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Tennis Player Calls A Double Fault on Coach’s Bad Manners

October 15, 2003 by Steven Guerry

Most people who are involved with competitive tennis are dicks. I should know. I have come in contact with more than my fair share of racket-wielding megalomaniacs.
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What’s Your Problem: October 15, 2003

October 15, 2003 by Staff

"Food at Ortega [Dining Commons]. It's just nasty. The simple solution would be to make better food."
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Cleaning Slung Mud

October 14, 2003 by Henry Sarria

A week before California's historic gubernatorial recall election, the groping allegations against candidate Schwarzenegger began to surface. In the world of dirty politics this was no surprise.
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Stay of Execution

October 14, 2003 by The Weatherhuman

I sat down well prepared to fail a midterm yesterday. I had a solid 40 minutes total study time for the quarter under my belt and the effects of a two-hour nap lingered in my clouded mind.
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Middle East Article Gets It All Wrong

October 14, 2003 by Jason Kanel

David Ronquillo claimed to have written an article "more consistent with the facts" ("Terror Has Its Own Rules," Daily Nexus, Oct. 9) than Joey Tartakovsky's.
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Cop Horses Poop All Over Residents’ Rights

October 14, 2003 by Jason Leraul

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

October 14, 2003 by Laura Baker

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?

October 13, 2003 by Staff

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

October 13, 2003 by Nico Pitney

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?

October 13, 2003 by Jono Szalay

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

October 10, 2003 by Staff

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

October 10, 2003 by Katherine Drabiak

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

October 9, 2003 by Staff

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

October 9, 2003 by David Ronquillo senior math and physics major

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

October 9, 2003 by Todd Roberson

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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