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Court Sends Attias to Mental Hospital

June 26, 2002 by

David Attias, the former UCSB student who was convicted of murdering four people when he struck them with his car, will spend at least the next 180 days in Patton State Hospital.
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7 Video Assailants Face Jail Time

June 26, 2002 by

Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa sentenced the remaining seven defendants on June 17 in the videotaped assault case involving a Santa Barbara City College freshman.
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Nagel Resigns, Regents Agree to Legal Terms

June 26, 2002 by

Three top administrators from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Office of Academic Personnel are leaving their positions in July.
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Congress To Review Bush Plan for UC Labs

June 26, 2002 by

President Bush proposed the creation of a national research center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory dedicated to protecting Americans from biological weapons.
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UCSB Expands 2002 Class Offerings

June 26, 2002 by

In the second year of state-sponsored Summer Sessions, UCSB is seeing more students, more classes and a new program for incoming freshmen.
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Marshall Recall Election Likely in November

June 26, 2002 by

The campaign working against the recall of 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall achieved a critical victory that will likely put the recall election on the November ballot.
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Careless Co-op Smoker Causes Damaging Fire

June 26, 2002 by

The Isla Vista Cooperative will begin reconstruction today after a fire on June 7 caused excessive smoke damage and filled the streets of I.V. with the scent of smoking granola.
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UC Deliberates Settlement for SAASB Repairs

June 26, 2002 by

The University of California Regents are tying up litigation with the architectural company responsible for the faulty design of UCSB's Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building.
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Goleta Files Suit Against Airport Extension Plans

June 26, 2002 by

The city of Goleta and Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper filed a lawsuit Thursday, June 6 in an attempt to overturn the April 9 decision to expand Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.
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Students Take Advantage of EMT Experience

June 26, 2002 by

Some students prepare for medical school by studying organic chemistry, taking a Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) prep course or interning at a doctor's office. Others, like the 16 UCSB student e...
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Prospective Vice Chancellor Awaits UC Approval

June 26, 2002 by

The University of California Santa Barbara named an Oregon administrator the new permanent vice chancellor of administrative services earlier this month.
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Goleta’s New Paper Hits Newstands

June 26, 2002 by

The South Coast Beacon is two issues old today. Tom Bolton and William Macfadyen, the two top editors at a paper of 18, try to explain why they started a 20,000-circulation paper for the new city of G...
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UC Briefs: June 26, 2002

June 26, 2002 by

The spoof issue of UC Davis' student-run California Aggie has provoked an outcry that may send the incoming editor in chief searching for a new job.
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Jury Finds Attias Guilty of Murder

June 6, 2002 by

David Attias showed little emotion on Wednesday afternoon as Judge Thomas Adams read guilty verdicts for all four second-degree murder charges to the former UCSB student and a packed courtroom.
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Defense Rests Case in Sanity Phase

June 6, 2002 by

David Attias was legally insane when he murdered four people and almost killed a fifth last year, according to two psychiatrists who have testified for the defense.
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