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Green With Envy

I hate being cock blocked.
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The Mark Side of UCSB: GPA Woes Are Not Allowed in College

A student goes home and shows an A- grade to his father. "Are you proud of me?" "Very proud," the father responds. "Minus."
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California State Blues: Codescopes Attack Once Again!

Ah yes, the beginning of a new year and a new quarter. A chance for everybody to start anew with a clean slate - but not for me. Come January, I ask myself, "What better time to settle unfinished busi...
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Sandbox Blues

The fact that the words "Leg Council" are in this sentence probably means you've already lost interest. If you're still reading, congratulations, you've finished the crossword puzzle and Sodoku and ha...
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Under the Table: Boarding High Atop Ol’ Mount Smokey

My mom never bought me frosted cereal - willingly at least. As much as I begged her for Tony the Tiger and his sugary flakes of corn, she rarely gave in to my childhood sugar fixation.
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Sexy Resolutions You Will Not Break

The year 2007 has kicked off to a promising start. At midnight, I was getting my groove on in West Hollywood, chugging champagne and making suggestive eyes at the hottest guy at the bar. Needless to s...
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Over Achievers

Whenever life gets you down
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Mexican Partying Is Worth the Trip, Hombre

If for some reason you want to leave beautiful Santa Barbara for a weekend, Rosarito, Mexico is a great place to go party. Rosarito is like heaven to a college student because of its seemingly lawless...
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Columnist’s Arguments Are Ignorant and Off-Base

It is deeply ironic for Courtney Stevens to claim that the Democratic Party views the American electorate as "ignorant,"
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Liberty Belle

While you may have still been recovering from New Year's or belaboring the imminent start of the quarter, the 110th Congress began in earnest. New members were sworn in, the Democratic majority materi...
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Ghost Riding Dirty

There are certain situations in which one should not "ghost ride." Ghost riding the polls by not voting
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Boycott Conquest Student Housing in IV for New Year

Last quarter, several dozen families, most of them Latino immigrants and working class individuals, were forced to move from their longtime homes in the Cedarwood Apartments in Isla Vista.
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¿Qué Onda Guero?: Get Me a Coffee and T.P.

Many things in life please me. Booty shorts, snow cones and refrigerated drinking fountains, for example, are all great things. Unfortunately, these societal gifts are largely outnumbered by an array ...
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