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It Affects Me: Part 1: ‘She Was in the Best Mood’

It's four o'clock in the morning and all I can think is that if I had just let her borrow my leather pants this never would have happened. So I guess I should start at my house.
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Show Some Love for Dedicated Supporters

The UCSB pep band and the UCSB cheerleading squad were at every single men's and women's home basketball game this past season. They even traveled to away games just to support the teams.
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UCSB Sports Facilities Need More Money to Benefit Every Student

Our university is desperately in need of sports facilities enhancement and maintenance, which is why we need to vote YES for the Sports and Activity Facility Fee.
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Weatherticket 2002

Its popularity contest season again. Associated Students candidates spent Sunday night littering campus with illegible campaign materials.
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Gauchos Bite on Environmental Lies

UCSB students are being manipulated and used by members of some radical environmental organizations.
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Living Without Vowels: We Must Take Time to Reflect on the Past

UCSB received its own chilling reminder of the Holocaust on Monday as the names of those who died in the holocaust echoed through Storke Plaza.
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National Geographic

I emerged from the weathercave Saturday evening to replenish my meteorological supplies and found myself immersed in a foreign land.
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Thomas Deputizes Politics

Sheriff Jim Thomas has decided to end his career with a bang - a big bang, right upside Gail Marshall's head. Sadly, it looks like Gail's offering up her cranium for the blow.
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Crappy Lease Agreements

LESSEE'S OBLIGATION OF MAINTENANCE OF THE PREMISES: ... Lessee shall be responsible for any damages to leased premises during the term of the lease and for actual costs of all drain, toilet and dispos...
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The Red Tape: Big Bad Websites Can’t Give Cookies to Children – Can I Be 12?

I am about to turn 12 - online anyway. You see, although I'm 21 years old at the moment, I stumbled across some information about online marketing that has put me in touch with my inner child.
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My Big Idea for UCSB is All Wet

So I had an idea. It wasn't an original idea, but it was about something that this campus needs and does not officially have: professor evaluations that students can look at when deciding what classes...
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If Life Seems Jolly Rotten, You’ve Forgotten to Laugh, Smile and Sing

Some days life isn't going that well. You fail your math final and have to repeat the class, you get dumped, you lose your bike lock or, even better, you get in a bike accident. Then, when you think t...
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UC Pulls Out of Israel

The University of California system has decided to cut short its education abroad program in Israel due to increasing security and safety issues for students - and it's a damn shame.
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The Unholy Land

The violence between Israelis and Palestinians is horrific and the United States must do everything in its power to bring about peace. At this stage of the conflict, it does no good to blame one side ...
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To Access the Daytime Menu, Press One

The RBT menu has a new addition. "Press four to hear a frog croak," offers the monotone.
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