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Reality Television Is Anything But Real

April 14, 2003 by Drew Mackie

"Mr. Personality" follows an attractive single woman as she dates 20 bachelors in hopes of finding a match. The gimmick here is the brightly colored foam masks that hide the bachelors' faces.
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Rape Culture Silences and Shames the Women of UCSB

April 14, 2003 by Valerie Ibarra

Shame is what we must overcome. Cross your legs, smile, look pretty, be polite and don't let anything bad happen to you. I vow: Next time to be rude to those who are rude to me and to others, to love ...
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A Foreign Democracy

April 11, 2003 by Adam Rich

We are the great liberators, harbingers of freedom, steadfast in our resolve, ever fighting for justice and democracy worldwide... if the price is right.
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At the Speed of My Lights

April 11, 2003 by

To simplify my life, my bank and my electric company got together and let me pay my bill online.
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Assumptions Cloud the Complex Fedayeen Argument

April 11, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Alok Paranjpye's letter (Daily Nexus, "The World's Governments Don't Know the Meaning of Altruism," April 10, 2003) is so saturated with silly misunderstandings and foolish assertions I felt compelled...
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Protesters Can Oppose the War but Support the Troops

April 11, 2003 by Holly Chadwin

I have often read comments by pro-war demonstrators that anti-war advocates and demonstrations are demoralizing to our country and our soldiers. The implication by some pro-war speakers that anti-war ...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Know Your Legal Limits

April 10, 2003 by Cory Anthony

"Can I see some I.D.?" This is the first time somebody's asked me that without blowing an entire evening to hell. I'm finally 21, a day I have been waiting for with explosive anticipation since my jun...
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Distractions

April 10, 2003 by

I have a huge string of two-hour lectures this quarter, so I've been looking for ways to ease my pain. I asked a few friends for their advice and came up with a list of the TOP TEN THINGS PEOPLE HAVE...
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The World’s Governments Don’t Know the Meaning of Altruism

April 10, 2003 by Alok Paranjpye

This is in reference to Ken Spain's letter, (Daily Nexus, "Column About Fedayeen Fighters Makes Heroes Out of Monsters", April 8) wherein he challenges Edward Gorenshteyn to be better informed about w...
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Support Women’s Commission When It Takes Back the Night

April 10, 2003 by Henry T. Yang

As the week (April 14-17) devoted to "Take Back the Night" activities approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the important contributions that the A.S. Women's Commission make...
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Girls Just Want That Sweat, Sweat Love

April 9, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

I love to watch men play sports. I'll watch any sport. Really, I'm not picky. The cute little uniforms, tight shorts, muscle flexing, field frustration and men, sweating it out for my viewing pleasure...
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Vote Weatherhuman

April 9, 2003 by

The campaign continues. There appear to be hundreds of SUN signs, hundreds of Gauchoholics signs, hundreds of SAC signs.
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Help Take Back All Five Nights Next Week

April 9, 2003 by Kimberly Stiner-Zercoe

Take Back the Night is an annual event to raise awareness about issues surrounding sexual assault while also protesting the current climate of fear and violence that women must confront in today's soc...
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A Time To Shut Your Mouth

April 8, 2003 by Toney Henry

In a time of national crisis since the fall of the World Trade Center and the now active military engagement against terror in Iraq, shouldn't we all be uniting as Americans, content with the very soc...
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Course Objectives

April 8, 2003 by

My professor said something interesting about academic discussions today. She said, "The idea of discourse is rather vague and nebulous."But I heard, "The idea of this course is rather vague and nebul...
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