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Students Should Know the Facts When Talking About Their Heritage

January 15, 2003 by Omri Cohen

Palestine has not existed for almost 55 years. Even then, it was not a country, just a British-owned territory called the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Think: Wednsday January 15, 2003

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Drugstore Cowboy: Some Kid Kills His Sister

January 14, 2003 by Cory Anthony

It's video games, like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They're becoming so realistic that they distort the minds of young gamers, and the idea of taking a handgun to the head of an old lady for a few buc...
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It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…

January 14, 2003 by

I went up on my roof for the first time the other day and it just so happens that I have a perfect view of the neighbor's yard.
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The Road to a New Highway Is Paved with Greed and Green

January 14, 2003 by Harry Nelson

The city of Goleta has plans to put stoplights on Highway 217, aka Ward Memorial Boulevard, the road that connects the east gate of the UCSB campus with Highway 101.
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Good Grub

January 13, 2003 by Staff

When Columbus sailed in the 1400's (and yes, I know he didn't discover shit...), he and his crew took to eating meals at night around halfway through the voyage.
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Starving Socialist Island

January 13, 2003 by Henry Sarria

Cuba is up shit creek and there's no paddle in sight. It truly is an economic disaster that came and went, compliments of "El Lider Supremo," Fidel Castro and his little brother Raul.
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Living Without Vowels: Simian Antics Drive I.V. Residents Ape

January 13, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

Scott is a good kid, even though he smokes cigarettes, cusses and is 27 years old. It's hard not to think of him as a child though because the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome that afflicts him has set his mind...
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Move Over, bin Laden

January 9, 2003 by Tiye Baldwin

Prior to hopping on that nonstop flight to Columbus, Ohio, we did get to experience the new holiday tradition. Everyone is a suspect. Ever since my five-year-old son was pulled out of line and asked t...
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Readin’, Writin’, ‘Rithmatic

January 9, 2003 by Staff

I have a bone to pick with the quarter system. Depending on the courses I take, I probably have somewhere between 100 and 300 pages of reading to do per week, per class.
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Genes for All Seasons

January 9, 2003 by Josh Braun

It began in the May of 1985 when Robert Sinsheimer, who currently works at UCSB, called a workshop at UC Santa Cruz at which scientists discussed for the first time the possibility of mapping the huma...
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Pushing the Envelope

January 9, 2003 by Staff

Postage goes up because of people like me. I only buy stamps out of absolute necessity, and I refuse to purchase an entire book of them for any reason.
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Personality Is Not Negotiable

January 9, 2003 by Drew Mackie

It's true. Like hangovers, midterms and the occasional chlamydia flare-up, subleasers are a necessary evil of college life. The search is like looking for a kidney donor.
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Activists: Don’t Give Up Your Day Job

January 9, 2003 by Drew Atkins

If you've walked around Isla Vista recently, you've probably seen the graffiti making this claim, along with the one that politely asks you to "Please Wake the Fuck Up" as you enter campus near the HS...
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Pet Owners Shouldn’t Let Campus Greens Turn Brown and Yellow

January 9, 2003 by Sara Smith

Next time you take a seat on one of our beautiful UCSB lawns, consider whether the glistening of the grass is the dew left over from the salty sea air or a salty puddle of urine from a dog's midday pi...
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