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Let Your Beers Do the Talking

May 7, 2010 by Chris Benham

This tale, like many bro-nominal tales involving alcohol, starts with a cigarette.
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Condescending Article Disrespects Casual Users

May 6, 2010 by Andrew Smith

Where do you draw the line between sounding like you’re trying to enlighten your fellow peers and calling them out, ridiculing them and sounding like a total jerk?
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Hate Speech Creates an Unsafe Environment in IV

May 6, 2010 by Urvashi Nagrani

On Sunday evening two students were harassed while walking to get coffee in I.V.
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Avoiding the Dangers of Sexual Dehydration

May 5, 2010 by Opinion Editor

A couple of weeks ago, I woke up curled comfortably next to one of my best friends. He jolted up, looked at me, and then with a disappointed look on his face, muttered, “Shit, I thought I got laid f...
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Begakis Ignores the Issues in Immigration Bill Column

May 5, 2010 by Online Editor

Steven Begakis’s column about the Arizona immigration bill is a joke, proposing no solution to the immigration issue and instead playing the blame-Obama-and-the-Left-game once again.
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Arizona Acted Where U.S. Government Failed

May 4, 2010 by Steven Begakis

Illegal immigration is a crisis that threatens the very sovereignty of our nation. While the United States is a nation of immigrants, it is also a nation of laws, governed by a constitution that gives...
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New Legislation Blatantly Mandates Racism

May 4, 2010 by Jamie Silverstein

Last week marked the passage of State Congressman Russell Pearce’s SB 1070, a bill legalizing the arrest of a person in Arizona if there is “reasonable suspicion” that the person is an illegal a...
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Applicants Line Up to be Igor’s Squeeze

May 2, 2010 by Igor Hiller

I actually like dating. Sure, sometimes it seems like a glorified interview, but there can be moments of real pleasure when getting to know someone new. It was while I was filling out a job applicatio...
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Student in Search of Authentic Irish Life

May 2, 2010 by Caitlin Carlson

Ah yes, the Land of Eire, the Big Green, The Land of Rain and Bog.
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Santa Barbara Lifestyle Trumps Any Narcotic

May 2, 2010 by Chris Benham

Where do you draw the line between ordinary la joie de vivire lunacy and pure unadulterated goat-fucking stupidity? Probably somewhere around life-threatening substance abuse.
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Conservative Columnist Puts Unfair Blame on Regulation

May 2, 2010 by Bo Hancock

Picking this article (“Liberal Reformers Refuse to Regulate Culprit of Crisis,” April 27, 2010) apart in detail would be a heinous and ultimately pointless waste of time, but really? You have a se...
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Going Dutch Proves Clutch for Thrifty Dater

April 30, 2010 by Calvin J

For the last month or so, I was somewhat into a particular girl. I took her on a couple dates which I thought went well, but a few days ago she said she was “not romantically connecting with me.”...
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