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Drinking Columnist Weighs In On Floatopia Debate

April 8, 2011 by Chris Benham

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

April 7, 2011 by Cori Lantz

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 Chris Alexander

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 Rhandy Siordia

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 Adam Schneider

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 S.F.

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 Benjamin Parish

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 David Kornahrens

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 Online Editor

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 Scott Englund

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 Mark Signa

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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Sex Columnist Kisses a Girl and Likes It: The Beauty of Exploration

March 30, 2011 by S.F.

Doctor, here are my symptoms: I am confused, I’m questioning my identity and ability to reason and my genitals are swelling up like an ocean wave at the sight of a hot chick.
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