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Clang Clang Clang Goes The Ding Dong

If a reporter has been especially bad, they get assigned the
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Silly Kids, Treats Are for Adults!

Trick-or-treat? Hell to the no. Why is it not trick and treat? I'm the kind of girl who likes both - you know, to have my cake and throw it in some bitch's face, too. It is time for Halloween, which m...
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Drinker’s Digest: Appreciate I.V.’s Secret Halloween Pleasures

Halloween weekend is coming up, and we all know what to expect. Over 30,000 people from all over the country come to our Isla Vista community looking to get wasted, bone down and have an all around gr...
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Think


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Choose Wisely

Costumes Not to Wear this Weekend:
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Technology Bytes: Open Your Heart and Let the Linux In

Arrrgghh!!! There be pirates a' swimmin' in the ink here! But, seriously, how many of you have pirated something before, like games, operating systems, Office and DVDs? Aren't you tired of even having...
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Finding “The Man” Is a Highly Difficult Task

Growing up in my old hometown of Hialeah, Florida, complaints of "The Man keeping us down" were a common thing. According to the providers of the tales - mostly of the hippie or militant persuasion -"...
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Liberty Belle: Censorship Should Not Be Tolerated

The sparks of controversy that ignited over the recent visit of distinguished political analyst and author David Horowitz really got me thinking. The more I thought, the more I worried. The irony of o...
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Column About I.V. Brothels Is Insensitive and Not Funny

Thank you for publishing yesterday's opinion piece by Zach Phillips ("Isla Vista Brothel To Curb Rapists," Daily Nexus, Oct. 23, 2006).
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Immigration Column Fails To Capture True Welfare Facts

We are writing in response to Courtney Stevens's editorial about immigration policies ("Liberty Belle: Immigration Policies Are Too Lenient," Daily Nexus, Oct. 20, 2006).
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Passing Gas: Isla Vista Brothel to Curb Rapists

In front of the Women's Center this past week, "I Want a Truce" campaigners used aggressive tabling, free T-shirts, non-binding pledges and, most importantly, smiles to squelch the inner rapist of cou...
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Going Strong

Amidst the joy of a new school year, the
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Liberty Belle: Immigration Policies Are Too Lenient

Do you ever sit around, maybe in the slow stretch between your X-rated AIM chats with young boys and cashing in the millions you made from your fraudulent land sales and just spend time thinking about...
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Was "damental" a serious character before someone but the "fun" in him? What about that staid mistress "draising?"
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Cultural Greek Finds Greek Label Misused

First of all, I have no problem with fraternities and sororities. I believe they are good clubs for networking, meeting people and forming lasting relationships. The problem I do have is the fact that...
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