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March 7, 2001 by

Investigators are still trying to determine if UC Davis student Andrew V. Wieman was murdered or committed suicide.
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SB Fire Chief Cites Inadequate Preparations on UCSB Campus

March 5, 2001 by

Fire Chief John Scherri said the university has expressed little interest in helping to pay $1 million for a new fire truck and another full-time firefighter - measures he said are necessary to potent...
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DP Fall Victim Named; SBCC Student Dies in ‘Saltwater Drowning’

March 5, 2001 by

The victim who fell from a Del Playa Drive balcony Saturday night has been positively identified as 20-year-old Clint McDonnell.
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FAFSA: My Anti-Drug; Removal of Aid Sparks Congress Battle

March 5, 2001 by

Drug War promoter Mark Souder, R-Ind., has leveled his legislative guns at the financial aid of hundreds of thousands of college students, but anti-drug war activists nationwide are taking their own p...
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Party-Goer Accidentally Falls to Death During Party at Del Playa Residence

March 5, 2001 by

An unidentified male was pronounced dead on the scene Sunday morning after falling from a Del Playa Road balcony.
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Environmental Group Helps Homeless, Local Shoreline

March 5, 2001 by

Alan Hunterman says he'd clean up the beach below Del Playa Drive whether he got paid or not.
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Conference Is Held in Honor of UCSB Physicist

March 5, 2001 by

The weekend meeting, called "Heterototic Dreams and Asymptotic Visions: The 60th Birthday Celebration for David Gross," featured speakers on topics such as black holes, string theory, M-theory and inf...
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Community Grieves Together at Campus Memorial

March 2, 2001 by

Thursday was a day of remembrance for approximately 5,000 people who gathered to celebrate the lives of the four victims of Friday night's fatal incident.
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Local Fraternity House To Celebrate Diversity With ‘Cultural Crossroads’

March 2, 2001 by

"Cultural Crossroads" will feature six acts from community and campus groups such as the Polynesian dancers, the Sherwood Players, the Chinese Lion Dance Club and a mariachi group, and begin...
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UCSB Race Issues: Not Entirely Black and White

March 1, 2001 by

At an overwhelmingly liberal college like UCSB, outright displays of racism are rare. So, a series of incidents directed at two individuals in the residence halls during Spring Quarter 1999 moved the ...
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Spring Elections Cause Division Between Leg Council, Executive Office

March 1, 2001 by

The upcoming Spring Elections have caused a division between Leg Council and executive officers, leading to a presidential veto and the council overriding one of A.S. President Mahader Tesfai's appoin...
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County Debates Future of Santa Barbara County Shores Park

March 1, 2001 by

The Santa Barbara County Park Commission hosted a public information gathering to debate the design of the Santa Barbara Shores Park Master Plan. The plan will determine the future of a 118-acre parce...
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Feature Photo: In Memory of Those Lost

March 1, 2001 by

Students Ross Hale, Mike Vos and Sean Nicholas (L-R) help to plant a liquidambar tree in Little Acorn Park as a memorial to the four people killed in last Friday night's deadly car crash. The three we...
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Attias’ Arraignment Delayed

February 28, 2001 by

The arraignment of UCSB freshman David Attias, charged with multiple counts of murder and manslaughter, was delayed until Tuesday, March 6, at the request of defense attorney Robert Sanger.
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Lecturer Focuses on U.S. Relations With Africa

February 28, 2001 by

At the end of his career as president of the National Peace Corps Association, Smith knows something about all of Africa, which, he said, is not given the attention it deserves by the United States.
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