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ROTC Wins Court Ruling

March 8, 2006 by Henry Sarria

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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Phelps Dishonors Soldiers By Protesting Funerals

March 8, 2006 by Camerin Smith

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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Students Call For a Retaliation Against Iraq War

March 8, 2006 by Jennifer Ferguson

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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Oscar Egos Crash In Flames

March 7, 2006 by Harrison Coltun

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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Hollywood Madness Baby!

March 7, 2006 by

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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Thrift Goods Will Sustain Future

March 7, 2006 by Dan Allen

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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Bicycle Theft in Isla Vista Breaches Moral Boundaries

March 7, 2006 by Melanie Emmons

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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Hillel Delegation Visits DC, Stresses Active Involvement

March 7, 2006 by Marissa Feinman

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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What Could Have Been

March 6, 2006 by

Today's previously written weather was going to win the 'human a Pulitzer.
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Evolutionary Ladder Tumbles

March 6, 2006 by Jeff Gibson

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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Pro-Bush Argument Fails to Impress

March 6, 2006 by Kristina Keeler

"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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Shun the Zero-Sum

March 3, 2006 by Colin Marshall

"Have you ever wondered," once asked the Whispers, one of the finest R&B outfits of the 1970s, "Why to win, somebody's got to lose?" While they most definitely knew how to lay down a solid groove, suc...
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Walking Ghost

March 3, 2006 by

So a friend of the 'human approached it the other day. "Do you know who the weatherhuman is?"
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Race Affects Voting for Logical Reasons

March 3, 2006 by Rachel Vickerstaff

When I read Henry Sarria's article ("Racism Saturates Our Politics," Daily Nexus, March 2), arguing that ethnic minorities could be just as racist as whites, well, I agreed.
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Play With Your Food

March 1, 2006 by Nina Anthony

Sex and food: We wouldn't be here without either of them. Many people are curious to combine the two in the bedroom, so, to inform all you food sex virgins about the combo out there, I outlined a few ...
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