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The Honeymoon’s Over and Your Roommate Sucks: Now What?

New rental, new landlord, new roommate(s), new neighbors, not to mention all the changes to get used to with the start of school … Aghhh! When will all this newness and change end? Hate to break it ...
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If Atheists Don’t Believe in the Soul, What Sets Humans Apart?

Though the word “more” in this question is vague, I assume that it means, “Which existence is more valuable?” I believe that humans’ lives are much more valuable than any machine’s, even t...
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When Early Morning Stealth Fails, Awkwardness Prevails

If you haven’t had the sheer terror of waking up in a bed that’s not your own, with your first thought being, “I need to get the fuck out of here,” then you haven’t lived. No, I kid, I kid. ...
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Progressive Taxes Mitigate Financial Woes

Left Said: “Nothing can be said to be certain, except love and war.” — Benjamin Franklin “All is fair in death and taxes.” — Anonymous proverb Wait a minute. Something tells me I didn’t ...
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Comprehensive Reform Necessary to Reduce Debt

Right Said: As President Obama pontificated to the nation last month about how Stimulus II would renew our economy and restore the middle class he claims has evaporated, he made it abundantly clear th...
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Media Wrongly Portrays ‘Occupy’ Protests As Aimless

“We are the 99 percent.” As you may or may not know, for almost a month now there have been thousands of people occupying a park near Wall Street in New York City as part of the “Occupy Wall Str...
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A.S. President Urges Student Body to Read Beyond the Headlines

As your Associated Students president, it is my duty and honor, among a myriad of other responsibilities, to serve as the liaison between my undergraduate student peers and our formal association. In ...
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Steve Jobs’ Lasting Legacy: A World Fraught With Opportunity

From Facebook, via a personal computer, I learned of Steve Jobs’ tragic passing. The irony of the information’s medium was not lost upon me or the Internet community. After the initial shock, unde...
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Demonizing Ronald McDonald Misses the Mark

For the first time in human history, we are living in an age of countless bounty. Excess. We have access to everything and anything, good and bad. You and I are the small fraction of humanity alive to...
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Lagoon “Very Impressed” With Length and Girth of Storke Tower

Sources have confirmed that the Lagoon and Storke Tower “hooked up” for the first time this past Saturday night. The two were seen canoodling outside a party at their mutual friend Campbell Hall...
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UCSB Environmentalists Expose Sustainability’s Sexier Side

Well, I’m glad that you ignored the title of this article informing you that this is not the Wednesday Hump and that, unfortunately, you’re an entire day late for the article you were truly hoping...
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If Not Adam and Eve, Who Were the First Humans to Conceive?

This Week’s Question: If not Adam and Eve, who were the first humans to conceive?   This question doesn’t really seem relevant to our readership, as I doubt most of the people interested are ...
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“No-Otter” Zone Stunts Population, Prompts Public Hearing

Have you ever been to Monterey or Santa Cruz and seen those cute little otters hanging out near the beach? I have and, until recently, I never thought twice about why we don’t see otters like that i...
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How to Maintain Your Health and Dignity on the Bike Paths

Whether you’re a sparkly new freshmen on your sparkly new bike or an unkempt fifth year on a bike that’s just as grizzly, you’ve probably never read that annoying little bike etiquette booklet t...
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Ronald McDonald: The Deadliest Clown in America

Think about this next time you sink your teeth into some deliciously fattening Mickey D’s: Medical school researchers at Harvard University estimate that artificial trans fats cause up to 228,000 he...
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