Natural disasters are an awesome force. Tornados, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and yes, fires, are all acts that will make you realize nature's immense power - and can end your life in the same insta...
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Pimping ain't easy and neither is being a Cuban. I know this to be a fact and to all fellow Cubans, I quote the words of Bill "Slick Willy the Teflon Man" Clinton: "I feel your pain."
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I can remember the first letter to the editor I wrote to the UCSB Daily Nexus way back in November of 1993. Soon thereafter, I would be asked to submit columns, which I have happily done up to this da...
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Well, the verdict is in and the judgment has been made: Isla Vista residents are not the biggest part of the problem during the Halloween bash that's been going on for as long as anybody can remember.
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Growing up in my old hometown of Hialeah, Florida, complaints of "The Man keeping us down" were a common thing. According to the providers of the tales - mostly of the hippie or militant persuasion -"...
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To whoever scribbled that derogatory remark on the wall of the women's bathroom door in the Santa Rosa Residence Hall, I ask this simple question: Is that all you've got? After all, you're claiming so...
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The recent immigration bill battle leaves much to be desired with both the legislators in charge of making the law and the actual protesters themselves. Politicians are an easy scapegoat in most matte...
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"What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Simply translated, it means that what's good for one party is good for the other, and if you follow local politics you can probably see where this i...
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Stick a fork in it, it is done, so let's all move on and get to the subject at hand: Teaching students what they pay for in college, which is to learn, graduate and make the world a better place for g...
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I'm going to throw a few names in your direction to see if they ring a bell: Albert Owens, Yen-I Yang, Tsai-Shai-Yang and Yee Chen Lin. How about Terri Winchell?
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This week I was going to write about a comparison of the Palestinian elections to the ABC hit show, "Dancing with the Stars." Not to trivialize a historical event in our time, but, with all said and d...
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Race and racism are never easy topics to discuss, and good reasons exist for this fact. Some people do tend to get so emotional about the subject that the discussion becomes a rash of rhetoric. On a l...
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Hurricane Katrina showed us a lot, not only in terms of destruction, but the inefficiencies of the human species as a whole. Many of these inefficiencies came compliments of those in charge and at the...
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To all of you self-righteous, politically-correct moralists, I have a message from the general American population, and it goes like this: Lighten up assholes!
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I hate to be a naysayer or harbinger of bad news, as this usually goes against my generally good nature, but in the case of the "I told you so" clause, I'll gladly let the negativity flow in the neces...
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Choked by their cap tassel during a graduation photoshoot
Accidentally daps the Chancellor up as they receive their diploma
Decided to skip commencement to go day drink on Del Playa
Ugly crying so hard they drown out "Pomp and Circumstance"
Posing on stage like there's a model scout in the audience (there was)
Can't make it up the steps due to the sheer amount of cords, stoles, and leis
Couldn't decide on a grad dress so they showed up in pajamas under their gown
Showed up to commencement high and suffering from horrendous munchies
Somehow juggling the 15 ceremonies required for their triple major
Graduated with a 5 year plan, chronic anxiety, and a great internship
Reading Kafka in the audience in hopes of an honorary English degree
had their graduation photos taken in the lagoon to be different
