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If You Really Love Them

February 5, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

It was just a regular Saturday night. She got off work late and got the usual phone call from her friends partying in I.V. She decided to join them; she really needed a drink. The guy she liked had be...
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A.S. It is: An Architectural Facelift

February 5, 2003 by Alexis Krieg

Since I was appointed to the committee at the end of last year, we have looked at project plans for all over campus. As we discuss the building designs with each architecture firm, I try to look out f...
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Absence of Evidence Should Cut It for the American Government

February 5, 2003 by Loren Williams

Anti-war activists have faced derision for not explaining in detail why they oppose war with Iraq. It's a clever evasion; the question that needs to be answered is not "Why not war?"
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A War with Iraq Punishes the Innocent Instead of the Guilty

February 5, 2003 by Peter Cohen

The way to help the Iraqi people is to continue the inspections while dropping the sanctions. As business picks up and tourism and trade increase, the people would gradually become healthier, stronger...
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UCSB Students, Show Some Love for Your Fellow Gaucho Athletes

February 5, 2003 by Chris Austin

I think every UCSB student is proud of his or her school. They show off to their friends what a beautiful place we live in. They bring relatives up, show them Isla Vista and tell them the crazy storie...
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Tiny Boxes Make Me Happy

February 4, 2003 by

If you tried to do Monday's crossword, the answer to 13 down was "REFIT." Twenty-five across was "REPENT." Of course, you would need an extra box to spell either of them.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Another Brick in the Wall

February 4, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Mr. Bush talked about his administration's achievements and tried to pull a fast one on the public, pretending his No Child Left Behind legislation was already a success.
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We Might as Well Face It, the United States Is Addicted to Oil

February 4, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Being addicted to oil from Arab autocracies, like we are now, is terrible policy. It gives such states influence that they shouldn't have, given our vastly different interests and lack of shared value...
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For the Love of Outer Space

February 4, 2003 by Henry Sarria

But knowledge of the safety aspects never eliminates the shock that affects all aspects of our society and the rest of the international community when such a disaster occurs.
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Everyone Should Drill for Information About the Environment

February 4, 2003 by Kerry Vineberg

It is disturbing that one has to delve so deeply for new, clear information about what the administration is doing.
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Think

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Achoo!

February 3, 2003 by

I hate dust. Living in Isla Vista is like setting up a shanty insida a vacuum bag. I leave my stuff out for a week and when I retrieve it I feel like an Indiana Jones raching for a spider-covered idol...
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Lab Rat: Remember the Beauty of Exploration

February 3, 2003 by Josh Braun

More pressure, less funding - this is the true recipe for disaster. Corporations, politicians and public interest all have something to say about how scientists ply their trade. And as I learned about...
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Write Good

January 31, 2003 by

After careful research, I have determined that there are only three kinds of midterms. In keeping with UCSB's fine tradition of simplifying issues until an acronym can be found, I have listed them
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Living Without Vowels: A Better Kind of Outbreak

January 31, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

Lots of people are pretty mad about Bush's State of the Union Address, so mad that they held peaceful demonstrations and mocked the commander in chief's pronunciation of the word "nuclear."
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