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Chickens in Isla Vista

September 29, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

If you live somewhere in the vicinity of the Biko house, you live the daily turmoil of being woken up in the morning by... What?
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GOP Comedians Make a Joke out of Health Care Reform

September 29, 2009 by Jamie Silverstein

You can imagine the chamber's collective sigh of relief when Congressman Joe Wilson had the audacity to satire the uneasy situation as he poked fun at Republicans' misinformation tactics by shouting "...
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Obama’s Health Care Plan Sells Public a Package of Lies

September 29, 2009 by Steven Begakis

Can the bureaucracy, that will supply "free" taxpayer subsidized services, be in any business other than the destruction of the private sector and individual control over health care choices? Has utop...
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Mondays in Campbell

September 28, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Dear Freshmen, If you find yourself buried in a map like the newbie you are and trying to decide where a one "Campbell Hall" can be found, I pity your existence.
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Igor Reassures Concerned Father

September 28, 2009 by Igor Hiller

Well, it's finally happened: I received a complaint letter from a parent.
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Faculty Walkout Teaches an Important Lesson

September 28, 2009 by Robert Williams

On Thursday, members of the UCSB faculty acted alongside other employees and students to protest the UC budget cuts authorized by the Regents during the summer and the possibility of further increases...
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U.S. Needs Affordable Education

September 25, 2009 by Congresswoman Lois Capps

I know that beyond the excellent academic credentials you needed to get accepted to UCSB, you also had to figure out how to pay for it. This is no small feat, especially in an economy where families a...
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Those Regents Are So Mean

September 25, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Did everyone catch the civil rights protest yesterday? I had heard rumors about a faculty walkout, but when I showed up I was met with singing, clapping, what sounded like gospel music and what I can ...
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Faculty Walkout Punishes Students Again

September 24, 2009 by Staff Editorial

Today, 124 UCSB professors will participate in a system-wide walkout to protest faculty pay cuts resulting from the latest round of budget cuts, with even more expressing their support for the walkout...
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First Weekend Back

September 24, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Welcome back, kiddos. For those of you who overslept this morning, congratulations on a Thursday morning well spent.
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Short-Sighted Legislature Cuts Its Own Lifeline

September 24, 2009 by Jesse M. Bernal, Cori Lantz and Russel Statham

Each of us is familiar with our state's grim economic situation. Indeed, no Californian is unaffected by the financial upheaval we have experienced in recent years. One of the areas hit hardest is one...
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Turning Down Busta for Buduburam

September 24, 2009 by Lexi Pandell

On Friday, I was invited to attend a Busta Rhymes concert in Accra the next night by the hiplife group whose music video I was in (which is a long story for another blog post).
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