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IVRPD Critic Donates Park Use Fee

April 18, 2003 by

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District was presented with a generous offer from an unlikely source at their bimonthly meeting Thursday night.
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A.S. Debates I.V. Rep, Cash Flow

April 17, 2003 by

Associated Students Legislative Council spent the bulk of Wednesday's meeting discussing the shifting sands of committee positions and the shifting salaries of elected officers.
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FBI Investigates Spy Scandal at UC Nuclear Lab

April 17, 2003 by

Recent developments have government officials questioning the intelligence of one of the UC's nuclear laboratories. William Cleveland Jr. resigned from his position as the head of counterintelligence ...
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SB City Council Denies Citizen Review

April 17, 2003 by

Although Santa Barbara resident Bruce Rittenhouse disagrees, his city's police department will not be subject to review by a board of local civilians.
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Night of Surf Rockin’ To Fund Goleta Beach Protection Effort

April 17, 2003 by

The Surfrider Foundation is hosting a benefit concert to raise money and generate interest in local environmental issues. SOhO Restaurant and Music Club, located at 1221State St., will host the Surfri...
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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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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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