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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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A.S. Finance Board Allots $24,000 of Available Funds

April 3, 2001 by

Finance Board gave out over half its money in the three-hour meeting, leaving just over $16,000 available for the rest of Spring Quarter.
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True Stories from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol

April 3, 2001 by

When asked by the officers how old he was, the suspect said, "It doesn't matter because I am under arrest."
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UC Briefs

April 3, 2001 by

News bits from the UC campuses
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Family, Friends, Colleagues Remember UCSB Professor

March 9, 2001 by

The heavy-set Scotsman, Dr. Ninian Smart, was frequently seen riding his bicycle through Isla Vista at a snail's pace, wearing a kilt, bow tie and boutonniare, impacted generations of scholars and stu...
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UC Berkeley Rally Calls for Affirmative Action

March 9, 2001 by

Thousands of students filled Berkeley's Sproul Plaza on Thursday to call for the return of Affirmative Action in California.
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’70s Pro-Choice Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade To Speak on New Pro-Life Stance

March 9, 2001 by

Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in the 1973 United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, will speak in Isla Vista Theater on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
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Campus Mourns by Candlelight

March 8, 2001 by

Miyaka Geh died last month. Wednesday night, under the first clear sky in days, over 100 friends gathered around the Reflecting Pool to remember a woman they said was remarkably beautiful, outgoing an...
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County Revokes Lease Due to Boy Scout Policy

March 8, 2001 by

After being granted the privilege to refuse membership to homosexuals, the Santa Barbara Boy Scouts hope the county will not discriminate against their group.
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Leg Council Covers Future Fee Increases, SP-1 Debate

March 8, 2001 by

In their final meeting of the quarter, Associated Students Legislative Council prepared for the Spring Elections by placing a measure for more money on the ballot.
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