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Feature Photo: April Showers Bring Campaign Flowers

April 9, 2001 by

Campaign signs were officially allowed on campus April 8 at midnight. By Monday morning, students were inundated with a variety of campaign signs along the bikepath adjacent to HSSB.
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Crowd of 800 Gets ‘Last Chance to See’ Author Douglas Adams

April 6, 2001 by

Adams has made a successful living as an author. His nine books have sold over 15 million copies. What he is most concerned about, however, is the environment.
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Well-Known Activist To Give Opening Middle East Studies Center Lecture

April 6, 2001 by

Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian political leader and human rights activist, will give the inaugural lecture for UCSB's Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Campbell Hall.
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IVRPD Discusses Shelter for I.V. Homeless, Crime Rate Over Break

April 6, 2001 by

Isla Vista Recreation and Park District members questioned the feasibility of running a homeless center without the county's support at Thursday night's meeting.
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Feature Photo: Vive La Resistance!

April 6, 2001 by

University electrician and Union Steward Kurt Jahnke waves to honking supporters while holding a sign that reads "Yang Don't Give a Dang!" on Thursday.
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UCSB Expands Bandwidth to Increase ResNet Speed

April 5, 2001 by

In response to a continuing stream of on-campus resident complaints of snail-pace Internet traffic, UCSB's Housing and Residential Services has taken several steps since summer to plug students in to ...
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Construction Worker Discovers Human Remains in Lompoc Field

April 5, 2001 by

An unidentified human skeleton was discovered in a field in Lompoc on Tuesday.
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Leg Council Approves Ballot for Election; Declaration of Party Affiliation Remains

April 5, 2001 by

With elections just around the corner, Associated Students Legislative Council approved the ballot for the Spring 2001 General Elections last night at its first meeting of the quarter.
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County Seeks State Funds to Provide Disaster Relief

April 4, 2001 by

Santa Barbara County Administrator Michael Brown proclaimed a local emergency in the County of Santa Barbara on March 14, due to an estimated $1.3 million in damages to county facilities caused by rec...
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UCSB Accepts Record Number of Applicants, Begins Efforts to Recruit Prospective Students

April 4, 2001 by

UCSB admitted a record 16,450 high school students out of 34,000 applicants for Fall Quarter 2001, and plans to enroll 3,700 of those students.
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Lecturers Fight For Children’s Rights, World Peace

April 4, 2001 by

Marc Kielburger, director from Free the Children International, and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Youth Outreach Coordinator Michael Coffey will speak in Broida Hall 1610 today from 2-3:15 p.m. as pa...
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Feature Photo: The Alternative is Going at 8 a.m.

April 4, 2001 by


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Arrest Brings UCSB Student’s Robbing Spree to a Quick End

April 3, 2001 by

Twenty-year-old UCSB student Gregory Ayala Jr. was arrested Thursday, March 15, for allegedly committing three armed robberies and two attempted robberies in a 20-minute period in Isla Vista.
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UCSB Professor Dies in Car Accident

April 3, 2001 by

Forty-two-year-old Lex Murray, a member of UCSB's Physical Activities Dept., was killed in an auto accident along Highway 154 on March 20.
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David Attias’ Lawyers Move to Dismiss Evidence, Claim CHP Violated Civil Rights

April 3, 2001 by

The preliminary hearing for 18-year-old David Attias, who is charged with 13 felony counts for the Feb. 23 fatal traffic incident in Isla Vista, was set for June 14 at an arraignment last week.
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