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Feature Photo: Artist Janna Stern

January 31, 2001 by


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Tanner Lecturer Speaks About National Healthcare Concerns

January 30, 2001 by

Dr William Richardson, the chief executive officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and president emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, lectured Monday afternoon in Corwin Pavilion on the state of healt...
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Housing Panel Reviews Future Urban Growth

January 30, 2001 by

Santa Barbara residents gathered in the Schott Center at Santa Barbara Community College for the second installment of the three-part lecture series, "The Ocean in Trouble." This week's lect...
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Santa Barbara Youths Skip Super Bowl To Collect Food for Poor

January 29, 2001 by

Youth groups across the country collected donations Sunday in the Souper Bowl of Caring.
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Rolling a Mile in Someone Else’s Chair — A Nexus Reporter Goes Wheelchair Bound and Learns the Oxymoron of ‘Handicap Access’

January 29, 2001 by

"It can happen in a second," senior psychology major Erin Fowler tells me on the morning of our UCSB wheelchair tour. "The free para-gliding lesson was a present from a friend for my 20...
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Planning the Newest UC: 5,000 Students by 2010 — University Says Merced Campus Will Spur Growth in Valley

January 29, 2001 by and

After two decades of searching, the University of California has settled on the location of its 10th campus: Merced, a city of just over 100,000 people in the middle of the Central Valley. This articl...
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Fake Money Angers A.S.

January 29, 2001 by

Associated Students discovered two counterfeit $10 bills in its coffers last week.
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UCSB Removes Sweatshop Products Found in Bookstores

January 29, 2001 by

Sweatshop laborers in the world's developing countries work in poorly ventilated factories for 10-14 hours a day. When clothing made under these conditions appeared in UCSB's Bookstore a few months ag...
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Police Blotter

January 29, 2001 by

Compiled from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol.
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Community Calls for Release of Chinese Restaurant Owner

January 25, 2001 by

Approximately 80 people gathered under the American flag in front of the main post office downtown to protest the imprisonment of the China Castle restaurant's former owner Sui-Yi Paul Chang.
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BFA Faculty Votes Student Director Out of Program

January 25, 2001 by

Senior Matt Weinglass may be able to direct and sell out plays with the Sherwood Players, but he will not graduate from UCSB's theater program. On Dec. 8, Weinglass was voted out of the Bachelor of Fi...
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Leadership Conference in Corwin Pavilion To Feature Workshops, Guest Speaker

January 25, 2001 by

Movie passes, scooters, bookstore gift certificates, Cold Stone ice cream and motivational words from state Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) will be offered to students at tonight'...
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UCSB Provost Resigns to Focus on English Teaching, Research in Department

January 25, 2001 by

Everett Zimmerman, a UCSB English professor for the last 31 years, has stepped down as provost of the College of Letters and Science, ending a four-year tenure.
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Town Hall Meeting Examines Housing Inspection Proposal

January 25, 2001 by

Upon closer inspection of a newly proposed county plan, many Isla Vista residents fear being left out in the cold.
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County Eyes I.V. Housing Conditions

January 25, 2001 by

County officials are working on a proposal that would implement mandatory housing inspections to more than 4,600 Isla Vista apartments.
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