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Women Should Take Precautions at Night

October 3, 2001 by

There have been 14 total reported sexual assaults this year, and two of the latest incidents involved the predator attacking the victim while the victim was sleeping.
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Inspector Urges Tenants to Report Poor Housing

October 3, 2001 by

Ron Mowlett is the new inspector for the Isla Vista Housing Inspection Program. Since Mowlett started in June, he has handled over 250 cases, ranging from simple permit approval to fining landlords fo...
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Ordinance Calls for Increased Wages

October 3, 2001 by

The proposal calls for an increase in the hourly pay of city workers to either $11 per hour with benefits or $12.25 without benefits.
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Panel Speaks on Terrorist Attack

October 3, 2001 by

"A lot of people look to Israel as a model for dealing with terrorism," she said. "If they had the answer, Israel would be a very safe and secure place, which it's not."
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Lack of Funding Causes Delay in Dual Admissions Program

October 3, 2001 by

A program designed to expand the University of California admissions process and create another option for high-performing California community college students to gain admittance to the UC has been d...
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Feature Photo: Lasting Wounds

October 3, 2001 by

Sophomore environmental studies major Sarah Crowley hangs up a shirt made by a victim of sexual assault as part of the Clothesline Project.
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A.S. Unable To Satisfy Demands for Funding

October 2, 2001 by

Associated Students Finance Board started the year with a lot less money than usual, and, in its first meeting of the year, gave away a lot less money than usual.
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Repairs to I.V. Streets Continue

October 2, 2001 by

Dimly-lit, skateboard-mangling sidewalks and uneven, pothole-dotted road surfaces may soon be a distant memory for Isla Vista residents.
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SB County Receives Money for Ocean Clean-Up

October 2, 2001 by

The purity of many Santa Barbara County beaches will soon be refined by two state-funded proposals. Santa Barbara County’s Project Clean Water received $2.5 million from the state this summer fo...
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New Ordinance Would Keep Smokers at 20-Ft. Distance

October 2, 2001 by

If the ordinance passes at the second hearing on Nov. 20, it will change the county code to prohibit smoking within 20 feet of any area or building where smoking is prohibited, and would go into effec...
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UC Briefs

October 2, 2001 by

Residence Hall Elevator Traps Student Makiko Kosaka, a Japanese exchange student, was trapped in a San Rafael elevator late at night on September 25 after the elevator door jammed. She was rescued at ...
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Police Report Second Rape In Two Weeks

October 1, 2001 by

A 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident was arrested Saturday after allegedly raping a 20-year-old UCSB student.
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Weekend Accident Kills Bicyclist

October 1, 2001 by

A 17-year-old male was arrested for striking and killing a bicyclist in a stolen car at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Saturday in Goleta.
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Historical Santa Barbara Bowl Begins Face-Lift

October 1, 2001 by

"Everything we've known is gone," said Eric Lassen, an architect and the volunteer chair of the Santa Barbara Bowl Facilities Committee.
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Suspect Robs Local K-Mart, Makes Off With About $300

October 1, 2001 by

The suspect went through the gardening center entrance and informed the cashier that he had a gun and demanded the money in the cash register.
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