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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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Jury Declares Attias Insane

June 6, 2002 by

David Attias was legally insane on February 23, 2001, when he killed four people, and seriously injured another person, a jury found on Thursday.
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IVFP Re-Arrests Pike Member for Resisting

June 6, 2002 by

Russell Bryant Lester, a 21-year-old UCSB junior and member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, was arrested by Isla Vista Foot Patrol deputies on various drug-related charges on May 18.
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UC Cancels Fall 2002 EAP in India After State Dept. Alarm

June 6, 2002 by

The University of California Office of the President announced Wednesday that the Education Abroad Program in India will be suspended for the Fall 2002 term in light of increasing tensions with neigh...
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UC Approves New National Lab Director

June 6, 2002 by

UC President Richard Atkinson appointed Michael Anastasio the next director of the lab on Tuesday. The regents approved the appointment and Anastasio, formerly Livermore's deputy director for strategi...
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SB Citizens Take Sides Over North, South County Split

June 6, 2002 by

A group of North County residents called The Responsible Taxpayers Against the County Split (R-TAX) hopes to keep Santa Barbara County from splitting in two in 2005.
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IVFP Reports No Change in Yearly Crime

June 6, 2002 by

As the 2001-02 school year comes to a close, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol reflects on the fact that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Where Campus and County Meet: Building Consesus On Ellwood

May 31, 2002 by

When associate history professor Mark Elliott was looking for a new house last December, he found the perfect one with a yard for his eight-year-old son and his own space for grading papers or doing o...
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Building Consensus On Ellwood: A Closer Look at the Ellwood Developement Plans

May 31, 2002 by

In what might mean an end to 17 years of debate, real estate developers, Santa Barbara County and UCSB have agreed on a tentative plan for development near the Ellwood Bluffs.
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UCSB Faculty To Vote on New GE Requirements

May 31, 2002 by

The Academic Senate decided to let UCSB faculty vote on a proposal to eliminate three required classes and reorganize the university's general education requirements.
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Lawyers Discuss Jury Deliberation Rules

May 31, 2002 by

Prosecution and defense lawyers in the David Attias murder trial met informally and briefly on Thursday morning to discuss the deliberation instructions jurors will receive following the lawyers' clos...
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