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Bush Is Just a Mad Man With a Loaded Gun

May 29, 2002 by Brian Nolan

President Bush toured Europe last week in an attempt to gain support for his war on terrorism.
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Don’t Let Alcohol Keep You From a Safe and Responsible Graduation

May 29, 2002 by Jonetta Owens

STAR stands for Students Teaching Alcohol and other drug Responsibilities and is a peer group who's motto is to promote moderate drinking and support those who choose not to drink.
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Living Without Vowels: Wal-Mart Taught Me Everything I Need to Know

May 28, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

For most of us, we're rolling up our sleeves to spend the summer slaving away for a few shiny nickels and dimes. Summer jobs, however, are a learning experience in themselves.
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Thus Spoke the Weatherhuman

May 28, 2002 by Staff

Once again, the old Weatherhuman is graduating to join the great pantheon of weatherbeings in the sky, and the torch is being passed to me.
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Chancellor Yang Deserves Students’ Respect, not Criticism

May 28, 2002 by Todd Benzies

I am writing in response to the article concerning Chancellor Yang (Reader's Voice, "Chancellor Yang Should Give a Dang About All UCSB Students," Daily Nexus, May 23).
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Weekly Column Lets Others Know It Affects Them As Well

May 28, 2002 by Laurel Frame

I truly appreciate the "It Affects Me" column on Wednesdays. I think that rape does affect everyone, even if some folks don't realize it.
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He Said, She Said: Those Damn Lies We Tell Are …

May 24, 2002 by Ladan Moeenziai Steven Ruszczycky

It's the white lies that get you. Not the white man's lies - that's a list of lies far too long for this little space. It's the other white lies, the ones you think are morally forgivable.
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MSN Porno

May 24, 2002 by Staff

Oh, the perils of checking on'es mail. Either due to inattention or clumsy typing, I accidentally tapped myself in a downward spiral of porn.
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The United States Is Doing More Harm Than Good in Israel-Palestine Conflict

May 24, 2002 by Laith Rabadi Fadi Amir

The U.S. has given Israel the green light to take revenge collectively on the whole Palestinian population, from house demolition and tank bombardments to endless sieges and inhumane curfews to the ho...
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The Only Thing a Red Cup Means Is That I’m Thirsty

May 24, 2002 by Shaun McHugh

Residents of Isla Vista need to be informed on the definition of what truly is alcohol.
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Environmental Studies Needs Some Cleaning Up

May 24, 2002 by Chase Whalen

I would like to be informed as to what is going wrong with the environmental studies major. I am a transfer student and have been an ES major since the 2001 Winter Quarter. So far, I have been very di...
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Turds and Tulips

May 23, 2002 by Staff Editorial

We Dish Out a Round of Foul-Smelling Feces and Fragrant Flora
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Weathercave II: Attack of the Drones

May 23, 2002 by Staff

I spent the day battling vermin.
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Parental Notification Plan Is Good Intent Gone Awry

May 23, 2002 by Ray Smith

It's a proven fact that if you put any animal, and we are animals, in close quarters, then they eventually turn and attack each other. Ask any RA; people get crazy when they don't get their space.
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Use Political Powers to Help, Not to Cause More Problems

May 23, 2002 by Loren Williams

Local politics are great. You and I have much more influence here, where our voices aren't drowned out by millions of others, as in state and national matters.
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