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April 28, 2003

UCSB Kicks Off Queer Pride Week

By Stephanie Tavares

Today is the first day of Queer Pride Week - a week of discussion, exploration and celebration of queer culture at UCSB. The week's events will include an ice cream social, drag show, queer wedding and two nights of film...

April 28, 2003

Local Boy Sets Mattress on Fire; Sister Douses Blaze

By Daniel Haier

A four-year-old Santa Maria resident has his sister to thank after she extinguished a small blaze he began while his parents were away. The boy allegedly set fire to a mattress Thursday while playing with matches in his ...

April 25, 2003

GPAC Greets New A.S. Voice

By Jason La

A new Associated Students representative, President Chrystine Lawson, sat on the PAC/GPAC committee Thursday night when it met to discuss housing options in Isla Vista once the I.V. Master Plan is implemented.

April 25, 2003

New Grant To Benefit Local TV Productions

By Jeff Balao Reporter

The South Coast Community Media Access Center (CMAC) is offering grants ranging from $500 to $1,500, to local video producers. The recipients are to use the money to create and compile a five to 30-minute video exhibitin...

April 25, 2003

Campbell Hall Spotlight To Shine on Pilipino Culture

By Travis Hunter

The 12th annual Pilipino Cultural Night, to be held at Campbell Hall at 4 p.m. Saturday, will consist of a presentation of the theatrical production "Two Worlds Apart: Eskarp of the Heart."

April 25, 2003

Greeks Seek to Draw Blood at Benefit Drive

By Kristina Ackermann

Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Phi are sponsoring a blood drive today from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in front of the Fiji house at 765 Embarcadero del Norte. All donations will go to the Tri-C...

April 25, 2003

Jackson Wants Tree Framework to Stand

By Jenny Mayock

The California State Assembly's Natural Resources Committee passed a resolution April 7 criticizing the changes recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service to the 2001 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Ame...

April 25, 2003

Music to His Fingers

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April 24, 2003

County Takes Care of Trash

By Drew Mackie

A review board at the California Environmental Protection Agency headquarters unanimously approved the proposed expansion of Tajiguas, the county's receptacle for the accumulated waste of its residents, meaning an additi...

April 24, 2003

“Hurricane” To Hit Isla Vista

By Drew Atkins

Former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 22 years in prison for murder before his eventual exoneration, will introduce a screening of the movie loosely based on his life, "The Hurricane."

April 24, 2003

Students React to Korean Strife

By Dave Uejio

American ambassadors will meet this week with Chinese and North Korean diplomats to discuss the precarious situation regarding North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.

April 24, 2003

Planners Offer Housing Forum

By Kristina Ackermann

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose room at I.V. Elementary School to review sections of the interim draft of the I.V. Master Plan.

April 24, 2003

Memorial To Commemorate Slain Armenians

By Travis Hunter

The Armenian Student Association will host an event tonight at 7 at Embarcadero Hall to commemorate the Armenian genocide, which claimed the lives of 1.5 million Armenians before and during World War I.

April 24, 2003

A.S. Takes Precautions to Fight Voter Fraud in Spring Election

By William Pham Staff Writer

Whether you can use a computer or not, cheating should be out of the question in this week's online election, according to Associated Students sources.

April 24, 2003

A.S. Officers Go AWOL; Meeting Falls Through

By William Pham Staff Writer

Associated Students Legislative Council failed to meet quorum Wednesday night in what was heralded as "the greatest meeting ever" by several Leg Council members including the Internal Vice President Sunbo Bamigboye.