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Parties and Passions Fuel Ardent Advice

I'm getting tired of people referring to comments of old pictures on Facebook as "stalking." I put those pictures up specifically to get comments from people I specifically gave permission to view the...
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Villa-Gate Scandal a Criminal Offense

This Associated Students "Villa-gate" scandal is not an issue of individual immaturity, as Sarah Mack assumes -- I don't care about the drinking habits of my arbitrarily elected officials. Nor is it, ...
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Weatherhuman: Superhero

You know how celebrity stalkers are in love with imaginary people?
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America to Blame for Haitian Woes

This is dedicated to the few people I have heard mention that Haiti's tragedy is Haiti's problem. I consider you insensitive, uneducated, and elitist.
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Another Fee Approved Without Student Vote

As another week of Winter Quarter 2010 rolls towards the weekend, I cannot help but realize just how tired I am. I am tired of overcrowded classes. I am tired of lines outside of Letters & Science's A...
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A.S. Scandal Draws Web Response

The ongoing scandal over Associated Students' alleged use of student fees to fund a raucous weekend retreat has provoked quite a response on the internet. In addition to the Facebook group "Hold Assoc...
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Chatty Cathy

Now, the Weatherhuman hasn't been in a chat room for awhile, but does anyone remember a/s/l?
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Arab Student Calls for Respectful Dialogue

I am an Arab and an activist. I am also a humanist and a pacifist. For four years on this campus, I expressed my Arab identity through several student organizations, including Students for Justice in ...
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A.S. Abuses Require Personal Recompense

A.S. members need to grow up and figure out how to act their age. They are adults and do not deserve to be babied. If they want to use money that you and I give the university to buy booze and spend t...
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Suck on This

So I just realized, why, when you're trying to insult someone, do you call them a "cock-sucker"?
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Officer Potter Dispels Doubts

I have to admit, I'm not much of a Harry Potter fan. Don't get me wrong. The movies are fine, but I just can't understand how the plot is any deeper than a NASCAR race. Lots of zipping around in circl...
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Lack of Transparency Signals a Lack of Respect for Student Body

This type of behavior on the part of elected officials is unacceptable. Associated Students is not just some private club, although these events imply an attitude to the contrary. They are an elected ...
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An Attempt at a Shout Out

With limited space today, the Weatherhuman would like to make a quick shout-out to a fan. C.A., whose full name I will not share for reasons of anonymity that I myself understand, you’re ridicul...
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Simple Soundbites Pervade Politics on Both Sides

In the 21st century, small parts of the American public have worked very hard to put together a strategy to smear the current president. They compare him to Hitler, display him as a monkey, say he's t...
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Buyer Beware: Obama’s Fiscal Plans Sell Public Big Lies

In analyzing propaganda techniques, the Office of Strategic Services once remarked, "People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner o...
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