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S.A.M. We Are

February 20, 2002 by Staff

The SB Homeless Day Center and Winter Shelter is being remodeled. It plans to move across the street from an elementary school. SB Community Academy mothers, we'll call them S.A.M., are outraged over ...
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Fortune Hunter

February 20, 2002 by Staff

There is buried treasure under Los Carneros. That is why road crews keep digging up sections of the street only to inexpertly patch the holes.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Cheating on Him or Her

February 20, 2002 by Sarah Kent

So, after a little investigative reporting on my part, here it is: The informational, unofficial guide on how to successfully (as successfully as possible, at least) cheat on your significant other.
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The Problem With Parking at This School

February 20, 2002 by Eric Zimmerman

I sincerely hope that the time has finally come when UCSB will abolish its practice of providing its faculty "privileged" parking at student and staff expense!
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Beware of Dangerous Fad Diets

February 20, 2002 by Lynnae Pedrotti

Diets can make people lose "weight," but is it really the type of "weight" they want to lose, and can they realistically keep it off?
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Please Learn Respect for Queer Community Issues

February 20, 2002 by Michelle Morales

We at A.S. Queer Commission are strongly appalled by the ignorance behind Martin Doyle's comments regarding "lesbian pornography" at the Leg Council meeting on Feb. 6.
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Doyle Should Apologize for His Ignorant Remarks

February 20, 2002 by Dora Morse

Doyle's conduct was extremely unbecoming of a legislative council representative - a representative for the student body, of which about 54 percent are women and, theoretically, 18 percent of whom are...
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Living Without Vowels: Sure They All Have Mustaches, But Which One’s Butch?

February 19, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

Jim Thomas, Santa Barbara County's sheriff for the past 12 years, will be leaving office in 2003. His intentions have turned political, running against Marshall in an election this summer and relying ...
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Golden Whining

February 19, 2002 by Staff

As I sat on my couch and knocked back another beer, I realized that I would never compete in the two-man luge.
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Olympics Refuses to Remember the Slain Israeli Athletes of ’72

February 19, 2002 by Joey Tartakovsky

Since the Munich Massacre in 1972, those wishing to honor the dead have requested the International Olympic Committee do so as well, but the IOC has resisted, citing concerns about protests from Arab ...
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Students Can Vote on the Recall With Absentee Ballots

February 19, 2002 by Benjamin Wood

One's whereabouts at the time of the election should not interfere with one's right to vote. You have the right to vote by mail with an absentee ballot.
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Column a Disservice to Journalistic Profession

February 15, 2002 by Joe Banasch

This is in response to Eliav Appelbaum's column "Don't Forget the Olympic Athletes Who Died in '72." I cannot stay silent in face of such inflammatory and substandard journalism.
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Gratefully Guzzling

February 15, 2002 by Staff

I liken Valentine's Day to a pinkened skin rash. Cheesy candy, plastic flowers, pathetically hollow cards, bad commercials, a blinding overflow of pink and red, and way too much PDA (public displays o...
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Get Off Your Cell Phone and Learn to Bike, You Jerk

February 15, 2002 by Alexis Allen

I know that cell phones are an integral part of our culture. But how necessary is it to be in constant communication during the five to eight minute ride to and from campus?
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Weather Dating Game

February 14, 2002 by Staff

The weathermates have attributed the weatherpet's ill temper to lack of companionship. I have decided to wield my three inches of power to make a small mammal love connection and find him a special la...
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