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Mother’s Gift Memorializes Slain Children

February 19, 2003 by

Last week, almost a year after her four children were murdered by her ex-husband while she was on a morning jog, Dr. Christine McFadden made a $250,000 donation for additional construction on the plan...
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Campus Doves Cry Out Against War

February 19, 2003 by

An anti-war rally on the steps of Storke Plaza drew the presence and voices of 150 to 200 students, faculty and community members who echoed in unison, "The people united will never be defeated."
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County Drug Agency Seeks to Increase Services

February 19, 2003 by

The Alcohol and Drug Program, a division of SBCounty Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services, is currently seeking new organizations to sponsor in an effort to expand its substance abuse treatment an...
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Dining Hall Improvements To Commence After Delay

February 19, 2003 by

De La Guerra Dining Commons is expected to begin the first stages of reconstruction this month, nine months after closing for renovations.
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UCSB Fails to Purchase Local Radio Station

February 19, 2003 by

Santa Barbara's only classical radio station, KDB, is still for sale after a proposed purchase by UCSB fell through last winter. In January 2001 KDB came under the ownership of several Santa Barbara a...
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Make Like a Tree and Leave

February 19, 2003 by

The Santa Barbara County Planning Dept. cut down the tree located in front of Tapioca Express on Embarcadero del Mar last weekend and has plans to remove another Isla Vista tree, which stands catty-co...
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A Healthy Balance

February 18, 2003 by

Cristina Sandoval, the director and sole employee of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, is tucked away in the vine-covered wooden shed that serves as her office.
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Assault Brings Arrest

February 18, 2003 by

Alcohol and violence combined on the 6700 block of Trigo Road Saturday, resulting in the arrest of a 20-year-old man for rape.
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SB Peace Marchers Join World in Decrying War

February 18, 2003 by

There were many signs waved in protest of the United States' potential military involvement in Iraq during Saturday's peace rally at De La Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara.
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I.V. Homeless Gain Breakfast From ‘Share a Sunrise’

February 18, 2003 by

Friday mornings at 8, six or seven members of the California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) and the Community Affairs Board meet at Espresso Roma to go into I.V. and share breakfast with the...
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Researcher Finds His Place Among The Cults

February 18, 2003 by

A UC Santa Barbara researcher has found a lot of different people who have found a lot of different gods.
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WETT and Wild

February 18, 2003 by


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Golf Course Desires to Add Condos

February 14, 2003 by

Sixty-four condominiums may sprout from the green of the Ocean Meadows Golf Club.Representatives from Suzanne Elledge Planning and Permitting Services have filed a pre-application on behalf of the gol...
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Vagina Festival Comes to the Arbor

February 14, 2003 by

The First Annual Vagina Festival will be held at the Arbor today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is organized by the Women's Ensemble Theater Troupe, better known as W.E.T.T., who also perform "The Va...
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Academic Senate Fails to Score Iraq Decision

February 14, 2003 by

A special meeting of the Faculty Legislature was called to consider the legislature's possible adoption of the recent Nobel Laureate resolution against a pre-emptive war on Iraq.
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