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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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Barbaric Tenants Are to Blame for the Slum of I.V.

February 14, 2002 by Jackie Silverman

I took a job as the on-site manager of the building I live in. After holding this job for a quarter and a half I have developed a different outlook on what goes on in I.V.
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Both Pleasure, Peril Await if You Sleep Around

February 14, 2002 by Rebecca Present-Thomas

With all the hormones raging among the average college student, the concept of an "open relationship' is not uncommon
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Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Smooching

February 14, 2002 by Michelle Lemire

I'd like to take a moment and look at another important issue at hand: the dreaded V-Day. No, not you, Vagina Monologues. I mean Valentine's Day, loved by so many, and yet hated by so many.
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Queer Student Union Can Be an Inclusive Organization if We Take Pride In It

February 14, 2002 by Michael Rasmussen

Queer Pride Week for UCSB is more than two months away, and the divisions within our campus' queer community are already becoming evident.
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Who Needs Legislative Council?

February 13, 2002 by Mel Fabi

Let's eliminate district representation and, in place of it, have the chairs of the boards, committees and commissions as the new representatives.
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Join Us

February 13, 2002 by Staff

Apparently I am officer material.
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Homeless’ Demands are Clueless

February 13, 2002 by Henry Sarria

The homeless people want the I.V. Recreation and Parks District to give them a campground. This was attempted once before at the Red Barn on Estero Road, but they literally burned that opportunity to ...
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This V-Day, Support Your Local Vagina

February 13, 2002 by Sarah Kent

Men, this column is dedicated to you figuring out how the hell to make your woman scream in orgasmic ecstasy. Women, maybe this column will help your man be a little less clumsy.
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Bob Costas is a Prattling Embarrassment to Americans

February 13, 2002 by Travis Flora

For Costas to make degrading comments about other countries as they came out during the parade was also disappointing and disrespectful. And when he referred to the "Axis of Evil" as Iranian athletes ...
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Gail Marshall is Under Attack Because she Helped I.V. Renters

February 13, 2002 by Valerie Barro

Our local County Supervisor Gail Marshall sponsored this law and got it passed by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors by a 3-2 vote, over the strong objections of the landlords.
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