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Reevaluate Reasons for Protesting Iraq

On Feb. 15th, 2007, I participated in an event that I will never forget. Thousands of UCSB students joined me on a march to the 217 freeway in a protest against the war in Iraq. I was one of those peo...
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Wednesday Stumped

I usually try not to crack on fellow Nexites, but I can’t help but take offense with the latest “Wednesday Hump.” If you’re writing about attractive presidential candidates, yo...
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Mind, Body & Soul: Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word

The average college student sleeps about seven hours per night, while the typical requirement for adults is eight hours per night. Obviously, everybody knows the atypical person who functions just fin...
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Globalized Economy Benefits Americans

People are always asking me, "Jordan, what's globalization about? How will it affect me? Will I be outsourced?"
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Decrease in Violence Proves Nothing

If you were so "fortunate" as to see George Bush's final State of the Union address or you've been "lucky" enough to have caught bits of Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz. recent campaign speeches, you are w...
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Unexpected Campus Missile Projects Shock Student

I remember my "oh shit!" moment vividly. It was in the spring of last year, and I was walking to class on a warm sunny day. A fellow student stopped me on the main path that passes by Storke Tower wit...
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Big Mouths Desecrate Free Speech

Time to find an exit. The party had severed since the host made Biggy bounce out, so I didn't have to spot a clock to realize it was a shade past midnight. But halfway through a Hefeweisen, and I'm al...
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Driving With the Influence

Aren’t you glad that I’m around to bring you stories like this one: Police in St. Augustine, Fla., arrested a motorist for strapping a 24-pack of beer into a seatbelt, leaving a 16-month-o...
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Mega McCain Leads After Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday has completely shifted the momentum of the Republican race for the party's presidential nomination. In only 24 hours, Ariz. Sen. John McCain was catapulted into the lead with 680 total d...
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En Route to Canada

Seriously people? McCain and Clinton? I realize that most of you probably voted for Obama because it’s the hip student thing to do, but what a disappointing day for California. Forget immigratio...
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Staying Atop Food Chain Yields Murderous Mayhem

I hadn't had any real food the whole day, so I decided I had no choice but to grab one of those ass UCen sandwiches. I was just about to reach my goal when this pasty, Irish-looking dude blocked my pa...
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Tunnel Vision Vexes Activists on Campus

On Thursday, I was walking by the Arbor and saw two groups, one pro-Palestinian, the other pro-Israeli, having the typical arguments with which we have all become familiar. As students were throwing r...
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