Opinion
The progressive movement sprouted from the idea that the world would really get somewhere if only everybody would let their lives be run by progressives. Central to the idea was a centralized and empo...
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I hate pennies. They're like the quick-breeding, out-of-control bunnies of the monetary world. Back in 2001, one courageous congressman, Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), introduced legislation calling for its eli...
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This is a letter to all the protesters who walked out of class last week. Why are you so disappointed with a democratically elected president? After the 2000 presidential election, everyone was so pis...
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This past Friday, I had just left Girvetz Hall at 9 p.m. after a script reading. Confident of finding my way in the dark back to where my wife had dropped me off that afternoon somewhere west of Campb...
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It's that time of year when every knock on the door means that freshmen fresh out of San Nic want to see a real Isla Vista apartment, like it's some kind of exhibit at the zoo. A lot of shit goes on i...
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According to a recent poll, only one-third of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. Upon learning this, I was a bit puzzled by how people can be so skeptical of scientific research.
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Political heresy, outright treason, an unconscionable act -- I, Courtney Weaver, vice president of the UCSB Campus Democrats, feminist, and intern for Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, attended the seco...
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Finally, after what seemed like years to my agonized bladder, the professor granted the class a seven-minute break. Sweet! Just what I needed! Perhaps my pressing bladder temporarily blinded me from r...
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The right to protest is one that I hold dear. Protest exists to spur change. But what exactly were the students who took to the Arbor in anger hoping to accomplish? Were they expecting their actions t...
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As a resident of Anacapa Residence Hall, I frequent both Ortega and DLG Dining Commons. Recently, while walking out of the DLG at closing time for Late Night, I was accosted at the door by an employee...
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If this is your birthday, happy birthday! A parade will be held in your honor down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. this afternoon.
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I did not vote for George W. Bush. My parents did. Now keep that in mind, because it's the chief reason I'm not attending today's protest.
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If this is the most steadfast, politically active time in our lives, why do we bicker rather than build? Through the variations within and between political groups, there is a single operative concept...
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Today we live in a global society with many religions that are mutually exclusive. The true danger of religion is that it sets a precedent for making decisions on an irrational basis.
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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
