Pi Kappa Alpha Owes Students a Refund and an Apology

It was a piss-poor move by Pike to overbook Fight Night by several hundred people and I hope there is some consequence to pay.
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Conservative Students Also Deserve Representation

My question for Kaiserman, as he is also a newly elected representative of the students, is whether he feels capable of representing the conservative students at UCSB?
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Fight (for a seat) Night

Two heads are better than one ... but not if those heads are meatheads.
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Column: Find Time for Understanding During Queer Pride Week

The phone rings at 3:30 in the morning and for a minute I think it's my alarm clock. My friend Chris from back home is on the other line, and he's in tears.
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Conservative Letters Use Fear Tactics, “Fuzzy Math”

Looking at the May 1 opinion section, I couldn't help but be alarmed by the amount of material written by UCSB's own branch of the College Republicans.
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State-Controlled Power Is Better Than Nuclear

This letter is in response to Michael C. Warnken's column (Daily Nexus, "A Summer of 'Gray-Outs,' " May 1). How Warnken concludes that the California energy crisis is Gov. Gray Davis' fault is quite b...
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Supervisor Gail Marshall’s and UCSB’s Negligent Actions at Cityhood Meeting Abuse Isla Vistan’s Trust

We've been had. Thursday afternoon, both 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall and the UCSB administration utterly failed in their responsibility to represent Isla Vistans and students in the final me...
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Everyone tells me how amazing Cinco de Mayo downtown is going to be ... I know the truth.
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Teachers, Students Must Defend Social Justice Around the World

I have not and will never abuse my power as a professor. I love what I do too much to ever do this.
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Students Should Support Players’ Artistic Freedom

As a student of this university you should be aware that there are consequences to standing up for your rights.
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There Is No Point in Looking for a Diet Miracle in a Bottle

The advertisers behind diet products definitely know how to target their audience. People want the quick, easy way out, and this is definitely the case when it comes to losing weight.
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A Tale of Two Cities

The birth of a new city is before us. No doubt the gestation has been long and the labor arduous, but the real pain is being inflicted upon those of us waiting expectantly for the Local Agency Formati...
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NNNN-TSSSS

I was studying at the library yesterday when a delightful young man asked if he could sit at my table. Not feeling particularly threatened, I said yes. He sat down and unpacked his backpack, carefully...
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Nexus, University Fail Lecturers

Never believe the old saw that bad news coverage is better than no news coverage at all.
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Pro-Life Feminism Follows an Action-Based Philosophy

In many respects, "pro-life feminism" agrees with the philosophy of "inclusive pacifism."
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