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Change is in the air at the weatherhouse. The weatherhousemates are being forced to relocate because their greek organization is threatening to charge them several hundred dollars if they don’t move into the animal house.
A Dilemma at a Discount
Be careful what you wish for – it just might turn around and bite you in the ass. Two weeks ago, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a revised version of the Isla Vista parking plan that addresses many of the concerns I.V. residents have voiced over the course of the plan’s development.
County Approves Parking Plan
As early as summer of 2005, the county plans to implement a residential parking permit program aimed at easing Isla Vista’s notoriously crowded curbsides. The required permits will cost $95 annually for cars registered in Santa Barbara County and $150 annually for cars registered outside the county.
Just ‘Moore’ Clowning Around?
In America, it’s become customary to start things off with a bang. After all, our two longest standing traditions are shooting things and buying things – preferably shooting the things we’ve bought. America being the way it is, I’m sure Michael Moore could not have asked for a better way to introduce his new docu-propaganda, “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
Sticky Fingers Snatch Up Kerr Hall Computers
The UC Police Dept. is still investigating the theft of nearly $200,000 worth of computer equipment taken from Kerr Hall and a university-owned 1995 Chevrolet Suburban.
Grant May Help in Preservation of Ellwood Mesa
The campaign to save Ellwood Mesa from residential development may receive another $4 million today, if the California Coastal Conservancy Board follows its staff’s recommendation and approves the grant.
UCSB Scientists Create New Date-Rape Drug Test
UCSB researchers have developed a test that may help law enforcement and medical officials combat date rape. The test, developed by chemistry Professor Stanley Parsons and Ph.D. student Dawn Bravo, allows for the detection of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a commonly used date-rape drug.
Access Goes to Where Students Want to Be
Giovanni’s, a pizzeria on Pardall Road, now joins the slowly growing ranks of off-campus locations that allow students to pay for goods with their ACCESS Cards.
Signal Casts Internet Across Campus
The Office of Information Technology plans to install wireless Internet service in Campbell Hall, the walkway from Campbell Hall to Davidson Library, the area around Corwin Pavilion and the walkway from the UCen to Pardall Road sometime during Fall Quarter quarter.
SB Arraigns King for Theft, Attempted Rape
Ricardo Apollo King, Jr., a former UCSB student, pled not guilty to four felony charges at his arraignment last Wednesday.