Opinion
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." I agree Mr. Franklin - wholeheartedly. When the debate of beer vs. mixed drinks comes into play the odds are stacked too high in beer's favo...
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The BA/RC office seems like a pretty competent place, except when it comes to money. They tell me I owe the university a few hundred dollars despite the fact that it owes me a few thousand dollars.
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Cosmopolitan. Sex on the Beach. Tequila Sunrise. I don't know about you, but images of bar-hopping, slinky-dress-wearing temptresses and tan Hawaiian Tropics models sunning on the sands of Cancun fill...
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The difficult thing about being a cop is the old adage that simply states, "damned if you do, damned if you don't," which applies to the job on a daily basis in this town.
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Google has tried hard and finally succeeded at becoming UCSB's biggest supplier of spam; and I'm not talking about the dining commons' stash of canned meat.
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I have better things to do than care about post-election Democratic stress disorder. Sure, it was delightful and satisfying to see so many people suffer from their own elitist delusions, but now the t...
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Between the swelling and the blushing, the secreting and the pumping, there are a number of chemical changes that take place within our bodies whenever we get all hot and bothered.
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whine whine whine. I have to write a paper about dead people, and I'd rather not. Not that I'd like to write about living people, either, mind you.
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Last March, Santa Barbara City College student Bradley Jones was killed in the streets of Isla Vista. His death was not because of a long-standing feud or a gunshot wound.
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There is something that is affecting people at this campus and all around the country and the world that isn't talked about nearly enough.
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James Baron, the parent of a former UCSB student, has offered a decidedly moralistic appraisal of the situation in Isla Vista ("I.V.'s Cesspool Needs Regulation," Daily Nexus, Nov. 12).
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We are writing in response to James Baron's column "I.V.'s Cesspool Needs Regulation" (Daily Nexus, Nov. 12). Baron's article ridicules the A.S. Student Lobby's "Fall Defensive," claiming that A.S. is...
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Before I came to cheer for UCSB, I heard stories about how cheering fans used to pack the Thunderdome for basketball games.I'm not sure how true that really is, but I do know ESPN did not name the Eve...
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When I sit back and think about the advantages of being a college student here at UCSB, one of the main things that comes to mind is the abundance of friends.
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Everything shower every day
Has an extensive tote bag collection but never brings one to Trader Joe’s
Reusing condoms
Collecting tears to water their plants
Asking to shower together to “save water”
Air conditioning and electric blanket running simultaneously
Has gone from Temu to SHEIN for bikini purchases
Fracking
On their 10th flight out of Santa Barbara Airport this month
Owns seven Stanley cups
Wrote their environmental ethics essay with ChatGPT
Vegan contributing to Big Almond
