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Blood Sample Helps Uncover Cause of Recent Deer Deaths

November 22, 2000 by

Deer have a new enemy: Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease. The virus has already killed more than half of the 300 blacktailed deer in UCSB's Sedgwick Reserve.
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Online Company Closes as New State Law Bans Sale of Unauthorized Notes

November 22, 2000 by

The California legislature has decided that lectures are the property of the professors who give them, putting an end to the attempts of some online companies to offer students class notes.
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Seeing the Light

November 22, 2000 by

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Police Blotter

November 22, 2000 by

From the Reports of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol
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Faculty Member Faces Scrutiny in Book

November 21, 2000 by

Allegations that anthropologists, including one former UCSB professor, deliberately infected a South American Indian tribe with an epidemic and falsified evidence of violence among the group have spar...
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Salvation Army Santas: Eat Your Hearts Out

November 21, 2000 by

Pessimists often say one person can't make a difference. Twenty-one-year-old UCSB junior Gabriel Scherger knows he can. The geography and pre-med major's holiday ideology revolves around the notion th...
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Internet Bookseller Goes Under After Facing Fierce Competition

November 21, 2000 by

BigWords.com, an online college textbook vendor, shut down on Oct. 20 after laying off close to 100 workers, leaving employees and competitors to ponder the reasons for their demise and the financial ...
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Ambassador Discuses Border Policy

November 21, 2000 by

Mexico's improving economy warrants an open-border policy with the United States, Mexican economist and ambassador Dr. Cassio Luiselli Fernandez told an audience in the Chicano studies conference room...
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Tis the Season

November 21, 2000 by

Feature photo - Students from CalPIRG's hunger and homeless division, including Jennifer Dyball, Tim Poulin, and Lori La Riva, packed almost 300 lunches for the homeless Monday in front of the UCen.
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University Negotiates Nuclear Labs Contract

November 20, 2000 by

Debate over the extension and revision of nuclear laboratory management contracts between the University of California and the Dept. of Energy (DOE) has stoked a fire under UCSB professors, who have h...
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Local Charity Raises Record-High amount for Relief Efforts Abroad

November 20, 2000 by

Despite tremendous worldwide need for medical equipment, Direct Relief International is working to fill in the gaps for 47 different countries through efforts from its Santa Barbara headquarters.
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UCSB Men’s Group Sponsors Breast Resource Center’s Cancer Seminar

November 20, 2000 by

Determined to undo negative male stereotypes, a group of Latino men helped orchestrate a workshop last weekend designed to teach women the value of preventive care.
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Hmong Students Commemorate Ancestral Asian Traditions

November 20, 2000 by

The UCSB Hmong Student Union celebrated its New Year on Saturday at Girsh Park in Goleta.
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Armed Machines Ready to Unleash Fury, Annihilation

November 16, 2000 by

Meet Dr. Inferno Jr.: a 2-foot tall robot with saws for arms, carbon-fiber armor, a "Terminator 2"-style metal skeleton, and most importantly, a nasty penchant for destruction.
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Locals Will Run to Help Sick in ‘Chicken Soup’ Turkey Trot

November 16, 2000 by

This Saturday people will be walking, running and trotting for their health and the health of others.
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