Opinion
This letter is written to inform the students of UCSB of a couple issues regarding this week's men's basketball games vs Long Beach State and UC Irvine. The game on Thursday, which is being televised ...
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I'd like to take a moment during Eating Disorder Awareness Week to address the theme "Celebrate Your Body." I challenge everyone to do just that this week. Well, actually I hope everyone does this all...
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Right now, our government is preparing a piece of legislation designed to cripple our rights to privacy more than ever, and our nation's press has said next to nothing.
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In all spheres of human life, individuals face a massive burden if they wish to justify the use of violence. This burden has never been remotely met by the Bush administration and is becoming even har...
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As I am writing this, there is a mosquito hovering above my head, which looks, from my perspective, to be about the size of a Cessna light aircraft.
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I.V. residents and other interested parties who are concerned or curious about I.V. Redevelopment must attend its meetings. Students such as Peter and Joe can bitch about I.V. Redevelopment PAC all th...
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Eradicating Israel is an intermediate step for [Saddam Hussein] on his path to dominate the Middle East. He is a secularist, and he couldn't care less if Israel were a Jewish state, Christian state or...
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Last week's developments will make or break the case against Saddam Hussein's regime. In a sense, the Security Council has given the Hussein regime enough rope to either hang itself with or rein in al...
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Everyone has one - that last class at the end of the day. All your other classes have been over for hours. You've gone home, eaten dinner, watched TV. Then suddenly you look at the clock and realiz...
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In grade school science class, we are taught that plants, animals and all other living organisms depend on four things for survival: air, water, minerals and sunlight.
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My professor nearly put me into suspended animation today. As I listened to the drone of his voice, I could feel my blood sugar dropping and hear my heart rate begin to slow.
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Commenting on the concept of war, former president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter recently said: "War is always evil. Sometimes necessary, yes, but always evil."
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There are two student advocacy groups on campus representing different perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: American Students for Israel (ASI) and the Student Action Forum on the Middle E...
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Isla Vista Redevelopment Project Area Committee spent $2 million on planning with the vast majority of funds coming out of taxpayers' pockets. Meanwhile, I.V. is the most densely populated town in Cal...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
