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Council Reviews Marine Sanctuary Changes

After two years of attempted collaboration between local environmentalists and fishermen, plans to extend the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary are still floundering.
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New UCSB Website Acts As Sex Reference for Viewers

Students have been working on a virtual "sex encyclopedia" for the past two quarters with Sociology professors John and Janice Baldwin.
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Activists Protest UC Investment in Petroleum Company

Community members and Students for a Free Tibet protested the University of California Board of Regents' investment in BP Amoco Tuesday.
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‘IVTV’ Airing Stalled Due to ‘Obscene’ Fellatio in New Episode

An IVTV episode originally scheduled to air May 9, and postponed after Channel 17 questioned its graphic nature, will be broadcast this evening.
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Feature Photo: One Dildo at a Time

Sophomore psychology major Nancy Jones demonstrates condom application techniques at the Annual Safe Sex Fair on Tuesday afternoon in Storke Plaza.
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‘Paper Bullets’ Rip Through Campus, Kip Fulbeck Discusses Hapa Culture

Kip Fulbeck, a UCSB professor and award-winning author, will read tonight at 7 in the MultiCultural Center from his book Paper Bullets, a novel based loosely on his own life.
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Woman Disappears Camping

Lanora Sue Loyd, a 49-year-old Goleta resident, has been missing since Thursday, May 17, when she was last seen leaving the Upper Oso campground alone.
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Res Hall Restroom Re-Opens After Long Week for Students

UCSB maintenance re-opened a bathroom in Santa Rosa Residence Hall after a week with the door locked in response to vandalism.
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Feature Photo: A Flying Piece of History

Curious visitors, young and old, come to the Santa Barbara Airfield to climb aboard Sentimental Journey, a World War II-era B-17 bomber.
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Feature Photo: I’ve Got the Hippie-Hippie Shake

Robyn Bachini, a member of Iaorana Te Otea, performs a traditional Polynesian dance in Storke Plaza on Monday at noon as part of several performances to mark the start of Asian/Pacific Islander Cultur...
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Brutal Weekend Attack in I.V. Hospitalizes 3 Male Students

Three Isla Vista residents were reportedly assaulted by 10 to 12 male suspects at the intersection of Camino Pescadero and Pardall Road at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 19.
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Lecturer Advocates Union of Social Responsibility, Science

Technophiles and humanitarians found a rare common ground Friday in Isla Vista Theater in the lecture of renowned physicist and science writer Freeman Dyson, who spoke on technology and social justice...
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Authorities Discover Child Pornography inSanta Ynez Residence

UCSB student Kyle Lopin was charged with felony distribution of child pornography on May 17 after a month-long police investigation.
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Party at Ground Zero

Frontman Angelo Moore and drummer John Steward of Fishbone perform Friday afternoon in Storke Plaza as part of a rape-awareness rally.
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Chemical Fire Flares Up in Physical Sciences Lab

A lab fire in the Physical Sciences North Building caused minor damage and forced an evacuation early Thursday morning.
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