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April 4, 2003

Military Families To Receive Veggies

By Tiye Baldwin

Families of U.S. military personnel will be receiving support on the home front in the form of leafy greens, thanks to Operation "Salad for Soldiers."

April 4, 2003

April Brings Sexual Assault Focus

By Erynn Im Reporter

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). During the next few weeks, activists around the country are planning events that will teach assault victims about the assistance available to them and encourage people to w...

April 4, 2003

Bust a Move

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April 3, 2003

UCSB Staffer Dies in Car Crash

By Jason La

Stanton, an assistant judicial affairs coordinator for Housing and Residential Services, was driving south toward San Diego when Melanie Brown, 21, lost control of her truck in the northbound lane at approximately 120 mi...

April 3, 2003

Suit Attacks UC Nondisclosure

By Stephanie Tavares

The San Jose Mercury News, the Coalition of University Employees (C.U.E.) and UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Charles Schwarz have filed a joint suit against the University of California in Alameda County Superior Court.

April 3, 2003

Police Investigate Lompoc Murder Case

By Drew Mackie

New details about the murder of 78-year-old Mission Hills resident Jean Morgan were released yesterday as the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. continues its investigation into the incident.

April 3, 2003

Oil Waste Site To Receive EPA Treatment

By Kristina Ackermann

The Environmental Protection Agency has received $31.9 million in settlements to clean the hazardous waste site at Casmalia in northern Santa Barbara County.

April 3, 2003

County Project Smooths Way For Pedestrians

By Daniel Haier

everal hundred feet of Isla Vista sidewalks have recently been repaired to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act specifications and Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. drainage and safety guidelines.

April 3, 2003

FT To Host Master Plan Meeting on Local Housing

By Drew Mackie

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee will be meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Linda Vista room at Francisco Torres to begin discussion of the PAC interim draft, the most up-to-date version of the plan to redevelop I....

April 3, 2003

Leg Council Reviews Plans for I.V.

By Travis Hunter

The council heard a presentation from Jamie Goldstein, planning project manager for I.V., that outlined many of the goals and potential problems facing the redevelopment plan. A.S. holds one of 13 voting positions on the...

April 2, 2003

Art Studio Grad Student Dies

By Drew Atkins

UCSB graduate student Chris August passed away Sunday at 12:23 a.m. in the Santa Barbara area. He was in his early forties. The Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office could not be contacted for information regarding the c...

April 2, 2003

State Triumphs in Coastal Oil Dispute

By Kristina Ackermann

Any oil companies looking to develop leases off the coast of California will have to get by the state government first, as the federal government has backed off from its attempt to control all offshore drilling.

April 2, 2003

Elderly Man Kills Wife, Calls 911

By Daniel Haier

Sheriff's deputies arrested an elderly Lompoc man Tuesday morning on suspicion of murdering his wife. Officers responded to the home of Eugene Carl Morgan, 77, after dispatch received information from a male caller who s...

April 2, 2003

Mediator Urges New Contract for C.U.E., UC

By Stephanie Tavares

Almost two years of contract negotiations between the University of California and its clerical workers may finally come to an end in the coming weeks.

April 2, 2003

Do You Want Fries With That?

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