Early Checkout Is Better than Burnout

A motivational speaker once told me that it's important to set goals if you hope to accomplish anything in life. He then asked me if I had set any goals for myself. I told him that my life's ambition ...
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Boars Abhor the Arbor

I use Yahoo! for my e-mail, which means messages that are identified by the system as "spam" are automatically ignored and placed into a bulk e-mail folder. I had assumed that this folder was full of ...
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A Disparity of Dialect

I didn't believe in the language barrier until I took an introductory Spanish class in high school. I had hoped to learn about Spanish culture and its rich history, but I could never actually learn an...
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Hilton Clones Do it Better

My friend swears that Fabio is a natural blonde and that his flowing golden locks aren't the result of extensive hair dye procedures. I disagree, which is why my friend and I frequently engage in life...
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Hume Away from Home

I have a confession to make. I live in a hammock on the fifth floor of the Davidson Library. That's right, I live in a hammock in a crawlspace on the fifth floor of the Davidson Library. It can get a ...
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Where Good Elvises Go To Die

I should have realized that our Vegas trip was doomed when I referred to Siegfried and Roy as Sigmund and Freud while driving into town. I know what Dr. Freud would say about this Freudian slip. He'd ...
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The Path to Immortality

Where would the world be without technology? It would probably be about 92.5 million miles from the Sun, but it wouldn't be nearly as cool as it is right now. We wouldn't have blowtorches, "The Price ...
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Unleash the Trekkie Within

I once saw a man smoking crack out of a Coke can in the upper deck of McAfee Coliseum. That's how my fascination with addicts began. From that moment on I've spent much of my free time trolling flopho...
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Lying Your Way Through Life

We all have hobbies. Some people fly kites. Some people read books. Some people eat a lot food and then intentionally puke it back up. Some people do all of the aforementioned things.
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Where Did the Violence Go?

I watched a lot of television when I was a kid. My favorite show was "G.I. Joe." This program taught me almost everything I know about life. It taught me that it's okay to run around firing machine gu...
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Run, Walk To Aid Sufferers of HIV/AIDS

Hundreds of people will hit the ground running - and walking - at Leadbetter Beach tomorrow to support AIDS education and treatment in Santa Barbara County.
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Don’t Play Games With Students’ Meals

There is a serious problem that has been plaguing UCSB freshmen for months and it's simply become too harmful to ignore. Yes, I'm talking about Ortega Dining Commons.
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