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A.S. Pursues Sliding Scale

April 16, 2003 by

An initiative on the spring elections ballot seeks to amend the Associated Students Constitution to change the number of votes needed to pass future A.S. ballot measures.
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Gaucho Mythology Debunked

April 16, 2003 by

Much can be attributed to the persistent myths about the school that portray it as a depraved bastion of drunken, promiscuous youths densely packed along the Central Coast. These legends have spread s...
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Sliding Scale Formula Fails to Add Up

April 16, 2003 by

Wednesday night, quickly and quietly, Associated Students Legislative Council changed a constitutional amendment on next week's ballot to correct a small and quite consequential error.
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Man Dies From Drug Overdose

April 16, 2003 by

Investigation into a death the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. deputies had initially labeled as "mysterious" and "suspicious" has revealed that cocaine killed 36-year-old James Luna.
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Campaigners Grapple With Sign Rules

April 16, 2003 by

Confusion over the number of campaign signs allowed per grass plot during Associated Students elections ended after the A.S. Elections Committee made its ruling Wednesday on the disagreement.
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Supervisors Vote to Protect Oak Trees

April 16, 2003 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt new guidelines designed to protect local native oak trees by closely regulating their removal.
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Researchers Check Quakes’ Irregular Pulses

April 16, 2003 by

UCSB researchers using three-dimensional computer models have found that earthquakes work much differently than previously assumed.
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Crime Stopper Helps Catch Local Robber

April 16, 2003 by

The Santa Barbara County chapter of Crime Stoppers International program has allowed its first informant to safely supply the name and whereabouts of a wanted criminal.
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Latino Cartoonist To Give Workshop, Lecture

April 16, 2003 by

Like its namesake insect, Lalo Alcarez's La Cucaracha comic has proven hard to kill. The sometimes controversial cartoonist Lalo Alcarez will spend the day at the UCSB MultiCultural Center for "Latin...
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Anti-War Protests Continue

April 14, 2003 by

Even as the image of soldiers toppling a statue of Saddam Hussein seemingly heralded the end of the American invasion of Iraq, Santa Barbarans opposed to the war protested for the 30th consecutive wee...
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Veterans Want Peace, Support for U.S. Troops

April 14, 2003 by

Is it possible to oppose a war and still support the men and women fighting in it? Can the same person thoughtfully attend both a peace vigil and a pro-troops rally? Dan Seidenberg and Lane Anderson, ...
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UCSB To Cut Funding to Teen Center

April 14, 2003 by

Due to a severely reduced budget at UCSB, necessitated by statewide cuts passed by Gov. Gray Davis, the teen center will lose all of its university-sponsored funding, which accounts for one-third of t...
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A.S. Hosts Week-long Events for Disability Awareness

April 14, 2003 by

Today kicks off UCSB's first Disability Awareness Week, organized through the Associated Students Commission on Disability Access and the A.S. Community Affairs Board. This week UCSB students will hav...
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Police Charge Vandal With 2 Felonies

April 14, 2003 by

A UCSB student is facing charges of unlawful entry, felony vandalism and felony drunk driving in an April 6 incident that included the smashing of a computer screen with a pair of hedge clippers and a...
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UCSB Students To Kick Off ‘Take Back the Night’ Week with Rally

April 14, 2003 by

UCSB women plan to take back the night every night this week. The on-campus student organization Take Back the Night is holding its annual week of events to try to bring an end to sexual assault.
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