Opinion
MTV kicks ass. It's like one big, blinged-out commercial. When the station isn't busy touting its own products or cross-promoting other Viacom endeavors, it's bombarding our youth with informative mus...
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"The Secret World of Alex Mack," Weird Al Yankovic and Ty Beanie Babies. Chances are that at least half of the people reading this found themselves nodding excitedly and thinking to themselves, "Shit!...
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Silence: Something two naked people in the same bed never want to hear. Sure, silence is appropriate in many situations, like during class, in the middle of naptime or when you are trying to have sex ...
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Stick a fork in it, it is done, so let's all move on and get to the subject at hand: Teaching students what they pay for in college, which is to learn, graduate and make the world a better place for g...
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William Shakespeare once said, "Even the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." As I glanced through the headlines of cnn.com, I stumbled upon an article titled "Dodge City Showdown at Funeral" th...
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What does it take to start a student movement? In less than two weeks the third anniversary of the war in Iraq will pass; a war being fought principally by people our age
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If you even give a shit about this year's Academy Awards then the following should be worthwhile. Last Sunday night, I sat hooked to the TV like the other millions of people that watch the awards ever...
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So there has been a lot of talk in the media dubbing the Academy Award given to "Crash," an "upset." How the hell can a movie upset another movie?
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I can't help but get a sick stomach when I walk into a Wal-Mart or a Kmart since I realized that most of the things I see will end up in a dump within a few months, or a few years at most.
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Imagine that one Friday night you return to your humble abode after a pleasant night of meeting strangers - who are now your new friends of course - topped off by you and a pal drunkenly devouring an ...
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This past weekend I was afforded a wonderful opportunity. Through UCSB Hillel I traveled to our nation's capital along with 15 other UCSB and SBCC students to attend the Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitz...
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Today's previously written weather was going to win the 'human a Pulitzer.
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Raindrops kept falling on my head. Hiding beneath my warm beanie, my eyes were more than just a little red as I tried desperately to see my way past the lagoon and onto campus. A sweatshirt that had o...
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"Free speech! Free speech! I am an American, I deserve my freedoms!" Surprisingly, this phrase was uttered from the marginal crowd of pro-Bush and pro-warrantless wiretaps that graced the Impeach Bush...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
