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Life With Father

The weatherfather instilled valuable advice via fear. To prevent the weatherchildren from swimming in the lake he described amoebas. Amoebas, as I understood them, were amorphous carnivorous demons fr...
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We Need to Stop Encouraging the ‘Women as Objects’ Mentality

Maybe if the small portion of our population that has brought so much physical and mental anguish to such a wide audience had imagined their acts being brought upon someone close to them, they would h...
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Chicks on the Beach

Caring for one of Isla Vista's natural treasures is too important a task to be undertaken without I.V.'s help.
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Print of the Great Pumpkin

So I have a pumpkin.An eighty-plus pound pumpkin.As giant pumpkins go, I’m told it’s a small one.The pumpkin is sitting in the middle of my living room, but really, the rest of the living ...
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Red Tape: NASA’s New Administrator Could Create a Black Hole of Despair

NASA's latest expedition is to hell -- in a hand basket.
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Both Taliban, Alliance Mean Cruelty in Afghanistan

The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, is doing everything it can to remind the world that Afghan women must play a major part in leading their country to peace and democracy.
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Don’t Take the Toothless Hamp-ster Seriously

Q: How much wood would Associated Students President Brian Hampton chuck if Associated Students President Brian Hampton could chuck wood?
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Right Through the Very Heart of It, New York Came Through

I must admit that I was never too keen on New York. To me it was an overcrowded freak show with high rents and a high crime rate to boot. There was never any reason for me to even as much as think of ...
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Like butta’, baby! Butta’!

The skateboarders of Isla Vista officially thank the county for its long-overdue road work.
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The Lown Down: Audit This, California: UC Education System Reeks of Pus

The Fall Quarter "No Duh!" Award - in the category of "It's About Fucking Time" - goes to State Assemblymember Jenny Oropeza for her brilliant public realization that the UC system is a throbbing, hai...
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Living Without Vowels: Talkin’ ’bout My Generation Braving A Whole New World

The idea of a generation trying to name itself was interesting, though. Too young to be a part of the slacker Generation X and too old to be a part of the intelligent yet dependent Generation Y, we've...
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The pot of gold on Trigo Road

Yesterday a glowing, colorful and perfect half-circle of a rainbow made me laugh and jump for an hour while the warm afternoon rain soaked my hair and clothes. Gorgeous and misty, the bright colored b...
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Cops Shouldn’t Harras I.V.’s Lawful Citizens

The police are supposed to serve and protect. But lately, I have to question who they have actually been protecting.
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People of the Book Not All on the Same Page

People shouldn't confuse tolerance with pluralism. Just because I don't shut you up doesn't mean that I have to tell you you're right.
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Loser Lefties Need To Stop Whining, Chalking

I'm pretty much sick of hearing all the liberals on our campus talk about how we shouldn't be bombing the shit out of Afghanistan. Maybe all you hypocrites should think about what your reactions would...
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