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History Professor Looks at Divide Between Philosophy, Science, God

Newton and Galileo considered themselves philosophers, not scientists. They considered their groundbreaking work just one part of a larger philosophy, a view UCSB history Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Ru...
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Cancer Prevention Fair Focuses on Education

An event aimed at battling the nation's No.-2 killer attracted hundreds this weekend to downtown Santa Barbara.
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Officers Find 10 Kilos of Coke in Speedy Minivan

Over a million dollars of cocaine was discovered during a routine traffic stop last weekend.
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Sports Fees Wash Out; SRB Passes by 9 Votes

The Student Athletics Fee Initiative failed by 40 votes and the Recreational Sports Fee Initiative failed by 212 votes in yesterday's final Spring Election tally.
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Goleta Cityhood Proposal: To I.V. or Not to I.V.

The lines were drawn - figuratively at least - at Santa Barbara County's Local Agency Formation Commission's (LAFCO) five-hour public hearing Thursday night.
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Crash Protein 3-Day Tofu Dexedrine Cottage Cheese Carb Fat Olestra Laxative DIET

"I still thought I weighed 90 pounds, but other people were telling me that I looked sick. I had gotten down to 70 pounds, but I still thought I looked fat."
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Group To Encourage Minorities to Enter Healthcare Field

Normally, the term los curanderos is used for witch doctors and faith healers; today at UCSB, Los Curanderos is a group of students aspiring to be healers of a more scientific nature.
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Signwatch 2001: Signing Out

Only a few campaign signs remain in the ground and around campus Thursday afternoon. The A.S. Elections Code states candidates must remove signs within five days after the elections or else face a $10...
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Gauchoholics Load Up on Victories; Initiatives Split

The Gauchoholics can be content that 18 out of their 19 candidates won, including presidential candidate Brian Hampton and internal vice presidential candidate Shaina Walter.
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Legal Resource, I.V. Improvements Pass; Campus Point, Activities Fees Fail

The Isla Vista Community Improvements and Legal Resource Center lock-ins passed easily in Wednesday's elections, with each getting over 70 percent of the vote, while the Student Services Activities fe...
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Head of UC Outreach Program Resigns After Academic Scandal

Alex Saragoza, the head of the University of California's outreach program, resigned Tuesday after admitting to giving fraudulent grades to two former UC Berkeley football players.
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City Proposal To Receive Final Public Input

The Local Agency Formation Commission will meet today at 5 p.m. to hear public testimony regarding the possible inclusion of Isla Vista in the Goleta cityhood proposal.
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Armenian Group Fights for Genocide Recognition

On April 24, 1915, according to Armenians, the Turkish Ottoman Empire began a systematic genocide of Armenian people in Turkey. By 1922, 1.5 million people had died. In 2001, only one country in the w...
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A.S. Year Results in Creation of CODA, Position Papers, E-Code

This year, Associated Students Legislative Council passed approximately 35 resolutions and 25 bills, including a bill to create the Commission On Disability Access (CODA) and a controversial election ...
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Feature Photo: Life Savers, T-shirts and Ballots: It Must Be Spring Elections

Freshman electrical engineering major Omri Cohen, senior dramatic art major Matt Jower-Ho and junior sociology major Brian Barrios evaluate A.S. candidate information Tuesday in front of HSSB.
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