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She Said: Don’t Tarnish That Tantalizing Tan With Tacky Tribal Tattoos

There's nothing worse than spotting that ridiculously gorgeous guy from your history class at a party, working your game all night to get him home with you and arriving at that hotly anticipated momen...
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A New Dawn for Democrats

"We're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York. We're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and...
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A.S. BIKES Awakens to Serve Cyclists

The A.S. Bicycle Improvements Keeps Everyone Safe (A.S. BIKES) Committee has emerged from a long hibernation. Its yearlong dormancy has ended with a new team committed to bringing a better bicycle sys...
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You’re Always a Winner When You’re Playing Beer Pong

I witnessed an amazing athletic feat Sunday afternoon. One strong, accurate right arm reared back and launched a projectile over the playing field. The ball soared majestically through the air cutting...
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Taming the Culturally Conscious

For years, university administrators and faculty have debated the implications of changes to our general education requirements, with questions of culture, ethnicity and sexuality - but mostly of poli...
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Testing…

Have you used that microwave in the UCen? haven
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No Shame in Choking the Chicken

I masturbate all the time. Constantly. Have you noticed how strange I look when I skate down DP in the morning? I'm masturbating.
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Use Black History Month to Fight for Equality

When most people think of Black History Month, they usually think of names and events such as MLK, Malcolm X and the Million Man March. However, the history behind these names hits closer to home than...
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Evil Corporate Franchises Deserve Frivolout Lawsuits

This is in response to Henry Sarria's column ("Frivolous Lawsuits Kill Old-Fashioned Playground Nostalgia," Daily Nexus, Feb. 7). While Mr. Sarria is correct for the most part, his partial defense of ...
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Come Voice Your Opinion on the Fate of Claire’s Park

The UCSB campus is dotted with the cry "Save Claire's Park!" People who live and recreate in Isla Vista are clamoring for the acquisition of the bluff-top land that still remains undeveloped along the...
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The Artful Dodger: Hollywood on State Street

I'd be breathing a sigh of relief if I were Leonardo DiCaprio. The dreamboat accepted the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Platinum Award on Jan. 30 for his performances in such films as "T...
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Sex on the Brain

I just read an article saying that scientists have invented a
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I.V. Master Plan Shafts Quality of Life

Isla Vista residents bike, surf, party, go to parks and park their cars for days if they can find a place. But when their bikes and boards get stolen, their parks are threatened with major development...
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Private Dancer: More Than Youthful Fancy

Who's afraid of Ayn Rand? If you've heard of Ayn Rand, whose centennial birthday was Wednesday, it is probably because you've read her novels The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged.
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Super Bowl ____

It's a good thing I bet on the ________ this year. All you ________ fans must be feeling pretty silly right now. But next year it will be all about the ________.
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