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Dude Here

I finally saw "Kill Bill." Pretty entertaining, and every bit as violent as they say. I am against just about every form of censorship, and I never buy it when people say that they were compelled to c...
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Tracing the True Sources of Aggression

Mr. Ronquillo, although very opinionated about the Arab-Israeli conflict, seems to know nothing about it. Or if he does have some knowledge of it, he purposely distorted and corrupted the facts, which...
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Below the Smutty Surface

Everyone is talking about porn. With the arrival of porn parties in I.V., even the chancellor and A.S. felt it necessary to issue warnings and official statements on the matter. So, as your Wednesday ...
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A Hero Comes Along

This past weekend the AS President at Berkeley got busted for public drunkenness and fleed from the cops, and our AS President played the hero by convincing a killa-to-be to drop her knife.
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The Only Bad Kind of Recycling

I walk to school almost everyday. Although this half-hour trek does takes a toll on my reserved energy, I still walk. Although my round-trip travel time is often longer than my class time itself, I st...
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The Artful Dodger: Hollister Co. Shirts Endorse Earthquakes, Mediocrity

After the towers at the World Trade Center fell, people everywhere started wearing those "I Love NY" shirts. Even if they didn't live in the Big Apple, the shirts helped them feel like they were suppo...
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Denim Blue Clashes with the Colors on the Rainbow Flag

Call it a hunch, but I don't think Neil Diamond was aware of his adamant support of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community when he sang, "I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans."
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Tennis Player Calls A Double Fault on Coach’s Bad Manners

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

"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

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

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

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

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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