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Give Out-of-Towners Sexy I.V. Tours

Isla Vista is a shithole. It smells, it's dirty and if you leave anything unlocked for even a fleeting moment, it disappears.
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Recycle, Reduce, Rethink

UCSB students are committed to recycling and environmental sustainability, provided someone else cleans up after them.
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Spring Break Is for Harmon Killebrews

Spring Break is coming up and it is time to start planning.
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EAP Director Offers Advice for All Student Travelers

As the campus faculty director of the Education Abroad Program, I want to reply to Matthew Weisner and Eddie Edelson's opinion piece ("EAP Needs Greater Communication," Daily Nexus, Feb. 16).
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Strikers Blocking Pardall Aggravate Class Attendees

Protesters against the war and rising tuition costs strongly urged students to ditch classes and regular business last Thursday.
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Thursday’s Protest Serves as Catalyst for More Action

Speaking as a participant in last week's anti-war protest, I would like to explain and promote the nature and purpose of this event.
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Liberty Belle Unfairly Picks on Protesters for Truancy

In Courtney Stevens' column ("Liberty Belle: Protesters Convey Mixed Messages," Daily Nexus, Feb. 20), she refers to students who attended the strike as idiots who just wasted Mommy and Daddy's tuitio...
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Student Protesters Leave Campus With Litter, Waste

To the organizers and advertisers of last Thursday's strike, please clean up after yourselves.
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Protesters Convey Mixed Messages

I hope that those who participated in Thursday's strike against the war have sufficiently convinced themselves that they were taking part in a greater cause rather than simply indulging in their own l...
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Bon Appetit!

New Orleans is decked out for today's Mardi Gras celebration with green, yellow and purple beads, prepped to serve red beans and ready to give blue balls courtesy of local and visiting flashers.
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Student Protesters Scare Children on Highway 217

I am an employee of the Boys and Girls Club located on campus at UCSB. I made a personal decision not to participate in the war protest, but I feel my experience at work on Thursday proved just as val...
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Activist Feels Strengthened by Student Replies to ROTC

I've been accused of being a whiny activist on more than one occasion in my life, but recently, thanks to the general UCSB population, I didn't feel so alone.
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UCSB Alumna Gives Praise to Alma Mater for Protest

I am so proud of our UCSB students, staff and faculty! Thursday's demonstration against the Bush/Cheney wars showed their courage and commitment to preventing the ignition of World War III.
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EAP Needs Greater Communication

Like many of my peers, I recently completed an application to study abroad through the University of California Education Abroad Program.
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