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The Academic Nose Dive — Crashing Courses at UCSB

As of today, I have been to eight classes in which I am not enrolled this week. Due to the severe overcrowding at this university, I have been forced to attempt to "crash" class after class in hope of...
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Pro-PLO Speaker Taints Center’s Grand Opening

I wanted to express my disappointment and disgust with UCSB for inviting Hanan Ahsrawi to inaugurate our new Center on Middle East Studies.
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How to Choose?

Well, it's that time of year again - the flowers are blooming, the grass is greener, and next year's candidates for student government will soon spring up for election.
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Teamwork

Professors control class size, grading and which kinds of sexual favors make up an acceptable bribe, but students hold the ultimate power: the ability to end class early.
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Column: Closed Door Meetings Pass Off New NAFTA as FTAA

Thanks to the wonderful North American Free Trade Agreement in 1998, both my parents lost their jobs at Westlock Corp. and Belwith International Inc.
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Resolution To Protect Tibet

With just a few weeks remaining until BP Amoco's April 19 Annual General Meeting, many University of California students will take to their respective campuses to petition the UC Regents to vote yes o...
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Go Home

In the words of the late beloved UCSB English professor Frank McConnell:"We don't do shit the first day, we don't do shit the last day. I don't know why the fuck they even pay me."
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Close Friends and Good Times Are the Life of the Party

But despite all the crap I have to deal with (at work), I really don't want to get into the habit of drowning my sorrows in a bottle and risk becoming one of those people who spend all their time at a...
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The Cost of an Education: UCSB Must Provide Affordable Housing for Students

The cost of housing in Isla Vista has increased at an extraordinary rate. The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in 1999 was almost $375 per person. That same apartment in August 2000 cost $460.
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Crack-Smoking Overachievers

When I was five, mean old ladies with superiority complexes and yellow teeth patrolled the playground armed with pink slips, whistles and explicit threats to "tell my teacher."
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Former “Jane Roe” Was Callous But Not Wrong

The issue of abortion is not decided by the attitude or verbal skill of the person arguing for or against it.
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Demonweed — The Federal Government’s Obstinate Crusade Against Medical Pot Will Stifle the Wishes of State Voters

And we all know what happens when an irresistible force meets an When California voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996 and Prop 36 last year, they showed their acceptance of medicinal marijuana and en...
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Meet Professor Digit

Everyone goes into new classes not knowing quite what to expect. With that in mind, I sat down in an “easy” non-writing class yesterday.
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‘Syllabus’ Classes Can Unravel Academic Gridlock

Girvetz 2116 is a stuffy little classroom crammed with the bodies of over 50 students waiting for Modern Literature professor Enda Duffy. The desks are filled, and crashers sit Indian style on the flo...
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Tough-Guy Cops Demonstrate Ignorance of Law, Astronomy

"Hide Witch Hide! The good folks come to burn thee- Their keen enjoyment hid behind a Gothic mask of duty."
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