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Unexpected Violence Shocks Student

November 5, 2009 by Lexi Pandell

On Halloween day, I was sitting at an outdoor restaurant on campus with a friend when our conversation was interrupted by a strange commotion. We heard some shouts followed by a small stampede of Ghan...
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Local Sees Abuse of Power in Halloween Arrest

November 5, 2009 by Ryan Sweeney

It was about midnight on Saturday and I had just about had enough of the Halloween festivities unfolding outside my Del Playa residence. I was completely content with sitting at my window, watching th...
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Seek Resolution in Rough Roommate Situations

November 5, 2009 by Maya Salmon

Your roommate(s) no longer washes their greasy, food-laden dishes. They've stopped asking you if they may have a few guests over and have started throwing wild parties. They eat your food and borrow y...
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Radical Conservative Challenges Parties’ Adherence to Status Quo

November 4, 2009 by Jeffrey Robin

Almost exactly one year ago, a populist firebrand named Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. He promised to do great things -- among them, bringing about hope for the future and ov...
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I Believe you Have My Stapler

November 4, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

When I woke up this morning, did I think there would be a conspiracy between my computer and my printer to make me late to class AND have to turn in incomplete work?
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Stick Around Til Sunrise for a Morning Surprise

November 4, 2009 by Opinion Editor

Picture it: Sunday, 3:37 a.m., dark room. Her cheetah-print bra is dangling from the lamp; his boxers are crumpled near the door. Snores from the sexiled roommate echo through the hallways.
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Majority of Californians Support Decriminalization

November 3, 2009 by Jamie Silverstein

In California, the time is ripe to pick marijuana legalization from the field of taboo political issues. Indeed, this month has seen the development of two significant events in support of the legaliz...
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Weather-Tool Lashes Out

November 3, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

A tool tirade is in order, but even the veil of anonymity would not be enough protection from the vicious passive aggressive backlash that would surely ensue.
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Legalization Puts Personal Liberty Over State Control

November 3, 2009 by Steven Begakis

There is no doubt that the War on Drugs has been an incredibly expensive failure, yet neither Democrat nor Republican leaders, from liberal ideologies to freedom loving conservatives, have allowed tha...
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Igor Attempts to Prove His Worth

November 2, 2009 by Igor Hiller

On Sunday morning, I woke up to find vomit in one of our cooking pots. Not cool. Who throws up in a pot? Especially when there are so many nice places to vomit in my house, like the toilet and ANYWHER...
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What a Rough Weekend

November 2, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Sleeping in your car is one thing. Ruining your poorly constructed and quickly improvised costume is something you make peace with, and losing your friends comes with the territory. But throwing up in...
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Vulgar Veto Leaves California Laughing While State Collapses

November 2, 2009 by Allison Bailey

So I guess what I'm trying to say, Gov. Schwarzenegger and the entire California legislature, is fuck you. When you can manage to balance the budget without screwing my generation out of vital service...
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IV Halloween Is an Unaffordable UCSB Expense

October 30, 2009 by Chad Mandala

The past couple of weeks have been filled with talk of raising fees in an attempt to mitigate some of the damage from the budget cuts our campus is faced with. There are talks of raising of student f...
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No More Mr. Nice ‘Human

October 30, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

So, Halloween weekend is upon us, and I know who the Weatherhuman is going to haunt.
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Proper Interview Preparation Pays Off

October 30, 2009 by Peter Cheng

In my last column, I provided techniques on how to make a lasting impression on an employer through the most difficult medium -- a phone screen. Now, how do you breeze by your competition in a face-to...
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