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Wave the U.S. Flag, Not Mexico’s

April 26, 2006 by Henry Sarria

The recent immigration bill battle leaves much to be desired with both the legislators in charge of making the law and the actual protesters themselves. Politicians are an easy scapegoat in most matte...
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People Watching In Classes Can Help Stave Off Boredom

April 26, 2006 by David Fuad

If you're reading this, I apologize - you're probably not at the beach. In fact, you're probably stuck in class, drowning in a stormy sea of boredom, desperately floundering for a brief gasp of entert...
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The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film

April 26, 2006 by James Baron

The Dark Side (www.thedarksideofucsb.com) wanted to show people, particularly parents of incoming freshmen, what the party scene in Isla Vista looked like. We hired someone to film the party scene las...
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Summer of Love

April 25, 2006 by

It's official: Our parents sure did a lot of fucking in July and August.
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Fight for Sudan’s Rights

April 25, 2006 by Phil Angelides Adam Sterling Jason Miller

Often in U.S. history, college students have been ahead of governments in recognizing and fighting for important issues. In 1961, students launched a historic journey into the Deep South on the Freedo...
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TBTN Helps Empower Survivors

April 25, 2006 by Jessie Nieblas

As you walk through campus this week, you may notice an addition to the landscape of green and turquoise campaign signs: five hundred purple posts, numbered one through 500, with the letters TBTN on t...
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Canadian Immigrants Taking Over White Collar U.S. Jobs

April 25, 2006 by Rebecca Riley

With all this talk about immigration and "closing the borders," I couldn't help but get to thinking. Maybe instead of closing our southern border, those ever wise and self-righteous men in Washington ...
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Honor Armenian Survival

April 24, 2006 by Shamoneh Ayazjoo

This article is dedicated to the memory of the 1,500,000 Armenians who were martyred during the Turkish massacres, which culminated on April 24, 1915.
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Advantage: Human

April 24, 2006 by

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Pop Culture May Influence Future

April 24, 2006 by Nick Pasto

It recently dawned on me that in the future, intellectuals will study Hollywood movies in the same way that they study old literature.
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U.S. Government Will Continue Poor Politics With Draft

April 24, 2006 by Mike Nally

The draft is coming. Last year in a Black Studies course I took Professor Madison had our class write those four words on our midterms to ensure our bluebooks were not written on prior to the exam.
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Condoms Are Not Just a Player’s Wanton Party Favors

April 24, 2006 by Cassie Chavez

Whenever I venture out and about in Isla Vista, I make sure to have a small supply of condoms on me.
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Save the Planet With Green Technology

April 21, 2006 by Scott Mac Kenzie

Next week, an initiative you will be voting on will position UCSB to become a national and even global leader towards sustainable design. The Green Initiative Fund will propel UCSB to the forefront of...
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The Great Burrito in the Sky

April 21, 2006 by

It's a shame the 'human has to comprise of a weatherbox on 420.
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Frazier Would Improve UCSB

April 21, 2006 by Pedro Lopez

I have had the great pleasure to have worked personally with Romy Frazier in our Neighborhood Hall Council and to have been her good friend for the last two years. When I found out that she decided to...
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