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The Red Tape: Buzz Off

October 1, 2002 by Josh Braun

The West Nile virus is spreading, the death tolls in America are reaching the hundreds this year and there have been thousands of reported cases of infection.
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Is There Porn on Your Computer?

October 1, 2002 by Staff

Somewhere out there is a god among internet advertisers. This is how the scam works:
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A Greek Tragedy

October 1, 2002 by Staff

As parties on Del Playa rage on, fueled by beer and the collective sex drives of hundreds of 17- to 23-year-olds, some of UCSB's greeks lament the loss of their right to booze it up Isla Vista-style i...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy

October 1, 2002 by Travis Cannell

While the article provided a concise summation of the research that George Ricaurte found, it left out some controversial aspects and opposition to the study.
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Educate Your Users to Prevent Unwanted Computer Assualts

October 1, 2002 by Luis Rivera CISSP M.S. Assoc. Dir. Sys. Integration

What does having Windows 2000 on desktops have to do with viruses (such as Code Red and Nimda), denial-of-service attacks and port-scanning?
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Abused Nuclear Policies Result in Racism and Suffering

October 1, 2002 by Kristen Eschner

In the international arena, the highest ranking of international powers is given by membership in the United Nations Security Council, and five permanent members are five declared nuclear weapons stat...
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Your Assigned Reading

September 30, 2002 by Staff

Standing in line for readers sucks. Especially when you know what they're going to say. I'm going to save you some time. Here's your assigned reading:
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An Isla Vista Police Party

September 30, 2002 by Cory Anthony

"Fuck tha police," screamed Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha over Tom Morello's guitar. What a bad, bad thing to say in this situation, I thought, glancing again out the window into ...
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Greeks Party Just as Hard and Responsibly as Everyone Else

September 30, 2002 by Drew Ullman

In response to Steven Ruszczycky's article. I would like to say, as a member of a fraternity, that this intrusion on our liberties cannot and will not stand.
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Talk to Me and I’ll Tell You to Vote for the MCC Lock-In Fee

September 30, 2002 by Rebekah Waldron

During the spring election it might not have been clear to student voters that the MCC already had a small lock-in fee of 75 cents per student, even though this lock-in fee had been confirmed by stude...
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Living Without Vowels: UCSB, Let ’em Ride

September 27, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

We warned you. Don't tell us that we didn't warn you. Chancellor Yang just approved nine of the recommendations in the Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking's final report.
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Service Unity Responsibility Fun

September 27, 2002 by Staff

Free surfboards in the UCen! I swear, I was walking by and there it was, mounted on the wall. You should hurry though, because there are only a couple left.
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Pretty Please, President Bush, Don’t Bomb Saddam

September 27, 2002 by Peter Lackner

On Sept. 19 a powerful letter protesting Bush administration post-Sept. 11 policies and signed by an impressive number of influential people was published as a full-page ad in the New York Times.
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On the Market

September 26, 2002 by Staff

Francisco Torres, UCSB's molested stepchild that's been touched in all the wrong places, may finally become a part of the university-owned residence hall family.
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Welcome Week Wildlife

September 26, 2002 by Staff

At the dawn of time, great herds of freshmen roamed the vast expanses of the West. Today their numbers have dwindled to small packs of between 30 and 50 individuals.
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