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I Wish I Was the Unzipped Banana in the Fruit Sensory Videos

July 23, 2022 by

“I just don’t understand why the pineapple is in the middle,” he fervently explained. “Everything about that banana is raw sex appeal.”
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Chancellor Yang Takes Over-Enrollment Crisis Into His Own Hands

July 16, 2022 by

It can feel as though calls for action from UCSB administration fall on deaf ears — but no longer!
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Top 10 Things I’d Say If I Were a Tour Guide

June 24, 2022 by

No one here drinks.  Seriously. Del Playa is actually just a place that we gather at on weekends to worship Chancellor Yang and give him all our money. 
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Fourth-year CLIT Major Still Can’t Find It

September 8, 2021 by

Empty-handed in my pilgrimage toward the truly exquisite CLIT. My bildungsroman has come and gone … I have passed my point of no return.” Simpcellington, a virgin, turns 22 on Thursday. 
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Sarah Danielzadeh Voted in as New A.S. Student Advocate General In Special Election

October 30, 2020 by

Sarah Danielzadeh, a fourth-year English major and former Letters and Sciences senator, beat 11 other candidates in a special election for Associated Students Student Advocate General.
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Ramadan During a Pandemic: Muslim Students Reflect on Experiences at Home, in Isla Vista

May 29, 2020 by and

Physical distancing requirements have made this Ramadan different from many students’ childhood celebrations. 
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Head Coach Vom Steeg Reflects on Blue-Green Rivalry

October 25, 2018 by

As the second game of the Blue-Green rivalry draws closer, staff writer Annika Pearson checked in with Head Coach Tim Vom Steeg to get his thoughts on this historic matchup.
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A.S. Senator Promotes Social Activism Through T-Shirt Design

October 18, 2018 by

The T-shirts were created by Carlton-Carew to promote the upcoming premiere of her documentary series.
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MultiCultural Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary

September 20, 2018 by

Beyond its existence as an event space, the MCC is focused on giving voice to students.
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Beyond the Ranking: UCSB Outside Academics

September 20, 2018 by

There is more to a university than its numbers; the way that students are supported and included contributes to their academic and professional success.
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UCSB Las Maestras Center Holds Protest Against Separation of Families in San Diego

September 20, 2018 by

Protestors sang, chanted and cried in resistance to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy” on illegal border crossing.
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Letter From the Editor: Merk’s Paradise

June 7, 2018 by

New Editor-in-Chief Jorge Mercado introduces himself and examines the past three years in college, and the nexus, that has led him to this point.
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Warm & Wild Nights at Woodstock’s Trivia

June 7, 2018 by

College kids everywhere take to trivia events about as well as they do to pizza and beer, but there’s something distinctly Isla Vistan about the tradition at Woodstock’s, which opened its I.V. loc...
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Bong, Bong, Bong: The Hands Behind the Carillon Bells

June 7, 2018 by

As a member of Adjunct Professor Margo Halsted’s carillon bells class, Sophia Tao has spent the last two years making the trek up the tower at least once a week to play the bells.
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Letter From the Editor: For Fox Sake, 4 Years Sure Flew By

June 7, 2018 by

I’m a little confused by it all, to be honest; how do four years go by so quickly?
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