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Hasta la Vista Arnold

May 9, 2006 by Hilary Blackerby Heather Buchheim

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger paid UCSB one of his signature stealth visits in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Touting a new bond initiative as part of his reelection campaign, Schwarzenegger and his ...
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Confront Your Complicity

May 9, 2006 by Emily Schmidt

Thursday was UCSB's annual Take Back the Night rally. For those who might not know, TBTN is an awareness and protest march that happens on college and university campuses all over the country. The aim...
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Student Displays Ignorance Toward Immigrants’ Rights

May 9, 2006 by Darwin Bondgraham

oshua Freeman's recent opinion piece, "Arrive Legally In Order to Receive Rights," Daily Nexus, May 8), shows us that discrimination facing poor, mostly Latino immigrants is incredibly deep and comple...
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Professional Dance Company Plies Short of Expectations

May 9, 2006 by Peter Cheng

Stephanie Cain's review of the Paul Taylor Dance Company ("Modern Master: Campbell Hall Performance Solidifies Taylor as One of the Greats," Daily Nexus, May 4) praised the dance company too highly.
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Stop Racial Ignorance

May 8, 2006 by Timothy Finney Jason Parnell

On Saturday, April 29, the words "Fuck Niggers" were written on the female bathroom on the black studies hall in the Santa Rosa Residence Hall. This event occurred while most of the African Americans ...
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Damaged Goods

May 8, 2006 by

The ‘human is pretty sure that it destroyed the weatherliver this weekend. Monday’s forecast: If any unisexual weathercretaures out there have some spare, healthy body parts, the ‘hu...
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Arrive legally In Order to Receive Rights

May 8, 2006 by Joshua Freeman

I was walking down from Tropicana Gardens towards Pardall Road. I pulled out my cell phone to call my mom. It was a typical scene, nothing too special. The conversation started out with the mundane th...
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Savor This Paradise

May 5, 2006 by Sean Swaby

In 40-some odd drunken days from now, myself and many other graduating seniors will see our irresponsibility-laden world come crashing down in front of us. And I'm scared. This little utopia possesses...
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Bye, Bye, ‘Human

May 5, 2006 by

If you know the ‘human, say goodbye. Because between Cinqo de Mayo and ASVT, there’s no way in hell the ‘human makes it through this weekend. Friday’s forecast: Fuck Friday, th...
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Do Not Dump Blame on Recycling

May 5, 2006 by Trevor Blythe

As the program coordinator of Associated Students Recycling Program, I felt obligated to rebut Colin Marshall's misinformed opinion of our national recycling establishment ("We Must Find a Way to Redu...
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Do I Have to?

May 4, 2006 by

Why do professors even assign midterms during spring quarter? Thursday’s forecast: Academics are gradually becoming an unnecessary detriment to the ‘human’s bid to be drunk every nig...
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Apaches Are Not the Answer

May 4, 2006 by Nick Pasto

Last week I asked curious UCSB students to send me their "Dear Abby" style questions via e-mail. The response was absolutely staggering.
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Know the Evils of Sexual Assault

May 4, 2006 by Katie Mahon

By now you have seen the hundreds of blue shirts lining the bike paths. By now you have been to a workshop, listened to a speaker or "guessed the rapist."
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We Must Find a Way to Reduce Society’s Wastefulness

May 4, 2006 by Colin Marshall

I think that, all things - especially the inhospitable poolside conditions on Venus - considered, Earth is a swell place to live. Some have even established organizations, programs and traditions to a...
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