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Grape Boycott By-Law May Be Old, but It Isn’t Outdated

February 6, 2002 by Ivan Perez

So, if students went on a hunger strike tomorrow to get UCSB to boycott the products of a company behaving as irresponsibly as Pictsweet, would they succeed? I hope so.
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Don’t Listen To That Fink; Marshall’s Good for I.V.

February 6, 2002 by Jim Keenley

In sum, if you like the idea of crappy housing, filthy water, unsafe streets, greedy landlords and being disenfranchised by a summer election, then by all means support the recall.
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Closing Down Delta Trail Will Protect Plovers, Keep Beach Open

February 6, 2002 by Adam Garcia

The snowy plover is a threatened bird that roosts on our coast; they're the little white and sandy colored guys that hunker down at the mouth of the Devereux Slough.
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‘A Great Deal of People Get True Enjoyment Out of Seeing Dogs’

February 6, 2002 by Daniel Heimpel

I was annoyed to read one Alan Kirk (Reader's Voice, Feb. 4, "Idiot Hippies Need to Keep Their Flea Bag Dogs Leashed") berate the notion of unleashed dogs, and me.
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Nexus a ‘Disgrace to the Unity and Patriotism of This Country’

February 6, 2002 by Wayne Dilly

After reading today's editorial I'm completely appalled. How can you mention George Bush and some of those people in the same breath? You're putting Osama Bin Laden and George Bush on the same level?
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’63 Gaucho Says UCSB Website Charges Alumni Too Much Money

February 6, 2002 by Bruce L. Rosenberg

I would like to be able to take advantage of the classmate search capability on the UCSB website, but am unwilling to pay the annual dues charged to allow access.
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Driving the Weatherhuman

February 5, 2002 by Staff

People react to the statement, "I don't drive" as if one were to say, "I am paralyzed down the left side of my body" or "I am unable to digest any food more complex than toast."
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Nobel Peace Prize Alternates

February 5, 2002 by Staff

If George W. Bush is Up for One, How About Nominations for Some Other Misfits?
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Living Without Vowels: Move Out When the Roomie Chokes Himself, Chicken

February 5, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

It seems that my friend had come home to find Tim laying naked on the floor of their living room, a ski mask over his head and a noose tied around his throat.
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UCSB Students Ought to Ditch Gail Marshall

February 5, 2002 by Ron Fink

Should you sign a petition to retire Ms. Marshall from the political scene? Maybe her replacement will start fixing all the problems in I.V., not just steal your votes.
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Ghost of Tom Joad

February 4, 2002 by Staff

Providing assistance to Isla Vista's homeless may not be a solution to homelessness, if there is such a solution, and it may not be cheap, but it is the decent thing to do.
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Meathead in Training

February 4, 2002 by Staff

The containers for weight gain and muscle growth formulas are really large.
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Red Tape: ‘Sexual Assault Is Never Okay – Even Against a Car’

February 4, 2002 by Josh Braun

Vandalism sucks. And no one is reporting it. Between the years of 1996 and 2000, the number of reported on-campus vandalism incidents ranged between 61 and 76 per year.
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