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State To Vote on Privacy

April 30, 2002 by

A proposal by UC Regent Ward Connerly that would eliminate "race" check-boxes on employment forms, police records and UC applications by 2005 has drawn criticism.
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Groups Seek New County, Redistricting

April 30, 2002 by

In two separate attempts to redefine Santa Barbara County, a North County group is petitioning to split the county in two and another group has filed suit against the present district county lines.
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Prosecution Attempts to Prove Attias’ Drug Use

April 30, 2002 by

Deputy District Attorney Patrick McKinley advanced his argument on Monday that murder suspect David Attias was under the influence of marijuana on the evening of Feb. 23, 2001.
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CEC Releases Ballot Tallies, Results Await Official OK

April 30, 2002 by

The Campus Elections Commission announced the official election numbers for the 2002 initiatives Monday.
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Feature Photo: Don’t Bite the Mic

April 30, 2002 by


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Fields of Dreams Intiative Fails

April 26, 2002 by

On this week's spring ballots, the $1.75 Women's Center and MultiCultural Center lock-in fees passed, and the $33.83 Sports and Activity Facility lock-in fee failed, but the margins are still unknown.
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Nader Joins Annual March

April 26, 2002 by

Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader joined Santa Barbara's second annual People's March for Economic Justice on Saturday and gave a lecture about corporate abuses later that night at...
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Author Puts History of I.V. on Internet

April 26, 2002 by

Longtime Isla Vista activist Carmen Lodise will launch a website version of his book Isla Vista: A Citizen's History from Chumash Times to the Present.
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Witnesses Characterize Attias

April 26, 2002 by

The David Attias murder trial continued on Friday, with multiple character witnesses who lived near Attias in Francisco Torres during the 2000-01 academic year.
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Ralph Nader To Speak at People’s March

April 26, 2002 by

Three-time Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak at the second annual Santa Barbara People's March for Economic Justice this Saturday.
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Regents Delay Lab Director Selection

April 26, 2002 by

The University of California Board of Regents postponed the appointment of the new director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, originally scheduled to be announced last Friday in a conference ...
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County Passes Oil Company Ordinance

April 26, 2002 by

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance last Tuesday, which requires oil companies to undergo a thorough evaluation before they start up their business.
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Grad Students Pass Five New Fees, New Constituion for GSA

April 26, 2002 by

A record 900 graduate students passed five lock-in fees and approved an item that amends the Graduate Student Association (GSA) constitution with a new constitution.
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Campus Group To Hold Health Care Conference

April 26, 2002 by

Doctors in a town near Los Angeles known as Bell Gardens have an average of over 150 times more patients than their Beverly Hills counterparts. They're cramped; they're paid less and their community n...
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UC Briefs: April 29, 2002

April 26, 2002 by

The UC Berkeley administration recently decided that the school's fraternities and sororities will not be allowed to have alcohol at parties in chapter houses at least until the end of Spring Semester...
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