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UCSB Gets Savvy About Dodging Sex Scandals

Recent allegations against Jerry Sandusky and the surrounding scandal at Penn State have been a wake-up call for UCSB administrators. “This school simply cannot afford to endure a sexual abuse scand...
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Opinions Warrant Respect, Just Not in Equal Measure

This week’s question: What is there not to respect about someone’s opinion about religion?   Whether it’s about that movie you watch that just never gets old or about how you thought the la...
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Why You Can But Shouldn’t Give Sgt. Signa the Bird

It’s been a fun couple of weeks since we last spoke. I got back from Hawaii and, despite the rumors, I was not kicked out of Maui. A few days after my return, I was getting my butt handed to me by a...
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Depression is a profound learning experience …

… You learn that eating two pounds of trail mix in five minutes is not a good idea. Of course you already knew this before the fact, but you did it anyway just to get some form of sensory stimul...
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Breaking News: Your Smartphone Is Making You Stupider

When rats are given a button that, when pressed, excites the “pleasure” module in their brain, it has been shown that they will press the button unceasingly, even withholding from food, sex and wa...
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‘Ask an Atheist’ Unfairly Targets Christianity, Spurs More Hatred

I know for a fact you don’t know whether or not God exists, which makes me wonder why you are going out of your way to prove something you have no absolute knowledge of. There are a lot of people in...
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Road (Construction A)head

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Right Said: Talk Is Cheap, Action Isn’t

When Barack Obama was a senator running for presidency in 2008, he promised “hope” and “change” not only for the American people but for the world. Since the day he took office, people polled ...
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Left Said: Make Sanctions, Not War

It should be pretty clear to most observers by now that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons under the guise of a peaceful nuclear energy program. While they haven’t yet enriched uranium to the...
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(w)Ron(g) Paul’s Free Market Fairytale

[media-credit name=”Erika Frost” align=”aligncenter” width=”250″][/media-credit]Gather round, all ye children, for I haveth a tale for thee on why Ron Paul is oh so...
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Demonizing the Rich Misappropriates the Blame

Last week’s South Park episode brilliantly parodies the Occupy Wall Street movement. If you didn’t tune in, this one is for you: Barack Obama has belligerently demonized the rich. His unremitting ...
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Accomplished Seven Falls? Add Cathedral Peak to Your Bucket List

Everyone has their own personal well of strength that they draw from. They draw from its depths in everyday life and during hardships. It is the strength from this well that pushes us to not just surv...
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Santa Claus, Easter Bunny Send Youth Mixed Signals

This week’s question: How would you go about introducing fictions like the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus to your children? It’s entertaining, the gullibility of a child. They’ll believe almost...
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Save Yourself Grief: Know the Difference Between Habitable and Not

Just when you thought the creepy crawlies from Halloween were long gone, you’ve noticed that a whole new family of bugs and rodents has arrived. It seems like your rental is falling apart, practical...
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Even Expert Scoundrals Must Strategize to Maximize Booty

Sometimes getting laid isn’t the problem; the problem is answering the booty call. No, I’m not talking about the girls who fight with themselves about their morals at 2:30 in the morning: “I’m...
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