The Color of Money

April 3, 2001 by

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 legislat...
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Victorino and the Mighty Fish Taco

April 3, 2001 by

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 ...
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UCSB Professor Dies in Car Accident

April 3, 2001 by

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.
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True Stories from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol

April 3, 2001 by

When asked by the officers how old he was, the suspect said, "It doesn't matter because I am under arrest."
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Pro-Lifer Disturbed By Anti-Abortion Speaker

April 3, 2001 by

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 J...
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UC Briefs

April 3, 2001 by

News bits from the UC campuses
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Ignoring Environment in Energy Debate Is Costly

March 9, 2001 by

Although I can definitely see where Justin Ruhge is coming from (Daily Nexus, "Environmentalists Hinder Resolution of Power Crisis," March 7) and on many points I agree, I'd have to say that by comple...
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A.S. Researches Casino Expansion Before Voting

March 9, 2001 by

It seems our 3rd District county supervisor knows nothing about the magnitude of research that went into this matter before A.S. voted on it.
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Film Festival Reviews

March 8, 2001 by

“All You Need” Kellie Martin stars as Beth Sabistan in this dull romantic comedy/family drama about a woman finding herself amid a divorce and crumbling family. One of those movies that se...
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The Drug War on Students is Ill-Conceived

March 8, 2001 by

Time and time again, the public has learned that continued punishment and scapegoating of drug users (only the illicit ones, of course) does not stop drug abuse.
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Advertisement Was Offensive

March 8, 2001 by

I was appalled by the full-page advertisement from Duffy's that you chose to publish on Page 8A of your Thursday, March 1 edition.
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Westmont Offers Condolences

March 8, 2001 by

The students of Westmont College would like to express our heartfelt sorrow at the tragedy that took place in I.V.
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Column: PictSweet Workers Denounce A.S. Position on Boycott

March 7, 2001 by

A few days ago, in our workplace - PictSweet Mushroom Farms in Ventura - United Farm Workers agents distributed a document showing that the UCSB Associated Students Legislative Council, "endorsed...
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UC Berkeley Paper Apologizes for Running Controversial Ad

March 7, 2001 by

The UC Berkeley Daily Californian is under fire from student groups objecting to a recent full-page advertisement titled "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea - And Racist Too."
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UC Briefs

March 7, 2001 by

Investigators are still trying to determine if UC Davis student Andrew V. Wieman was murdered or committed suicide.
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