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How Psychological Vampirism Can Totally Harsh Your Mellow

Every person has a drug of choice. Someone yesterday argued to me the point that “being drug-free is free,” which is good advice to heed if one’s demand for pleasure chemicals exceeds his supply...
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Is Religion Just an Identifying Label or a Way of Life?

This week’s question: “What do you think about people who call themselves religious but never actually attend religious services or follow the rules of their religion? ”
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Program Board’s WillieJ Rocks Isla Vista Open-Mic Nights

Some would say the best feature of the I.V. party scene is the legions of scrumdiddliumptious women (and men) who roam the streets like a wild pack of chinchillas, force-fed an exclusive diet of Spani...
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Legal Loopholes Allow for Lousy Behavior

One of the things I love about the job of a police officer is that you never know what to expect.
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Students March for Affordable Education

Your Jan. 12 article titled “Brown Cuts Funds for UC System” truly hit home for me. These proposed cuts in the budget threaten my, as well as many others’, continuing education here at UCSB.
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Students Mourn High Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Strip

After the end of Gaza Awareness Week, I noticed the influx of apologies for the Israeli government in the Opinion section.
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Egyptian Revolution Replaces U.S. Backed Cold War Stooge

It’s not every day that your Egyptian Facebook friend claims: “So many gun shots at night. GOD help us,” and “‘Army and people one hand’: that is the welcoming from the people to the Army,...
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Going Down Onto the Finer Techniques of Fellatio

Warning: The following content may contain offensive material and be inappropriate for, say, my parents. Seriously, just stop now, Mom and Dad — this isn’t helping any of us.
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Tolerance Necessary in Israeli-Palestinian Debate

Two years ago on Holocaust Remembrance Day, pro- Palestinian demonstrators interrupted 30 Jewish SFSU students from their Mourner’s Kaddish (Jewish prayer for the dead). The mourners were physically...
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Egypt: You Say You Want a Revolution

Political tension in the Middle East is nothing unusual — in fact, the idea of peace in the region seems almost impossible. Government censorship is also not a new approach of political repression. ...
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Middle East Unrest Demonstrates Difference from American Values

The question of whether freedom is unique to Western culture seems to be answered by each crisis in the Middle East...
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Bipartisan Alliance Demonstrates Sensitivity of Egyptian Politics

Washington D.C. is experiencing its first real test to the idea of bipartisan “civility.” The results can be seen in American political leaders’ reactions to the Egyptian unrest that began last ...
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Israeli Tech Aids Western Progress

For a number of years now, pro-Israel and anti-Israel student groups have been competing for public support on this campus.
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Charismatic Leader Turns Condescending Demagogue

President Barack Obama recently held a YouTube conference in which American citizens could ask questions about the topics they feel are important to the country.
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False Body Count Numbers Disguise Political Agenda

I am sure that most of you reading this have seen a sign on campus with the death tallies for Palestinians and Israelis, represented by symbolic stakes in the ground comparing the two.
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