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MCC Fee Wins; A.S. Fails

October 15, 2002 by

In UCSB's first-ever online election, students reaffirmed their support for the MultiCultural Center lock-in fee, but were less supportive of the Associated Students' base fee increase, which failed.
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Employees Walk Out on UCSB

October 15, 2002 by

As offices around campus shut down and cars honked to support strikers Monday, UCSB made it through the first of three days without many of its clerical workers and lecturers.
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UCSB Smokers May Have to Step Back

October 15, 2002 by

The Tobacco Control Ordinance, which bans smoking within 20 feet of businesses in Isla Vista and other unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, was passed in November 2001.
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A.S., Marshall Approve New Blue Phones

October 15, 2002 by

Third District County Supervisor Gail Marshall is working with the Associated Students Safety Committee to identify appropriate locations for blue light emergency phones.
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Police Cite Eight at DUI Checkpoint

October 15, 2002 by

The UCSB Police Dept. and California Highway Patrol set up the Driving Under the Influence checkpoint on El Colegio Road between Stadium Road and Ocean Road from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.
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Robot ‘Judy’ Center of Futuristic Theater Piece

October 15, 2002 by

As computers continue to become faster, smaller and cheaper, some cognitive scientists wonder if tomorrow's computers will ever match human intelligence and become self-aware.
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Pentagon Thrusts Missile into Pacific Sky

October 15, 2002 by

The strange lights in the Santa Barbara sky last night were not indicative of the second coming. They were, however, the latest in a series of missile defense tests held at Vandenberg Air Force Base i...
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C.U.E., UC-AFT To Begin Strike

October 14, 2002 by

The Coalition of University Employees and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers will begin a systemwide strike this week after recent negotiations with the University of California fa...
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Plover Summer of Love Yields 14 Hatchlings

October 14, 2002 by

The endangered western snowy plovers of Isla Vista's Sands Beach hatched 16 chicks from nine nests between the months of March and July. Of the 16 chicks, 14 survived to adulthood.
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Downtown Celebrates Coming Out Day

October 14, 2002 by

Approximately 20 people celebrated National Coming Out Day on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Plaza Del Mar Park in downtown Santa Barbara to support each other and reach out to those still in the closet.
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UCSB Researchers Receive Funding For Rain Forest Study

October 14, 2002 by

In the first phase of a two-phase project, UCSB researchers found last April that the amount of CO2 discharged is triple that of earlier estimates.
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Twisted Sister

October 14, 2002 by

Chad Bishop,aka Buffy, gets down and dirty during "her" rendition of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" at the Santa Barbara Gay Pride Festival held in downtown SB's De la Guerra Plaza.
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PAC Hits I.V. Traffic Jam

October 11, 2002 by

The Project Area Committee (PAC) and the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) held meetings on Wednesday and Thursday evening to discuss Isla Vista's transportation and parking issues with members o...
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Bren Building To Join ‘Green’ Tour

October 11, 2002 by

The Sustainability Project, a local organization, is hosting its third annual Parade of Green Buildings on Oct. 12, which will feature a variety of local environmentally friendly, or "green" buildings...
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Touch Tanks To Move to New Facility

October 11, 2002 by

The touch tanks are not open to the general public. However, thanks to the ongoing efforts of the institute, classes and tour groups will continue to receive occasional opportunities to cop a feel.
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