Opinion
Once, when I was a lowly crime reporter, I asked a wise old Isla Vista cop why he was always so polite to us Nexites. He said, "It's never a good idea to mess with people who buy ink by the barrel."
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Oh yes, rolling blackouts (or Gray-outs as I like to think of them) are coming, and they will be here in abundance this summer. The state of California is in an energy crisis and the governor is in ho...
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I have observed UCSB departmental offices for four years. As a public service, I will now print the secretive campuswide schedule for these offices.
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Right now we are on the top and this means we cannot be complacent and stop technological progress just because we are scared of what it may bring.
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Whether or not one agrees with President Bush's tax plan, Mr. Perez's "fuzzy math" and ignorance of the tax code needs to be corrected.
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I spent the last few days with the extended Weatherfamily. As you might have imagined, Weatherfamily gatherings are a little "different." Over the course of five days, I ...
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Here's a new one for your list of oxymorons: Pro-life feminist. The terms may seem mutually exclusive; however, Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, tried with limited success to...
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In an April 26 letter to the editor, Justin M. Ruhge put forward the following point of view: It is unfair to disproportionately tax the rich in favor of the poor.
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I often paw at the warm rivers of gooiness streaming into my mouth, wondering how much snot the Weathersnout can purge in 50 minutes.
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But really, who is going to elect a candidate who is neither here nor there, nor anywhere except in the three-and-a-half inches at the bottom of Page 2?Sixty people, that's who.
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In one day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions, one inhibiting enforcement of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the other allowing police officers greater leeway to make arrests for minor violations...
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How much do you know about what goes on at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, just 30 minutes north of UCSB? For most of us, our knowledge is limited.
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Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society." If this is true, then President George W. Bush would like us to pay less for civilization.
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I'd just like to say that I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone whose car got towed from Sabado Tarde Road on Monday.
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Only the scars of last weekend are left. Or rather, forming. Forming on my right middle finger and on my sunburned, blistering left arm.I'm not surprised.
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Tinashe
Snoop Dogg
Drake
Dayglow
Disco Lines
MF DOOM
Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals
Playboi Carti
Peach Pit
Kendrick Lamar
Charli XCX
Jack Johnson
