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Mo’ Hair, Mo’ Problems

March 3, 2008 by Staff

I can’t help but be disgusted by the story about a 6-year-old who was suspended from kindergarten last week after showing up with a Mohawk. I can see suspending someone for growing a mullet, but...
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Global Climate Crisis Beckons Attention

March 3, 2008 by Staff

The solar cycle, along with glacier cycles and ocean variability, undoubtedly affects the Earth's climate. The same goes for variations in the Earth's orbit and rotation. These effects can be charted ...
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Reckless Spending Makes No Cents

March 3, 2008 by Staff

How many times, over the course of your college career, have you surfed to your online banking Web site to check your cash stores and instead found a giant monster – in the form of a ruthless ov...
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Ethanol Fuels Intense Food Debate

February 29, 2008 by David Rabie

In an environmentally conscious environment like UCSB, the issue of global warming seems front and center among the problems afflicting the world today. American politicians, especially the three pres...
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Weather Monologues

February 29, 2008 by Staff

A woman who teaches DUI rehab classes in Florida was pulled over on Monday and arrested for… wait for it, wait for it… DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE! Only in America, baby! I can’t bel...
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I.V. Short-Shrifts the Height Challenged

February 29, 2008 by Sabrina Ricci

I am nearly 5 feet 2 inches tall. Being petite has its advantages: People think I'm cute, I can pass for 12-years-old and pay child's fare for ski lifts, and if there is a large crowd watching some so...
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Student Recounts First Days Under House Arrest

February 29, 2008 by Josh Allen

Answer me this: What would you do for 52 days in Isla Vista if you had to live on terms forbidding you from leaving the house after 10 at night - if you were lucky - and reporting where you were 24 ho...
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Gaucho Remembers Denison With Love and Admiration

February 29, 2008 by Staff

This past August, I moved into a house with three other girls I had never met. Wanting to make new friends as an entering transfer student at UCSB, I reluctantly answered a "roommate wanted" poster ta...
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Attack on Obama Devotees Sickens Recovering Neocon

February 29, 2008 by Staff

You know, Zac Gates, your most recent column ("Good Sense Hinders Ability to Obamasm," Daily Nexus, Feb. 26) really takes me back to my freshman year. Conservative leanings, taking everything at face ...
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“Julie Cooper’s Gonna Be Pissed…”

February 28, 2008 by Staff

Color me unsurprised at the news that former television whorebag Mischa Barton was charged with four misdemeanors on Tuesday, including DUI and possession of marijuana.
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Dream Voyaging Affirms Existence So Hold Tight to Turtles in Flight

February 28, 2008 by Jeff Gibson

Time spent sleeping equals one-third. Time spent dreaming approaches infinity. Where would you be without infinity?
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Gender Inequality in Society Spurs Rape

February 28, 2008 by Jack Schmidt

So perhaps some of you out there have seen these signs around campus: "It's Not Just A Women's Issue." These signs are designed to get men involved in the fight against sexual violence in our communi...
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Search for Ideal Obama Veep Begins

February 28, 2008 by Eric Goldman

The once unambiguous underdog, Barack Obama is now the decisive frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. While Obama needs to focus all the time he has on winning delegates, it seems unfair to allow...
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Bicycle-Brained A.S. Irritates Proud Pedestrian

February 28, 2008 by Melissa Davis

There comes a time in everyone's life when they decide to stand and face the injustice that surrounds them - or fall prey to the perniciousness at the core of humanity. In my life, I not only missed o...
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