Opinion
Welcome back, Gauchos! It’s great to see the campus bustling with life as the school year begins and we hope, whether you’re a first year or a fourth year, that you’re as excited as we are to st...
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In 1970, a wave of civil unrest turned the beachside town of Isla Vista on its head.
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At colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the futur...
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Communication about sex is by default neither easy nor common for parents, so excuse their embarrassment and take it upon yourself to be learn how to be polite.
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Back in the day, when I was rolling through campus, the internet was alive and well but access to get on it was limited.
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I’d like to preface your sojourn at the University of California, Santa Barbara with nine words that will best summarize your college experience: you think you know, but you have no idea.
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Many of us carry grudges for things others have done to hurt us.
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The Study Hall needs to pick up some honesty, since its 50 Club members picked up the tab.
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The Social Host Ordinance, a countywide regulation that would impose civil penalties on residents that provide alcohol to minors, should not have passed in its present form.
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The reality is that most UCSB students have been or know someone who has been cited for an alcohol-related offense.
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Sprouting and hopeful tulips to the graduating class of 2010. Budget cuts and impacted classes don’t make for the best educational fertilizer, but you still pulled through. Congrats!
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I am Josh Lynn, a Santa Barbara native. I am a prosecutor, not a politician.
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This is for all of you out there, drudging through your last quarter in Santa Barbara for a semester, or maybe even for a whole year. This blog is for everyone who is excited/nervous/anxious yet looki...
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The Weatherhuman is one more trip to the Study Hall away from a 50 Club membership. Now, is that a triumph or a sign of alcoholism? Either way, my extensive amount of bar tabs tends to speak to the la...
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You will often hear students complain about articles as you’re walking to class and most Letters to the Editor pieces show discontent with the articles on sex, drugs and alcohol.
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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
