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Gift Guide: for her

December 3, 2009 by

The holiday season is truly the most wonderful time of the year. While it can be said that the holidays are a time of hospitality and warmth, gifts are also an inevitable staple of the season. While t...
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Frustrated Freshman Decries Mistreatment of Dorm Bathrooms

November 30, 2009 by

We're beyond being "big kids" now; that was in high school. We're adults now. It doesn't make a difference if somebody is going to party on Del Playa Drive, stay at home having some drinks, take a lad...
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Weekend Wrap-Up

November 30, 2009 by

I used to wonder if we all go home and have basically the same Thanksgiving. But then, did your non-Scottish uncle show up in a kilt? Were all the pictures taken horizontally? Did your other uncle ask...
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Get Crafty for Cheap Gifts

November 30, 2009 by

This Thanksgiving was a little different. My family, which emigrated from the Soviet Union, doesn’t usually celebrate Thanksgiving because, apparently, Squanto never helped any Commies. This yea...
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Evangelical Ideas About Evolution Ignore Established Scientific Facts

November 25, 2009 by

On Thursday, Nov. 19 the scientific community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's ground-shaking work, On the Origin of Species. Unfortunately, not everybody was ex...
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Fill Thanksgiving Weekend With More Than Turkey

November 25, 2009 by

Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner -- and it's sure to be stuffed. Stuffed with turkey, stuffed with pie, stuffed with kamikaze shots with Grandma and, if you have any respect for your be...
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A Surge in Afghanistan Would Lead to Failure

November 24, 2009 by

It is in this era of political change that we are reconnected with that gloomy past that we wished to box up and hide. We take to our hands and knees, flashlight in mouth, and trudge through the darkn...
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World News Courtesy of TFLN

November 24, 2009 by

I can only slap myself on the forehead when I let Texts From Last Night scoop me on something I should know about and would know about if I, I don't know, bothered to read the news.
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Dithering on War Decision Signals Obama’s Weakness

November 24, 2009 by

It is not possible to passively win a war. Winning requires an objective, a strategy to accomplish that objective and a determined execution of that strategy. President Obama has no clearly defined ob...
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UC Budget Reform Is in Students’ Hands

November 23, 2009 by

Recently, there's been a lot of talk on campus about budget cuts and student fees, especially now that the 32 percent increase has been approved by the Regents board. However, let's back up a little b...
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Chocolate Vampire Babies

November 23, 2009 by

Sure, you're mildly annoyed by the craze. You don't want to hear about vampires without their shirts on, but mostly you don't want to hear the hideous shrieks of that girl that can't be more that, wha...
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Starstruck Igor Seeks Advice From the Skies

November 23, 2009 by

The ability to listen to the stars is both a blessing and a curse, but now that I got Ashton Kutcher to shut up, I am able to peer into the future. May these horoscopes guide you well. Aries: March 21...
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Both Sides Pray for Peace

November 20, 2009 by

I must admit that when I sat down to talk to Nayar Maraji, I expected to get a torrential downpour of criticisms about Israeli policy toward Palestinians. "I just want peace," she told me while casual...
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Alumnus Alarmed by News of ESS Closure

November 20, 2009 by

As a graduate of the Sports Management program, I was shocked and saddened when informed of the impending closure of the Exercise & Sport Studies Dept. The skills I learned from ESS classes and the op...
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UC Priorities Should Place Students First

November 20, 2009 by

According to the University of California Web site, the 10 schools in the system are supposed to do three things, and their order matters. First: “We teach.â€
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