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Recall Rehashes History

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Simply translated, it means that what's good for one party is good for the other, and if you follow local politics you can probably see where this i...
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Box Beats Signs

The 'human's biggest regret thus far spring quarter is, undoubtedly, letting those sneaky little A.S. bastards get a head start on campaigning for A.S. President.
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Lambda Phi Contributes to Cleaning Up Isla Vista

The brothers of Lambda Phi Epsilon at Santa Barbara are part of an international Asian-interest fraternity across the U.S. and Canada that has made its name on the UCSB campus since 1986 as a social a...
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Take a Step in the Dark

Perhaps the name of our website, www.thedarksideofucsb.com, is just too subtle; or perhaps we are merely misunderstood. Let us reason together to clarify our mutual positions.
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Damn, When Was Cesar Chavez Day?

It's riveting to watch how politically active, and aware, UCSB students are.
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Party, But Not At the Earth’s Expense

While I rarely find an appropriate time to wear it, the tie-dye T-shirt I have stashed away in the back of my closet represents every facet of my ever-fascinated, ever-stoned outlook on the wonders of...
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Hideous Storke Plaza Desperately In Need of Remodeling

It's an indisputable fact that the UCSB campus is one of the most spectacular college campuses in the history of mankind. That's a given.
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EAP Program Aids Exchange Students During Riots Abroad

As the regional director for UC's Education Abroad Program in France, I must take exception to the picture you painted in your front-page article ("French Demonstrators Disrupt EAP," Daily Nexus, Apr....
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UCSB Reputation Damaged By Students’ Playboy Pose

As an alumnus of UCSB, I was horrified to read about the involvement of UCSB students with Playboy magazine.
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Don

Most of the time during the first week of school, the same question is inevitably asked. "How was your break?" It's unavoidable. For the sake of appeasing the masses, it was a break, sure, but it didn...
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Content

Damn, I'm being nice and bright again. This box is much easier to write when I'm being unpleasant.
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Change the Cautionary Tale

I appreciate that, as a freshman, no matter how mature I think I am, I am most likely wrong. That's fine; I accept that, but only on a few terms.
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Rip Away Apathy’s Veil

In American culture during the '60s and '70s, the young were defined by their political persuasions and the role they played in actively asserting these views within the social spectrum.
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Walkin’ on Sunshine

Alas, it's sunny again. No more hatred for the always mercurial weatherhuman.
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Wisely Consider Your Concentration

You can often find some pretty odd classes if you browse through UCSB's course catalog. This quarter is no exception. The esteemed Dept. of Speech and Hearing Sciences is offering a class called Intro...
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