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Candidates for Associated Student President Encourage Activism

April 12, 2011 by

Why should you be a part of Disassociated Students?
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Candidates for Associated Student President Encourage Activism

April 12, 2011 by

Next year, the UC system will experience $1 billion cuts to a budget that is already a shadow of what it once was.
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Campus Involvement Offers An Outlet For School Spirit

April 12, 2011 by

I have long been amazed and infatuated with the school spirit at UCSB. Not the fanatical, body-painted sport culture characteristic of ASU or USC, but rather the subliminal, relaxed — but intense ...
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Survival Dreams Glimpse Human Evolutionary Horizon

April 11, 2011 by

Albert Einstein, smart guy that he was, once wrote, “I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Drinking Columnist Weighs In On Floatopia Debate

April 8, 2011 by

Floatopia. Oh yeah, baby, this is a hot-button issue.
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Police Enforce Social Host Ordinance

April 7, 2011 by

It’s happening. Students are being issued citations for the Social Host Liability Ordinance
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Isla Vista Beach Ban Spurs Student Rejection of Stringent Regulations

April 7, 2011 by

My name is Chris Alexander, and I want to let the student population know about a protest to stop the barricading of our beach access as a means to prevent Floatopia.
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Associated Students Keeps It Local

April 7, 2011 by

As students we not only love enjoying our beautiful beaches, but we also have the right and privilege to enjoy them. This privilege has again been stripped from us as a result of Floatopia 2009.
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Recreation Center Affiliates Express Appreciation for Clarification

April 7, 2011 by

Daily Nexus Editor: Thank you for the article “Renovations Up in Air on Spring Ballot” in yesterday’s Nexus.
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Disciplined Religious Chastity Captivates the Promiscuous

April 6, 2011 by

The life of an exchange student is a constant influx of new experiences, knowledge, food, ideas and people — basically whatever you can put into your mouth, grab by the hand or both.
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No Floatation Without Representation

April 5, 2011 by

Each year the discussion about Floatopia reminds me of the ironic paradox that is Isla Vista: a majority of left-leaning students living under the semi-despotic rule of the I.V. Foot Patrol and Santa ...
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Civic Organization Gets Floatopia Off the Ground and Out to Sea

April 5, 2011 by

I would like to say I know how to throw parties and get crazy. After all, I am part of the party that brought booze back by repealing Prohibition in 1933.
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Do What Ye Will, An Ye Harm None But Haters

April 4, 2011 by

Why do you do what you do? How do you do it so well? I’ll venture to say it’s because you’re addicted to a certain feeling. We all are.
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Inflammatory Hyperbole

April 4, 2011 by

I write to protest the advertisements for Monday’s workers’ rally. While I am sympathetic to their cause, equating a U.S. state governor to Adolf Hitler is a ridiculous hyperbole.
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Major, Unpleasant Consequences Ensue From Minor, Unaddressed Citations

March 31, 2011 by

Welcome back from Spring Break! I’m sure you had a great week of living the wild life and have some fond memories to look back on. That’s what Spring Break is all about.
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