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April 9, 2003

Bill Aims To Keep UC Student Fees Low

By Stephanie Tavares

State politicians may be able to control UC students' tuition if a bill amendment passes in the State Assembly. The bill will amend Assembly Bill 550 to establish a student fee advisory committee in each of the three Cal...

April 9, 2003

By system

The officer then lowered his body to speak to the woman - whose head was hunched over on her chest - and asked where she lived. The woman raised her head and yelled, "Fuck you!"

April 8, 2003

IVFP Faces Criticism in Jury Report

By Bonnie Holladay

A report released by the Grand Jury on Thursday stated that the IVFP "has failed to maintain control of the community in which it serves." Lt. Tom McKinny, head of the IVFP, said he disagreed with many of the findings in...

April 8, 2003

Planners Request Student Opinions

By Stephanie Tavares

Planning consultants hired by UCSB Campus Design and Planning, who will be in the UCen today and tomorrow, are asking students, faculty and staff for input on what physical changes they think should be made to the UCSB c...

April 8, 2003

County Secessionists Enlist 2,000 in 6 Days

By Drew Mackie

A release from Citizens for County Organization (CFCO), the group heading the effort to create the proposed Mission County, stated that in the first six days of signature-gathering, over 2,000 residents of the northern p...

April 8, 2003

A.S. Puts Parking Fee on Ballot

By Jason La

If passed, the lock-in will charge undergraduates $3.33 per quarter per student beginning Fall 2003. The fee will be raised to $4.00 per quarter per student in 2005 to account for inflation.

April 8, 2003

Bill Seeks to Increase Water Cleanup Funds

By Kristina Ackermann

The Drinking Water Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara), would allow Congress to spend $200 million per year to clean Central Coast water supplies contaminated by the gasoline additive methyl t...

April 8, 2003

UC Lawsuit Aims to Hold AOL Time Warner Accountable

By Nexus Staff Report

The University of California announced it is going to sue AOL Time Warner. The UC claims accounting problems at the company led to plummeting stock prices and nearly a half billion dollars in lost University investments.

April 8, 2003

Marine Gets Citizenship After Death

By Daniel Haier

When Filipino-born Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, died for the United States during combat in Iraq on March 27, he was not a U.S. citizen. By the time he is buried in Tracy, Calif., later this week, he will have become ...

April 8, 2003

Author Brings ‘A Problem From Hell’ To University

By Stephanie Tavares

Power is speaking as part of the "Global Forces in the Post-Cold War World" lecture series sponsored by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UCSB Arts & Lectures, the Global and International Studies Prog...

April 8, 2003

Actors To Present American Voices

By Stephanie Tavares

"American Dreams: Lost and Found," a theatric adaptation of a book of interviews published by Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel will be performed by The Acting Company on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall.

April 8, 2003

How To Freeze Your Moguls Off in April

By system

Wesley Smith, pictured here, took first place skiing the moguls while representing the UCSB ski and snowboard team this past weekend at Mammoth Mountain. The event was the club team's last race of the season. The team pa...

April 7, 2003

DP Blaze Damages Home

By Jason La

A two-alarm fire at 6622 Del Playa Drive Sunday evening left eight students without a place to live for at least two days. The SB County Fire Dept. investigator will begin looking for the cause of the fire today.

April 7, 2003

Locals Support, Protest War

By Jenny Mayock

The downtown intersection of State and De La Vina streets also hosted an intersection of two opposing viewpoints on the ongoing war Saturday afternoon.

April 7, 2003

Police Make Arrest In Motel Standoff

By Drew Mackie

A nearly seven-hour standoff between a transient and Santa Barbara police ended peacefully at about 1 a.m. Saturday. The incident began at 5:53 Friday afternoon, when Santa Barbara resident 51-year-old Barry John McQueen...

April 7, 2003

New Reality Game Show Aims to ‘Score’ in I.V.

By Blake Buford

A new reality television show "Score!" premiered at a packed I.V. Theater on Friday night. The racy show turns innocent hooking up into pure competition as two opponents hit the streets of I.V. looking for willing partne...