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Column: Closed Door Meetings Pass Off New NAFTA as FTAA

April 9, 2001 by Jesenia Chavez

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

April 6, 2001 by Daniel Gross

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

April 6, 2001 by Staff

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

April 6, 2001 by Michael Six Lee

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

April 5, 2001 by Marty Markovits

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

April 5, 2001 by Staff

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

April 5, 2001 by Staff

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

April 4, 2001 by Staff

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

April 4, 2001 by Staff

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

April 4, 2001 by David Downs

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

April 4, 2001 by Staff

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

April 4, 2001 by Justin M. Ruhge

I am a member of Concerned Taxpayers I.N.C. We oppose the closure of any portion of the beaches on Vandenberg Air Force Base to public access in order to protect the Snowy Plovers.
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The Color of Money

April 3, 2001 by Staff

After nearly five years of filibusters and political wrangling, the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill finally managed to clear the United States Senate on Monday. Like any piece of legislat...
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Victorino and the Mighty Fish Taco

April 3, 2001 by Staff

I made a new friend last week. I purchased two fish tacos and a Coca-Cola Classic for a small Mexican boy named Victorino, who was trying to sell me friendship bracelets. Unfortunately, he was out of ...
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History Reveals Society’s Adoration of the Common Idiot

April 3, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

Ahh, April Fools' Day - an international holiday to celebrate the existence of the common idiot. To think that this glorious day of days owes itself to a rubber duck, a keg of beer and 33 half-eaten r...
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