Senior Says Sayonara to SB Stuff

May 19, 2008 by

So, this is it. Graduation is in four weeks. By the end of June, most of us seniors will have left sunny Santa Barbara and Isla Vista will become a fondly tucked-away memory.
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Hypocrisy Haunts

May 12, 2008 by

With only four weeks left until my final departure from UCSB, the urge to stir up certain issues has grown stronger and stronger. Controversy is not my strong suit. I actively avoid discussing anythin...
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Mysterious Minors Potentially Flesh Out College Career

May 5, 2008 by

Once upon a time - two whole years ago - on a computer no longer alive, I found the professional writing minor. Only through poking, exploring and chancing random links on the school Web site was I ab...
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Nexus Poll Inspires Alternative View

April 28, 2008 by

Every so often, after tiring of my usual Internet hotspots -- PerezHilton.com, the Drudge Report and Digg -- I surf the Daily Nexus Web site hoping to stumble across something -- anything -- to brie...
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Columnist Flushes Past A.S. Follies

April 21, 2008 by

Hooray, it's election time. And no, I'm not referring to the played out Democratic Pennsylvania Primary. While Obama and Clinton prepare for what we all hope is a sudden political deathmatch, the peop...
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Springtime Visitors Transform Campus Into Tourist Map

April 14, 2008 by

If there are any misgivings about spring having sprung, put them to rest, children. The best season of the year is in full bloom, complete with 80-degree weather at 9 a.m., allergies and runny noses, ...
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UCSB Shops Bring Funds to a Stop

April 7, 2008 by

This quarter, my collective syllabi required me to purchase a total of six books -- which, like every fixed-income, last-quarter senior, I hesitated to purchase.
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‘Party School’ Reps More Than Fools

March 31, 2008 by

For the past four years, disclosing my academic institution to others has often resulted in the same judgmental reaction: "UCSB is a party school, isn't it?"
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Focus on Flustering Finals as Quarter Comes to a Close

March 10, 2008 by

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and spring is hovering over many of us like a cloud of THC-imbued smoke. Oh, and daylight savings started on Sunday, resulting in a greater amount of sunligh...
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Campus Violence Goads New Action

February 25, 2008 by

Because my column runs on Mondays, I try to keep things fairly light-hearted so as not to overwhelm anyone at the beginning of the week. Besides, how intense could a campus life column really be? Typi...
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Winter Woes Dictate Distractions

February 4, 2008 by

Ugh. In the last couple weeks, I've ruined two pairs of suede shoes for stupidly sporting them during our annual Isla Vista showers and learned that not one Santa Barbara retail store sells an accepta...
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Lively Classes Fling Coeds Into Spring

January 28, 2008 by

Here we are at week four: revving up for impending midterms, grappling with the fact we still haven't picked up our readers at Grafikart... and oblivious to the quickly approaching pass time number on...
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Tease Time With Boredom Busters

January 14, 2008 by

Congratulations on surviving the first week of the new quarter!
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Study Strategies Shape New Year

January 7, 2008 by

Happy New Year, and welcome to Winter Quarter 2008! Hopefully everyone enjoyed a relatively safe holiday season filled with Starbucks gift cards and cheap New Year's Eve champagne.
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Forego Milestones This Finals Season

December 3, 2007 by

Here we are again, at the crux of the quarter, finals upon us, and countless tests, papers, projects and presentations due during the supposed "dead week."
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