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Keep Your Orifices Open

November 5, 2002 by Beth Van Dyke

There is a sad truth to life around here: Despite being in one of the most open sexual times in history, we are still horribly sexually repressed.
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The Voting Game

November 5, 2002 by Staff

Yesterday, I played the voting game. The objective: Make your way to your polling place, convince the poll workers that you are not an absentee voter, and cast your ballot.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Thanks for All the Memories; Next Time Keep Your Hands Off

November 5, 2002 by Cory Anthony

There are some places in this world where they cut off your hands for stealing. I think Isla Vista should be the place where you get your hands cut off for molesting people.
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Russia’s Tough Take on Terror Isn’t So Different From Our Own

November 5, 2002 by Henry Sarria

Politics make for strange bedfellows but become stranger due to changing times. I was lucky enough to grow up during the climax period of the Cold War.
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Students May Have a Lot to Say, but Technology Keeps Their Mouths Shut

November 5, 2002 by Adam Brown

All the commotion isn't coming from the crowd having a good time; rather it is the scattered voices yelling into their cell phones causing all the clamor.
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Everyone Should Have the Right to Help Save Another’s Life

November 5, 2002 by Nelson Maltez

Would you accept blood or bone marrow from a healthy male? Would your decision change if you knew that the person is gay, bisexual or queer-identified? Blood drives nationwide are forced to institute ...
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Think

November 5, 2002 by Staff

Recall of 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall

November 4, 2002 by Staff

It all started over a year ago at the Oct. 18, 2001 GPAC meeting. Throw together some smarmy politicians, an American flag and a short-tempered 3rd District Supervisor, agitate for a year, and you get...
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Words, Words, Words

November 4, 2002 by Staff

With Halloween comes inebriation and the inevitable attempt to write term papers drunk. In this state, the weathercavemates often wax philosophical.
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Congress 23rd District

November 4, 2002 by Staff

In the past six years, Capps has more than earned the respect of her constituents through her dedication to issues ranging from health care to education.
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State Assembly 35th District

November 4, 2002 by Staff

Constituents of the 35th Assembly district, extending from Ventura to Santa Barbara, have a good representative in State Assemblywoman Hannah-Beth Jackson.
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Propostion 46: Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002

November 4, 2002 by Staff

This trust fund act will issue $2.1 billion in bonds toward services for battered women, the homeless and the elderly.
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Propostion 47: Kindergarten-University Public Eduction Facilities Bond Act of 2002

November 4, 2002 by Staff

This bond act generates $13.05 billion for school renovations and the creation of new classrooms from kindergarten up through the university level.
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Propostion 48: Court Consolidation Legislative Consitutional Amendment

November 4, 2002 by Staff

Proposition 48 will eliminate the unnecessary wording in the California state constitution referring to municipal courts.
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Propostion 49: Before and After School Programs. State Grants. Initiative Statute

November 4, 2002 by Staff

Proposition 49 would provide up to $455 million to create more programs for children before and after school, ranging from service groups to enrichment and tutoring programs.
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