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‘Human’s Comments Offend Queer Student

Especially in light of the recent events and occurrences of racism and homophobia at our fellow UC campuses, I was very disappointed and troubled to find that the Weatherhuman felt it necessary to inc...
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Editorial Misses the Mark on SD Scandal

Your ambivalent response to such a controversial incident, coming from the helm of our campus' very own "vital forum," is disconcerting.
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Vagina Talk: Loud and Proud

When Eve Ensler was writing her award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues," she interviewed over 200 women from diverse backgrounds. These interviews began with two simple questions: "If your vagina g...
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Hordes Not to Blame for All Isla Vista’s Woes

So I have this article I’m supposed to be writing, but instead, I was sitting on my butt playing a little Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. As much as I was trying to justify this as “research...
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Shake, Shake, Shake

So this Chile earthquake is really shaking things up for everyone. No pun intended, of course.
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Vagina Monologues Educate Men and Women Alike

A quarter of the women who attend UCSB will be sexually assaulted. For many of those women, that sexual assault will be the reason they leave school. The impact of sexual assault on university campuse...
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UC San Diego Situation Requires Public Forum

Lost in the shuffle of this impassioned debate is an important issue that should concern all Americans: freedom of speech. After Kris Gregorian, the editor in chief of a UCSD humor paper, called prote...
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I Can See Clearly Now

So the Weatherhuman realized that there may have been some miscommunication with yesterday's forecast.
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Fantastic Fantasies Finish the Quarter Right

Dark coils of hair decorate his chest, and his muscular arms grip my waist with a lusty firmness. He rips off my underwear and pushes me against the wall and... whoops! Sorry, guys. Didn't mean for yo...
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(Not) Singing in the Rain

The success of musicals has always been a mystery.
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Health Summit Highlights Republican Obstructionism

One year and one month into his presidency, and after an ugly and drawn-out birth and passage of two different bills in the House and the Senate, Barack Obama finally released a detailed plan for heal...
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Obama’s True Colors Show at Blair House Conference

Last Friday, after a seven-hour long healthcare discussion between President Obama and congressional Republicans, nothing changed. The Democrats' healthcare plan still consists of nationalizing one si...
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Brokenhearted Sister Offers Bitter Advice

Ever since I let my grandpa Boris answer questions last year, my older sister, Sasha, has been pestering me asking if she could do the same thing. Well, I finally gave in, and I sent her this week's q...
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The ‘Human Goes to… Subway

Have you ever had a food craving that no meal on the planet could fulfill?
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Save the Planet with Meatless Monday

Meatless Mondays have arrived on university campuses across the nation, usually led by student groups advocating for reduced consumption of meat -- beef, in particular -- in the name of environmental ...
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