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A.S. Endorsement: Student Advocate General

April 16, 2008 by Staff

Scott McDonald runs unopposed, but nonetheless brings many admirable qualities to the table as a candidate for student advocate general.
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A.S. Endorsement: External Vice President of Statewide Affairs

April 16, 2008 by Staff

With a strong background in leadership, current RHA President Corey Huber will make an effective and efficient external vice president of statewide affairs.
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A.S. Endorsement: External Vice President of Local Affairs

April 16, 2008 by Staff

Underneath her friendly, easygoing exterior, Liz Buda is almost overqualified for the external vice president of local affairs position.
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Reaffirmations

April 16, 2008 by Staff

University Children’s Center Support Fee The University Children’s Center Support Fee helps student families pay for childcare, as well as helps subsidize the Orfalea Family Children’...
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UCSB Hotties Test Teachers’ Testes

April 16, 2008 by Dana Olsen

I've been giving some thought to career choices, and I've come to a conclusion: Being a professor at UCSB would be the worst job in the world.
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Yes, Even Ice Cream Goes Well With Beer

April 16, 2008 by Ray Collins

The weather has been amazing lately. This quarter will hopefully be filled with many warm and sunny days. On a beautiful day like this, what do you find most refreshing?
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Think!

April 16, 2008 by Staff

That’s the Spot, Right There

April 15, 2008 by The Weatherhuman

Massage parlors in Indonesia are asking their female masseuses to make it clear that sex is not part of the massage by padlocking their skirts and pants.
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Planned Biopic Slanders President

April 15, 2008 by Jeff Dulgar

When you hear the name Oliver Stone, surely you think of the director's mind-blowing, entertaining films like "Alexander," his unbiased political recounts of John F. Kennedy's assassination or Richard...
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NBC’s Lineup Saved With Power of ‘Rock’

April 15, 2008 by Alex Pavlovic

At the conclusion of my "American Idol" column last week, I wrote the following words: "The 2008 Idol crown appears to be Michael Johns' to lose." Shows what I know. Two days later, Johns was eliminat...
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Kissed From a Rose

April 14, 2008 by The Weatherhuman

So I was sitting/passed out by my front door Friday night when two toolish-looking guys walked past me, and, I kid you not, one of them was telling a story about how he played Seal songs the night bef...
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What’s In a Name?

April 14, 2008 by Staff

Students, beware! If you are an active member of the UCSB community, you might want to reconsider your involvement in any campus club or organization. It might make you popular or, even worse, cause y...
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Springtime Visitors Transform Campus Into Tourist Map

April 14, 2008 by Mana Mostatabi

If there are any misgivings about spring having sprung, put them to rest, children. The best season of the year is in full bloom, complete with 80-degree weather at 9 a.m., allergies and runny noses, ...
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W-Carded

April 11, 2008 by Staff

I jinxed myself earlier this week by basking in the fact that there hadn’t been any corrections yet this quarter. Well lo and behold, look below. Damn it. If you’re wondering what having y...
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Drinking Wine Comes With Some Grape Expectations

April 11, 2008 by David Rabie

Healthy vice. Oxymoron? By the strict definition, it most assuredly is. However, with a change in perspective, something once viewed as a vice could theoretically be viewed later as something healthy....
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