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November 3, 2006

Think

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November 2, 2006

Mistakes

By Staff

I once asked the Weathermum if she had ever made a mistake: She just stared at me for a while.

November 2, 2006

Measure D Will Not Get Funding For I.V. Projects

By Staff

There is an important local issue on the ballot in the Nov. 7 election, called Measure D. This measure would change the amount of sales tax you pay for local transportation from the existing one-half cent per dollar to t...

November 2, 2006

Proposed A.S. Bill Misses Underlying Grammar Woes

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During last week's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, a bill was introduced to the floor to decrease the amount of time spent revising grammatical errors in bills on the grounds that the "knowledge of corre...

November 2, 2006

Suggestion of Leggings Is a Fashion Faux Pas for Us All

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I would like to comment on the opinion piece by Caroline Wolf ("Finding Fall Fashion for Isla Vista Weather," Daily Nexus, Oct. 26, 2006.) Contrary to her obviously misinformed opinion, leggings are not and will never be...

November 2, 2006

Library Asks for Student Input on Face-Lift

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Campus Planning and Design is looking for suggestions from students, faculty and staff to improve the appearance and usability of the area between Davidson Library and Girvetz Hall today and tomorrow.

November 2, 2006

Save Large Tips for Workers Who Actually Deserve Cash

By Staff

In reply to "Tipping for All Hard-Workers, Please", Daily Nexus, Oct. 30, 2006, Adam, I'll tell you why I don't tip those UPS workers!

November 2, 2006

Prop 87 Curbs Oil Spending and Seeks New Alternatives

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It has been said that there is a one-to-one correlation between the affluence of a society and the amount of energy it consumes.

November 2, 2006

Prop 86 Harms Big Tobacco and Reduces Smoking Rates

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Proposition 86 is a $2.60 tax per cigarette pack increase. It funds health care and anti-tobacco programs.

November 2, 2006

A.S. Finance Board Decision Squanders Students’ Money

By Staff

A.S. Finance Board's recent decision to squander every penny it had allocated for use during both Winter and Spring Quarters of this year really proves that the Students' Initiative is a useless waste of students' precio...

November 2, 2006

Think

By Staff

November 2, 2006

Artsweek Calendar November 2-November 8

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Calendar for 11/2/06 Thursday November 2: Grab your bongos and beret and check out Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading from his body of work at Campbell Hall tonight. Ferlinghetti is one of the last living Beat Poets and the f...

November 1, 2006

Weather

By Staff

What is this shit? Oh, great. Apparently smartvoter.com isn’t as reliable as the Weatherhuman’s forecasts. Wednesday’s Forecast: The ‘human endorses itself, as always.

November 1, 2006

Student’s Initiative Should Be a Permanent Fixture

By Staff

I am writing this letter to the editor to show my support for the Students' Initiative, which recently passed, fair and square.

November 1, 2006

Sloth of Students Is To Blame for Huge Fee Hikes

By Staff

As an alum, I found it mildly entertaining when the friends I have who still go to UCSB told me that A.S. was trying to pass a $100 fee hike per quarter.

November 1, 2006

Associated Students Turns Students Into Piggy Banks

By Staff

It's no secret that being a student isn't cheap. Ever since I came to college, I've been living on the edge of my bank account, thanks to some premium prices.