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Davis Calls for Increase in UC Funds

Governor Gray Davis' proposed 2002-03 budget will increase the University of California's state-funded budget for 2002-03 by $5,934,000, an unanticipated bonus for the University at a time when the st...
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UC Seeks to Lead Suit Against Enron Executives

The University of California has joined a federal class action lawsuit against 29 senior executives of the Enron Corporation, the energy supplier for the UC and Cal State University.
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A.S. Questions Reimbursement for College Republicans Lecture

A divided Associated Students Legislative Council will ask A. S. Finance Board to reconsider its decision to grant $1,250 to the College Republicans for a lecture they sponsored in early November at i...
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Panel To Display Design for I.V. Peace Memorial

After six years of planning, the design for a monument honoring peaceful protestors will be exhibited at a discussion panel today at noon in Corwin Pavilion.
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Feature Photo: Take Me to Your Weeder

Jeff and Lise Goddard from UCSB's Marine Science Institute document the frequency of sargassum muticum, or strangleweed, which was introduced to the area through Japanese oyster shipments in the 1940s...
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Students Gather for Memorial

Although Leo Lydon had only attended UCSB for about three months, the approximately 250 students who showed up for his memorial Thursday night proved the positive affect one person can have on others ...
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Family Members Remember Vibrant Spirit of Leo Lydon

Leo Lydon is remembered by those who knew him as a funny, witty and positive guy who above all else, loved life. Lydon, a freshman communications major, died Jan. 7 due to natural causes.
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Leo Lydon’s Letter

If I am not here then you are too late, I am gone and as you read this I do not want you to reflect on my last actions, but reflect upon any joy that I have brought you.
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Libertarians File Suit Over Secret IVRPD Meeting

The Libertarian Party of Santa Barbara allege that several members of the board and 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall held a secret meeting in IVRPD Chairman Ariana Katovich's backyard.
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California Begins Year With New State Laws

The new year rang in with 948 new California State laws, effective Jan. 1, that deal with labor, guns, civil rights, health, education, taxes and public safety.
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Four Vie for SB County Sheriff Position

As the March election nears, four candidates have stepped up to fill the position of Santa Barbara County Sheriff in a hard-fought campaign amidst contentious endorsements.
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UCSB Briefs

UCSB Nobel Prize Winner Awarded Top Engineering Medal UCSB professor and Nobel Prize winner Herbert Kroemer has been awarded the 2002 Medal of Honor by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi...
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UCSB Cuts Available Parking

Parking services restricted 218 parking spaces previously available to C permit holders - mostly students - to staff (S) and faculty (A) permit holders during Winter Break.
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Plover Researchers To Request Fence Funding

UCSB's Coal Oil Point Reserve will turn in an application for a grant this Friday to pay for permanent fencing around the habitat of endangered western snowy plovers on Sands Beach.
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Capps Advocates Support for International Students

Capps said foreign students were important to America's diversity and progress, and their rights needed to be respected as security measures increase.
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