Opinion
It's the closest thing UCSB has to a tradition: every so often, someone - sometimes an out-of-towner unfamiliar with the perils among which we live every day - imbibes a bit heavily and takes a death ...
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Now is about the time during the school year that I begin to tune out of my classes. If I attend, I either spend my time sleeping or wondering what kind of kink the guy next to me digs. So if the rest...
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It's days like yesterday that make the 'human feel guilty for not telling you to prepare for depressing gray skies. Then again, you should have seen it coming yourself, so I don't feel too bad.
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Around the time of Columbus Day, we are constantly told by the media and our leaders that Christopher Columbus represents what is truly great about America: adventure, discovery and the courage to be ...
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As the Nov. 8 special election draws near, many incumbent California politicians fear their re-elections may be at risk due to the impact of Proposition 77. Prop 77 aims to eliminate politicians' powe...
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This is in response to "Learning Disabled Find Clarity Through Project Eye-to-Eye" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 10) by Jeff Slovak. I applaud him for opening up about his learning disability, LD/ADHD and for sh...
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To all of you who went out and protested Columbus Day on Monday: Good job, buddy! Your little protest rally managed to disrupt a whole bunch of classes, including one of my sections. Now, let me ask y...
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It's fitting that the closest thing Isla Vista has to a celebrity is a homeless man. He's a legend by all accounts. If you haven't seen him, you've heard of him. If you haven't heard of him, you're ne...
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Does being a Yankee fan qualify one as soulless? It certainly qualifies one as being a loser today. I mean it in the harshest sense too. If you're a Yankee fan, something terrible is going to happen t...
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I was sitting on my couch the other day while channel surfing and I stumbled upon Sesame Street. Being the lazy guy that I am, I continued to watch it for a little bit because changing the channel jus...
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My name is Katie Mahon, and I am one of the coordinators of Students Stopping Rape, an organization of undergraduate and graduate students who help educate the UCSB and the surrounding community about...
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Under the guise of "protecting our daughters" and "defending parents' rights," the right wing and its minions have successfully placed Proposition 73 on the ballot for the Nov. 8 Special Statewide Ele...
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I have a tendency to categorize people. Sometimes just in my head during a lull in lecture, occasionally in a forum that has a readership of over 20,000 people.
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Here's my beef with beef: After I finish my Freebird's steak burrito, I have to wedge chunks of brown out of my teeth with a straw. If I don't get it out, I inevitably end up performing oral exercises...
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Sometimes you just have to play a game. It was about 9 a.m. the day of my preliminary Ph.D. oral examination. I had been studying for months and was over-prepared. I hadn't been able to sleep for a fe...
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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
