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Library Helps Music Students Hear Songs

November 22, 2002 by

Beginning in fall 2001, the Music Library made required listening recordings available to students through the Main Library's electronic reserves.
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Activists Argue for Choice

November 21, 2002 by

With a shift in congressional power, pro-choice supporters are concerned that Roe v. Wade may turn into Republican v. Democrat, while conservatives argue there are bigger issues at hand.
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Staples Turns Over a New Leaf

November 21, 2002 by

In a step for forest conservation, the national office supply chain Staples, Inc. unveiled its new policy of handling and advocating the use of forest-friendly paper.
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Geography 135 Makes List of ‘Dirty’ Courses

November 21, 2002 by

A national group of young conservatives says a class on clean air is dirty with liberal bias, but the UCSB professors in charge of the course say that's just hot air.
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Gauchos Fail to Beat the Geeks

November 21, 2002 by

Over 330 fans of Comedy Central's "Beat the Geeks" game show came to Campbell Hall on Tuesday night to see "The Geeks Live." The show gave audience members a chance to become contestants and win prize...
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Leg Council Funds Rape Crisis Center Benefit

November 21, 2002 by

An emergency action item was added to the agenda of the meeting to include a request from Sigma Phi Epsilon for $500 to host a charity event that would benefit the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center.
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GPAC, PAC Discuss Campus-I.V. Border

November 21, 2002 by

The I.V.-UCSB interface project design, part of I.V.'s Master Plan, was the main topic of discussion last night at the Project Area Committee (PAC) and the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) meeti...
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Tenet Health Care Agency Gets Checkup

November 20, 2002 by

Tenet Healthcare Corp., based out of Santa Barbara, received a notice of audit on Nov. 5, due to the unusually high number of outlier payments the company's hospitals requested.
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VW Bug Joyride Ends on UCSB Lawn

November 20, 2002 by

A man suspected of stealing a new Volkswagen Beetle found out Tuesday that the middle of a campus lawn may not be the best place to hide.
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Biologist’s Love of Fish Bubbles Over

November 20, 2002 by

UCSB research biologist Milton Love of the Marine Sciences Institute has continued his streak of funny but factual books with his latest, The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific.
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Project Aims to Create DP Blufftop Park

November 20, 2002 by

The Isla Vista Blufftop Parcels Acquisition Project is aiming to purchase the seven remaining privately owned blocks of land along the 6700 and 6800 blocks of DP.
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UC Asks for Mediation in C.U.E. Talks

November 19, 2002 by

UC has sent a formal declaration of impasse to the state Pubic Employment Relations Board (PERB) to which both parties have filed several bad-faith bargaining complaints.
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Amtrak Stuffs Trains Early for Thanksgiving

November 19, 2002 by

Amtrak has announced that the Pacific Surfliner, which travels between Santa Barbara and San Diego, will offer all-reserved runs during this Thanksgiving holiday period for the first time.
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UCSB Students To Face Off Against TV’s Geeks

November 19, 2002 by

To mark the beginning of their nationwide college tour, cast members of Comedy Central's television show, "Beat the Geeks," have chosen UCSB as one of the first schools to host their game show, "The G...
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Finance Board Allocates Funds

November 19, 2002 by

In its final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Finance Board allocated over $2,000 to campus groups, including $1,700 to reinstate Campus Point, and rolled over its remaining funds to its Wi...
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