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Drugstore Cowboy: Just Your Standard Student

January 28, 2003 by Cory Anthony

So in that lull of memorization when absolutely necessary, flipping our excuses and learning tricks to doing well on standardized tests, it seems that people are getting great grades and learning some...
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All in the Family

January 28, 2003 by

Against all probability, my anthro professor said something interesting today:"You are the product of an evolutionary line of organisms that, over the course of three and a half billion years, has nev...
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Temporary Student Residents Shouldn’t Play With Voting Blocks

January 28, 2003 by Justin M. Ruhge

The local permanent residents believe that the students have no vested interest in local elections and that they should exempt themselves from voting in them.
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Lab Rat: Genetic Map May Lead to Designer Drugs, Cures and Children

January 28, 2003 by Josh Braun

They are the logical result of a collision course between science, religion and the humanities - and at the same time a place where logic breaks down.
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Sparse UCSB Lacrosse Coverage Ignores Achievements of Players

January 28, 2003 by Richard Schooler

UCSB has four potential All-Americans this year with several promising freshman recruits. The games are free. The sport is a great spectator sport. You are right on the field at the Pit.
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January 28, 2003 by

The Old Bait and Switch

January 27, 2003 by Matt Murray

If ever there was a time when student voices needed to be heard in Sacramento, it is now. With the state facing a $34 billion budget deficit, funding for vital services - from healthcare to education ...
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“I Know Now Why You Cry”

January 27, 2003 by

Did anyone else catch the pre-Superbowl show where Arnold introduced himself and half of the Raiders as a new race of Terminator machines?This is the same man who wrote a daycare bill for the last ele...
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Don’t Let Your Beliefs Bring an End to Academic Discussions

January 27, 2003 by Aaron Tapper

I am perplexed that a member of the Jewish community would take issue with calling a region of land by a certain name, even if "officially" this land is not labeled in this manner.
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Ad Misrepresents the Aim of Planned Pregnancy Advocates

January 27, 2003 by Staff

Reproductive rights advocates are committed to defending legislation that recognizes women's moral and legal right to determine whether and when to become pregnant.
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Where Did I Leave That?

January 24, 2003 by

With midterms beginning and the first paper assignments of the quarter due, cleaning is not high on the list of priorities amongst the weathercavemates.
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A Mad Man’s Choice

January 24, 2003 by Henry Sarria

It is as inevitable as tomorrow. A military strike on Iraq is looming like the dark cloud that war truly is, and it can happen at any given moment. So what then?
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Living without Vowels: We Don’t Have to GRID and Bare Bigot’s Assignment

January 24, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

Jerry Thacker looks very unassuming. He's middle-aged with a disarming, aw-shucks smile. He looks more appropriately suited for overalls and a nice pumpkin farm where the kiddies come every October.
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The Problem With Pigskin

January 23, 2003 by Drew Mackie

This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. But if you're like me, whether one pirate-themed team triumphs over a second pirate-themed team amounts to mere pieces of eight.
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Tannenbaum, But Not Forgotten

January 23, 2003 by

There's a preponderence of dry, discarded Christmas tree corpses all along the sidewalks of Pasado. What's a prank-loving weatherhuman to do? It's the Evergreen Ding-Dong ditch.
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