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UCSB Set to Purchase FT

The university and the current owners of the property, College Park Communities, have agreed on a price and are currently working to complete the necessary paperwork.
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SB Fails to Break Trojans

So close, yet so far away.The #7 UCSB women's volleyball team battled #1 USC for as long as the Gauchos could hold on, but in the end, it just wasn't enough.
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Audit Reveals A.S. Operated in Debt for Last 2 Years

The audit found that A.S. does not currently have enough funds to cover Trustee Accounts for the student groups that receive funds through A.S.
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SB Charities To Provide Holiday Turkey Dinners

For students wanting to avoid their drunken extended families' slurs this holiday, the Salvation Army is in need of some givers this Thanksgiving.
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Hemp Producers, DEA Face Off in Court

Hempwise and other organizations that sell products containing hemp will be able to stay in business for now, pending an expected victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Outreach Program Relocates to I.V.

The YMCA Street Outreach Program - which administers to homeless, runaway and at-risk teens - transferred its headquarters to the I.V. Teen Center in September after it took over management of the cen...
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Group Promotes Women in Science

WISE offers career information for students, holds monthly meetings, raises funds to send WISE members to national conferences and provides a mentoring program.
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County Split Boosters To Try Again Later

After months on the front line of signature-gathering, the group that hopes to put a county split on the ballot is scrapping its efforts and beginning anew in the new year.
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Toy Drive Collects Gifts for I.V. Kindergartners

Not every kid in Isla Vista leaves town for the holidays. Not every kid wakes up to a pile of presents under a Christmas tree. Not every kid gets what they want most of all.
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November 27, 2002

Thursday, Nov. 21, at 2:15 a.m.: While patrolling the 6500 block of Del Playa Drive, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers noted a 26-year-old man carrying what appeared to be bags of frozen chicken.
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Trash Facility Shows Green Side in Name

The South Coast Transfer Station, more commonly known as the "city dump," has changed its name to the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station to reflect the growing percentage of waste that the fac...
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UC To Pick New President

Last week, UC President Richard Atkinson announced plans to retire next October, and the nationwide search for a replacement has already begun.
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Admit Process Changes Little

A recent UC faculty report found a new admissions system designed to encourage students to demonstrate "total excellence" is, well, totally excellent because it didn't change much.
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Safety Issues May Halt 217 Construction

Safety concerns may finally put the red light on plans for the renovation of Highway 217. The renovation, which has vexed locals for a year, is once again a topic of dispute.
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FT Man Pins Actions on Mania

A former Francisco Torres resident is recuperating at home from a manic episode on Halloween that resulted in a 28-hour stay in Santa Barbara County Jail and an 11-day stay at Santa Barbara Cottage Ho...
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