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Crash Protein 3-Day Tofu Dexedrine Cottage Cheese Carb Fat Olestra Laxative DIET

April 27, 2001 by

"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

April 27, 2001 by

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

April 27, 2001 by

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

April 26, 2001 by

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

April 26, 2001 by

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

April 26, 2001 by

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

April 26, 2001 by

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

April 25, 2001 by

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

April 25, 2001 by

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

April 25, 2001 by

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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Free Your Mind

April 24, 2001 by

Senior Black Studies and political science major Arron Jones speaks at the opening ceremony for Black Culture Week on Monday.
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10,000 Visit Sunken Gardens for Annual Earth Day Festival

April 23, 2001 by

The elusive sunshine joined approximately 10,000 people this weekend to celebrate Mother Earth in downtown Santa Barbara.
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Lecturer, Gevirtz School Patron Passes on at 73

April 23, 2001 by

Ambassador Don Gevirtz, guest lecturer and UCSB donor, died Sunday in Montecito from a heart attack at the age of 73.
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Candidates Bring Spring Debates to Conclusion

April 23, 2001 by

Five Associated Students presidential candidates faced off in the UCen Hub on Friday for a half-hour debate that was cut short because of a fire drill.
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Search Continues for Father of UCSB Student Lost Kayaking in Costa Rica

April 23, 2001 by

After five days of searching, the fate of a UCSB student's father, 55-year-old John Huber, is unknown after he was lost at sea last week in Central American waters.
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