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January 31, 2001

Robbers Tie Up Victim, Ransack Goleta House

By Staff

Two male suspects dressed in suits burglarized a home Tuesday morning, holding a temporary caretaker at gunpoint.

January 31, 2001

Feature Photo: Artist Janna Stern

By Staff

January 30, 2001

Tanner Lecturer Speaks About National Healthcare Concerns

By Christine Bai

Dr William Richardson, the chief executive officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, lectured Monday afternoon in Corwin Pavilion on the state of healthcare in the United ...

January 30, 2001

Housing Panel Reviews Future Urban Growth

By Matt Sweetland

Santa Barbara residents gathered in the Schott Center at Santa Barbara Community College for the second installment of the three-part lecture series, "The Ocean in Trouble." This week's lecture, "Smart Gro...

January 29, 2001

Santa Barbara Youths Skip Super Bowl To Collect Food for Poor

By Ladan Moeenziai

Youth groups across the country collected donations Sunday in the Souper Bowl of Caring.

January 29, 2001

Rolling a Mile in Someone Else’s Chair — A Nexus Reporter Goes Wheelchair Bound and Learns the Oxymoron of ‘Handicap Access’

By Julia Rubin

"It can happen in a second," senior psychology major Erin Fowler tells me on the morning of our UCSB wheelchair tour. "The free para-gliding lesson was a present from a friend for my 20th birthday. Conditi...

January 29, 2001

Planning the Newest UC: 5,000 Students by 2010 — University Says Merced Campus Will Spur Growth in Valley

By Brendan Buhler, Nick Pascal

After two decades of searching, the University of California has settled on the location of its 10th campus: Merced, a city of just over 100,000 people in the middle of the Central Valley. This article, the first in a tw...

January 29, 2001

Fake Money Angers A.S.

By Stephanie Tavares

Associated Students discovered two counterfeit $10 bills in its coffers last week.

January 29, 2001

UCSB Removes Sweatshop Products Found in Bookstores

By Joseph Martinez

Sweatshop laborers in the world's developing countries work in poorly ventilated factories for 10-14 hours a day. When clothing made under these conditions appeared in UCSB's Bookstore a few months ago, students complain...

January 29, 2001

Police Blotter

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Compiled from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol.

January 25, 2001

BFA Faculty Votes Student Director Out of Program

By Ian Barker Staff Writer

Senior Matt Weinglass may be able to direct and sell out plays with the Sherwood Players, but he will not graduate from UCSB's theater program. On Dec. 8, Weinglass was voted out of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) progra...

January 25, 2001

Community Calls for Release of Chinese Restaurant Owner

By Jennifer B. Siverts

Approximately 80 people gathered under the American flag in front of the main post office downtown to protest the imprisonment of the China Castle restaurant's former owner Sui-Yi Paul Chang.

January 25, 2001

UCSB Provost Resigns to Focus on English Teaching, Research in Department

By Matt Sweetland

Everett Zimmerman, a UCSB English professor for the last 31 years, has stepped down as provost of the College of Letters and Science, ending a four-year tenure.

January 25, 2001

Leadership Conference in Corwin Pavilion To Feature Workshops, Guest Speaker

By Medea Torres

Movie passes, scooters, bookstore gift certificates, Cold Stone ice cream and motivational words from state Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) will be offered to students at tonight's fifth annual leade...

January 25, 2001