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Huffy, Schwinn and Natural Selection

October 2, 2002 by

The freshman packs are dwindling down to groups of four and five. Some might attribute this to them "settling in," but I think I know better.
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Oh, Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Grizzly Bears?

October 2, 2002 by

The clamor of the morning zoo rumbles from each car as horns blare, windows lower, doors pop open and hundreds of commuters scream. The grizzly bears are going to work.
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Use Water-Based Lubrication to Ease the Bump, Grind and Slide

October 2, 2002 by

Let me give you freshmen a little something to contemplate about before going to town on your first anal adventure: Getting it up the pooper sucks without the proper lubrication.
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Residents Should Question I.V. Foot Patrol’s Behavior

October 2, 2002 by

On Saturday night, a law enforcement officer threatened to take me to jail. All I did was ask a question. For what violation could he have arrested me? For being drunk in public?
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The Red Tape: Buzz Off

October 1, 2002 by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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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