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Don’t Let Whoopsies Ruin Whoopie

February 24, 2010 by Opinion Editor

Did you know there are over 21,000 students enrolled at UCSB? That's 21,000 chances to meet someone you can converse with, flirt with and sleep with. The series of events along our condom-lined path t...
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Master Political Operatives Necessary for Both Parties

February 23, 2010 by Steven Begakis

Those who criticize Karl Rove usually do so either out of ignorance or partisan hypocrisy. As students prepare to hear "the architect" speak at UCSB, they should remember that Rove, like any strategis...
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Thank You for Flying

February 23, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

So breaking news, guys. And by breaking I mean shattering.
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Merchants of Corruption Do Not Deserve to Speak

February 23, 2010 by Michael Reynoso

This Thursday our campus will again play host to a vile icon of the right, someone perhaps not as unhinged as Horowitz but no less of a monster: Karl Rove.
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How to Write a Proper Paper

February 22, 2010 by Igor Hiller

While students readily come to me for advice about sex and relationships, there are some things that they are too ashamed to admit they need help with. And it's not penis abnormalities, because I get ...
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Drama-Charged People

February 22, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

Drama, drama, drama.
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Regents Must Embrace Corporate Responsibility

February 22, 2010 by Jack Ucciferri

Your money is being used to support destructive and discriminatory business practices and there is something you can do about it. It’s true: in 2008 the UC Regents voted, on your behalf, against...
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Dear Hippies: Please Take a Bath and Shut Up

February 19, 2010 by Zac Gates

Hippies are annoying. And they smell. Has it ever occurred to you -- as some dreadlocked scallywag is screaming "WAR CRIMINAL" or "DOWN WITH OLD SPICE" -- that it's very hard to find someone who actua...
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Alanis On the Matter

February 19, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

So, bad timing. Planning everything out with your friends or whoever, only to find out that the days you made your great plans for also happen to be the only times your best friend can visit or that y...
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Take Steps to Prevent Reckless Drunk Driving

February 19, 2010 by Lisa Shapiro

I had a wake up call about the fragility of life this weekend when I found out that a friend of mine was killed by a drunk driver early Friday morning at Brown University. It seems like at least once ...
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Common Sense Curbs Craigslist Hocus Pocus

February 18, 2010 by Mark Signa

P.T. Barnum is credited with the saying, "There's a sucker born every minute." Ironically, it turns out he never actually said that. Instead, in an attempt to discredit him, another circus owner accu...
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I Deny Thee Thrice, Chocolate

February 18, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

You know, the Weatherhuman isn't particularly religious, but fuck if I don't wish I was.
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Info Session To Inform About A.S.

February 18, 2010 by Armando Carmona and Paul Monge

Spring Quarter means student government elections. Over the last several weeks, there has been a lot of resentment toward our student government, Associated Students, due to some allegations over the ...
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Failure of Healthcare Bill Affects Students

February 17, 2010 by Stephen Szczurko

Over a million people across the United States suffer from a lack of health insurance coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Millions more find themselves losing their homes due to the debt they acc...
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