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At the Speed of My Lights

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Saddam Should Kiss His Tyrannical Butt Goodbye

Insane Hussein is hiding out. The losing regime is relying on young Iraqis to sacrifice themselves as well as innocent civilians in order to stay in power. This regime is coming to a rapid close.
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You Can’t Say That on Music Television

As if its rejection of all actual music in favor of fresh-faced, Generation Y-aimed reality programming weren't proof enough that the execs at MTV sniff glue, MTV has decided to lighten the internatio...
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Column About Fedayeen Fighters Makes Heroes out of Monsters

I am responding to Edward M. Gorenshteyn's letter titled "Fedayeen Fight for Freedom, Not Hussein" (Daily Nexus, April 4, 2003). As a former student of UCSB, it is very disappointing to read the uninf...
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