekend in numbers estimated between 40,000 and 50,000.
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Volunteers Pick Up Revelers’ Refuse

November 3, 2003 by

On Sunday, volunteers picked up trash, used condoms, costume pieces and broken glass on Del Playa Drive and Sabado Tarde Road from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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