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Cop Horses Poop All Over Residents’ Rights

I'm not gonna take this shit anymore! If you live in I.V. like me, you should realize that we live in a very unique place. We pay astronomical rents to live in shabby structures, have our cars regular...
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CalPIRG Offers a Better Book Exchange

In the Oct. 8 article "Website Aims to Decrease Prices for Used Textbooks," you mentioned three major avenues where students could potentially buy new and used textbooks: the UCSB Bookstore, the I.V. ...
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Alice B. Toklas Makes Water Now?

Have you seen NICOWater, the bottled water for smokers that has a little nicotine thrown in? Man, smokers get so many cool products. Luckily the weatherhuman's favorite things already come in drinkabl...
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Dubya’s Dwindling Digits

Those with dreams - or nightmares - of George Bush gliding through the 2004 elections into a second term have been snapped into reality by a cascade of recent polls.
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Who Gets To Write Arnold’s Lines Now?

Anyone who witnessed Arnold in his campaign for governor knows he has little to offer the public, other than questionable catch phrases in a silly accent.
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Take the Coke Challenge

Has the weatherhuman ever weighed in on the Coke v. Pepsi debate? I don't think so. That would be a little corporate and a little preachy at the same time.
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Porn and Vaginal Gushing Don’t Jive with Journalism

The college student newspaper publication is an ideal forum to eradicate ignorance, maintain objectivity and promote respectful discussion of relevant issues. Unfortunately, several portions of the Da...
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Time for a Change

Can you believe this shitty weather? I can barely make it through my morning Jack and Coke without getting the shivers. Yes, the shivers, not the shakes.
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Terror Has Its Own Rules

The Yom Kippur War of '73 was not unique to the Jewish religion; also known as the Ramadan War by the Arabs - after their holy month of Ramadan - this war indeed had a purpose beyond senselessly aggra...
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What the People Want

How can the will of the people be undemocratic? The people of California have spoken. But since liberals knew what the results would be, apparently this election was unfair and undemocratic.
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Join QSU in National Coming Out Day and Wear Jeans

National Coming Out Day is the day when the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and allied - or just queer - community celebrates its identity by sharing that identity with friends and famil...
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All-Out Attacks on Arabs in the Nexus Must Be Put to an End

I'm a freshman here at UCSB, and I find it quite biased to continually include pro-Israeli, Arab-bashing articles in your newspaper. Whether they are included in the opinion section or not, it's insul...
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Don’t Suck When Sucking

I overheard a guy say that there is no such thing as a bad blow job. I don't know why, but it is an indisputable fact that men love to receive oral sex.
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Joke

So we elected Arnold Scwarzenegger governor! Ha ha! That is funny.
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TAs Should Demonstrate More Quietly, Further From Students

We all know that the financial situation at UCSB is currently dire. Tuition has seen unprecedented hikes, clubs and organizations have had their budgets slashed, etc.; this has caused some groups to p...
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