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Select the Best Wines for Valentine’s

February 14, 2007 by Ray Collins

To some people, Valentine's Day is about love, romance and passion. To others it is a day where you have to do shit you don't want to do for your significant other.
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UCSB Strike on War Appears Disorganized

February 14, 2007 by Baylee Crone

On Thursday afternoon, a protest rally is scheduled on campus in response to the war in Iraq.
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Massive Local Strike Gives People Power

February 14, 2007 by Darwin Bondgraham

Your friends have either told you they're not striking or you've seen skeptical accounts in the Daily Nexus about the efficacy of the strike.
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Weather mortis

February 13, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

I dream of dying a funny death. When everyone lines up to see how rigor mortis has hardened the 'human like dry coral, I hope they laugh. No tears - just smiles at how awkward the whole thing is.
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Healthcare For All Isn’t Exactly Equal

February 13, 2007 by Courtney Stevens

In recent weeks healthcare has become the center of political debate and the likely target for impending reform. The renewed call for universal healthcare represents another manifestation of Americans...
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Worst Buy Puts the Best Deals Online

February 13, 2007 by Matt Suedkamp

One of the most exciting parts about being a geek is new hardware and new electronics to play with. Whether it be a new Nintendo DS with the built in Wi-Fi that lets me play Mario Kart with seven othe...
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Biking On Campus Proves to Be Perilous

February 13, 2007 by Megan Gambs

I was recently in a bike accident, which resulted in my left knee having to be stitched back together. As a brief aside:
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Shoebat’s Autobiographical Speech About Radicals Alone

February 13, 2007 by Daniel Fisher

I must disagree with the letter you printed Friday ("Shoebat Paints Unflattering Portrait of World's Muslims," Daily Nexus, Feb. 9). That letter said that Shoebat had given a "negative, hateful messag...
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Neglected Holocaust History Touched Upon by Shoebat

February 13, 2007 by Elana Wenocur

I want to elaborate on a subject Walid Shoebat touched upon in his talk last Wednesday. Shoebat never made any blanket statements about all Muslims or "compared the Muslim community to Nazis" ("Shoeba...
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Think

February 13, 2007 by Staff

Menstrual Cycles Deserve Love, Too

February 12, 2007 by Zach Phillips

In July, I ran with the bulls. Every summer, throngs of thrill-seekers and daring tourists travel to Pamplona, Spain to participate in the celebrated "running of the bulls," or Encierro. The runners k...
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New Platitudes, Please

February 12, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

The best way to differentiate between those who critically think and those who read the back of the cereal box for its literary value is to ask the following:
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YouTube Gives Idiots, Greats Shot at Fame

February 12, 2007 by Adam Wenger

One: cut a hole in a box. Two: put your junk in the box. Three: make her open the box. And that's the way you do it - according to Justin Timberlake, anyway. These instructions for the perfect gift, w...
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Cheers to EAP Australia, Killer Bugs and All

February 12, 2007 by Lauren Crecelius

The process of applying to EAP took about a year. I started in March of 2006 to complete loads of paperwork, raise my GPA, pay hidden fees and try to acquire as much information as possible about my u...
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Column, Letter Both Fail to Explain Reasoning of Strike

February 12, 2007 by Colin Langton

Ever since I saw those fliers around campus, I've been wondering how exactly a bunch of students skipping their classes has any connection to the war. When I saw a whole column about it in Friday's Ne...
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