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UCSB Station Needs to Hire 1 Firefighter

The Santa Barbara County fire chief said understaffing at UCSB's on-campus station endangers students and faculty. However, the university and county are at odds over how and who should pay for that p...
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Committee Offers Parking Proposals

A UCSB parking committee released several proposals to alleviate an increased demand for parking expected from the loss of 1,086 spots to several planned capital projects.
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Gevirtz School Faculty Enjoy Wireless Life

Faculty in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education recently ended a pilot program in which faculty used wireless email and other applications for popular handheld computers called Personal Digital As...
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Firms Design Earth-Friendly Grad Housing

The San Clemente graduate student housing project, to be built on a portion of Storke Field, will have a lesser environmental impact than previously anticipated.
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Feature Photo: The Tree with a Thousand Eyes

Monarch butterflies engulf this Eucalyptus tree near Santa Barbara Shores in Ellwood.
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IVFP Reports 9 Weekend Altercations

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to nine fights and assaults on Friday and Saturday nights, three of which involved deadly weapons. Two male victims were stabbed at about 2 a.m. Sunday morning on ...
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Goalkeeper Gives Speech

Saskia Webber is five feet nine and a half inches and 155 pounds, an international soccer star, a former Ms. Rutgers bodybuilding champion, a former swimmer, baseball player, lacrosse player and tenni...
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Davis Appoints Regent

Gov. Gray Davis appointed Chair and CEO of Saban Capital Group Haim Saban - producer of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" - to the highest legislative body of the UC system, the UC Board of Regents, ...
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UC Attempts to Raise Grad Student Numbers

The University of California is engaged in an effort to recruit graduate students to sustain and improve the University's standing as a leading research institution in the United States.
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SPF Approves $7,000 Grant to Close Trail

The Shoreline Preservation Fund approved a $7,000 grant Monday night for the Coal Oil Point Reserve to hire workers to close off a path leading from the parking lots to the mouth of the slough at Sand...
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Groups Find Support for Lock-in Fees

The MultiCultural Center and the Women's Center have collected enough student signatures to put separate lock-in fees on the Spring ballot.
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Police Arrest Suspect in I.V. Burglaries

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers arrested the male suspected of breaking into two homes last weekend last Thursday night.
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Wrongful Death Lawsuits for Student Near Closure

A series of lawsuits filed by the mother of a UCSB student who died at a fraternity party more than two years ago have either been dismissed, settled or are close to completion.
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UCSB Faculty Designs Social Justice Website

A website created by UCSB faculty last September was designed to educate their students on social justice in light of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Researchers Develop Anti-Intrusion System

A computer system designed by UCSB researchers may make computer network intrusion as easy to detect as computer viruses - once it is implemented in the next five to 10 years.
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