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UC Briefs: February 4, 2003

February 4, 2003 by

The two 17-year-old suspects and one 16-year-old suspect will be tried as adults on counts of rape, rape in concert, oral copulation and oral copulation in concert with force.
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Shuttle Losses Hit Home for Project Veterans

February 3, 2003 by

Santa Barbara County was once home to the space shuttle. It was to be launched from the California coast only weeks after the Challenger disaster forced the military to give up the program. A few peop...
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SB County Firefighter Dies on Duty

February 3, 2003 by

A Gaviota firefighter died Saturday of what officials said appeared to be a massive heart attack. The death of 51-year-old Moseley is the first on-the-job death the department has experienced since 19...
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Lecture To Focus on Women’s Sports

February 3, 2003 by

In the midst of a renewed national debate over Title IX, professional volleyball player and 1988 United States Olympian Liz Masakayan is kicking off National Girls & Women in Sports Week at UCSB with ...
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Police Arrest 2 Boys for Bomb in Parking Lot

February 3, 2003 by

On Sunday, Jan. 26 a homemade bomb was thrown in the parking lot of Albertsons on Calle Real in Goleta. The device exploded at about 4:40 p.m., causing no damage.
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Federal Report Shows Abuses of Lab Funding

February 3, 2003 by

Over $1.5 million in lab property was lost by or stolen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, birthplace of the atomic bomb, between 2000 and 2002, a recent government report says.
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Ship Hosts UCSB Students for Marine Geology Research

February 3, 2003 by

Studying the San Clemente Basin in a book is one thing. Studying it on a ship is something else entirely. The students lived at sea for five days and mapped an area of the basin where a hole appears t...
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The Band Who Played Wolf

February 3, 2003 by


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UCSB Runner Eyes Sea-to-Sea Bid

January 31, 2003 by

When Peter Goren embarks this summer on a cross-country "journey run" from Sands Beach in Isla Vista to Sand Beach in Maine, he will have as many miles of pain, hardship, sweat and fatigue behind him ...
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State Ponders Changes to CCC Bylaws

January 31, 2003 by

On Thursday, the State Assembly voted to change the terms of California Coastal Commission (CCC) appointees to fixed, two-year terms to satisfy an appellate court ruling that deemed the current struct...
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Police Target Seatbelt Violators

January 31, 2003 by

For Isla Vista residents, the beginning of 2003 marked an increased presence of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), as well as a related increase in traffic tickets. In 2001, the CHP issued 206,480 s...
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Student Magician Dazzles Vegas

January 31, 2003 by

National champion is a title synonymous with ESPN coverage, Wheaties boxes and peerless excellence. While one UCSB student lacks the television exposure and cereal box appearances, he embodies the tru...
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NSF Awards Funding for Grad Studies

January 31, 2003 by

Two UC Santa Barbara graduate programs received multimillion dollar grants to fund research last week, a third was to made available to graduate students at all UCs.
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IVRPD Upgrades Sue–o Park

January 31, 2003 by

Thanks to some elbow grease from the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD), Sueno Park has gotten a major facelift.
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Nobel Winners Oppose U.S. War With Iraq

January 29, 2003 by

The signers of a recent anti-war statement believe you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know the United States should not go to war with Iraq - you just have to be a chemist or theoretical physi...
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