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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.

April 24, 2003

A Bicycle Built by Two

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April 24, 2003

By Daniel Haier Staff Writer Drew Mackie Staff Writer

Take Out the Drunkard Thursday, April 17, at 10:19 p.m.: Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers contacted a man reported to be disrupting Take Back the Night activities in Anisq’ Oyo’ Park by calling participants le...

April 23, 2003

Suspect Faces Murder Charge

By Drew Mackie

The County of Santa Barbara District Attorney on Monday charged 24-year-old Jose Benigno Romo with the murder of 23-year-old Goleta resident David Montanes.

April 23, 2003

UC Waits for C.U.E. Contract Vote

By Stephanie Tavares

After over a year of working without a contract, the Coalition of University Employees will finally get the chance to vote on a contract.

April 23, 2003

Dept. of Energy Releases Laboratory Audit

By Josh Braun

Los Alamos National Laboratory, once home to the Manhattan Project and birthplace of the atomic bomb, celebrated its 60th birthday on Tuesday under the most solemn of circumstances.

April 23, 2003

Man Steals iBook From UCSB Bookstore

By Travis Hunter

On the afternoon of March 26 an unidentified thief spent an hour in the computer section of the UCSB Bookstore checking out an $1,800 Apple iBook laptop computer.

April 23, 2003

Memorial To Honor Art Studio Student

By Drew Atkins

The flags outside Cheadle Hall will be flying half-staff today in memory of Chris August, a UC Santa Barbara art studio graduate student who died over Spring Break.

April 23, 2003

Underwater Photographer Presents Work

By Valerie Lopez Reporter

"People are fascinated by sharks because they can literally swallow you whole," David Doubilet, an underwater photographer for National Geographic, told a capacity crowd in Campbell Hall on Tuesday night.

April 22, 2003

Police Look Into Goleta Man’s Death

By Daily Nexus Staff

Goleta resident David Montanes, 23, was shot to death outside of his grandmother's apartment complex on Ortega Street in Santa Barbara on Saturday night.