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April 9, 2001

Feature Photo: April Showers Bring Campaign Flowers

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Campaign signs were officially allowed on campus April 8 at midnight. By Monday morning, students were inundated with a variety of campaign signs along the bikepath adjacent to HSSB.

April 6, 2001

Go Home

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In the words of the late beloved UCSB English professor Frank McConnell:"We don't do shit the first day, we don't do shit the last day. I don't know why the fuck they even pay me."

April 6, 2001

Feature Photo: Vive La Resistance!

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University electrician and Union Steward Kurt Jahnke waves to honking supporters while holding a sign that reads "Yang Don't Give a Dang!" on Thursday.

April 5, 2001

Crack-Smoking Overachievers

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When I was five, mean old ladies with superiority complexes and yellow teeth patrolled the playground armed with pink slips, whistles and explicit threats to "tell my teacher."

April 5, 2001

Construction Worker Discovers Human Remains in Lompoc Field

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An unidentified human skeleton was discovered in a field in Lompoc on Tuesday.

April 5, 2001

Former “Jane Roe” Was Callous But Not Wrong

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The issue of abortion is not decided by the attitude or verbal skill of the person arguing for or against it.

April 4, 2001

Demonweed — The Federal Government’s Obstinate Crusade Against Medical Pot Will Stifle the Wishes of State Voters

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And we all know what happens when an irresistible force meets an When California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996 and Prop 36 last year, they showed their acceptance of medicinal marijuana and endorsed drug treatmen...

April 4, 2001

Meet Professor Digit

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Everyone goes into new classes not knowing quite what to expect. With that in mind, I sat down in an “easy” non-writing class yesterday.

April 4, 2001

Lecturers Fight For Children’s Rights, World Peace

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Marc Kielburger, director from Free the Children International, and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Youth Outreach Coordinator Michael Coffey will speak in Broida Hall 1610 today from 2-3:15 p.m. as part of the "Global Fo...

April 4, 2001

Tough-Guy Cops Demonstrate Ignorance of Law, Astronomy

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"Hide Witch Hide! The good folks come to burn thee- Their keen enjoyment hid behind a Gothic mask of duty."

April 4, 2001

Gaucho Softball Hopes to Improve Record with Wins Over Cal Poly

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Consistency is one trait that the 2001 UCSB women's softball team still hasn't figured out yet. And on erratic play: Santa Barbara has basically rewritten that book.

April 4, 2001

Feature Photo: The Alternative is Going at 8 a.m.

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April 3, 2001

The Color of Money

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After nearly five years of filibusters and political wrangling, the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill finally managed to clear the United States Senate on Monday. Like any piece of legislation coming off Capit...

April 3, 2001

Victorino and the Mighty Fish Taco

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I made a new friend last week. I purchased two fish tacos and a Coca-Cola Classic for a small Mexican boy named Victorino, who was trying to sell me friendship bracelets. Unfortunately, he was out of "Weatherhuman," as i...

April 3, 2001

UCSB Professor Dies in Car Accident

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Forty-two-year-old Lex Murray, a member of UCSB's Physical Activities Dept., was killed in an auto accident along Highway 154 on March 20.

April 3, 2001

Pro-Lifer Disturbed By Anti-Abortion Speaker

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I am an assistant at a local church and would like to make it clear that many of my friends and I were very disturbed by the content, quality and attitude of the lecture given by Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe) on March 11...