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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.

April 22, 2003

UCSB Alum Finds Place at C.O.A.S.T.

By Brendan Kearns

A UCSB alumna will help a local advocacy group carry out its mission of reacquainting community members with the sidewalk. The Coalition for Sustainable Transportation named Jessica Scheeter as the organization's new exe...

April 22, 2003

Tan Students Court Sun, Skin Cancer

By Bonnie Holladay

They appear on campus and on the beach with the arrival of Spring Quarter. Wearing minimal bodily coverage, they don dark sunglasses and perch on towels or lawn chairs. They bare their skin to the sun as if making a sacr...

April 22, 2003

Talk To Bring Ocean to Light

By Traci Bank

Acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet is returning to Santa Barbara tonight to present a lecture on his craft in Campbell Hall at 8. Doubilet has shot photographs for more than 60 stories for the National Geog...

April 22, 2003

Students Participate in Model Arab League

By Drew Atkins

Ten UCSB students participated in the Model Arab League at San Francisco State University April 11 through April 13, competing against schools across the state in an annual simulation of the Arab League meetings.

April 22, 2003

By Drew Mackie

Friday, April 11, approximately 2:30 a.m.: Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers walking down the 900 block of Embarcadero del Mar noticed a 19-year-old woman squatting near the corner of a building.

April 22, 2003

A Smokin’ Good Time

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Senior film studies major Lindsay Schoenfeld dances to the beat of drums during a 4/20 festival held in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Sunday afternoon. The festival was a chance for Isla Vista residents to celebrate marijuana.

April 21, 2003

Rooftop Leaper Breaks Leg

By Daniel Haier and Staff Writer Stephanie Tavares Staff Writer

A man visiting Isla Vista from out of town this weekend thought he could jump from the roof of a three-story Cordoba Road apartment complex, clear a power line and land on the roof of a two-story building 15-20 feet away...