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Elections and the Ever-Growing Ego

April 20, 2015 by

  Your face is everywhere. Your voice rings throughout cramped lecture halls. You don’t even know how many people you’ve commodified yourself toward — how many hands you’ve shaken with or...
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The Whiteness of Lucidity: Everything But Inclusive

April 16, 2015 by

Why did he start dancing like a ‘gypsy’ Disney character right when I sat down? UGH. This was one of the many uncomfortable questions I had to ask myself this past Sunday while attending the Lucid...
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Is Coachella for Everyone?

April 15, 2015 by

Coachella. It’s the word on everybody’s lips in the month of April. “Are you going to Coachella? What are you wearing? Who are you going with? Where are you staying? VIP or General Admission?”...
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What’s in a Name?

April 14, 2015 by

When a group of militants captured swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria last June, journalists and public figures employed a common vocabulary to document the events. Words like, “assault,” “br...
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Gender Discrimination’s Impact on Male to Female University Attendance

April 13, 2015 by

Because of gender discrimination, women have to do just as well as their male counterparts — and then some — to succeed. They have to be exceptional.
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Extrovert Myths: Dispelled

April 10, 2015 by

  It is often said that the world can be divided into groups of two people.The definitions of these groups vary: for high-school English teachers, it is “good” and “bad.” For psychologist...
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Greek Life: Breaking the Stereotype

April 9, 2015 by

Over the last year, Greek life at UCSB has come under heightened scrutiny due to the closure of several campus-recognized fraternity chapters. This, along with recent widespread media coverage of the...
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Dull Deltopia

April 8, 2015 by

Dear Police Chief Dustin, I believe your personal actions surrounding Deltopia were unethical and illegal. While the events of 2009 may have been a bit chaotic, and possibly unsanitary, closing the b...
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The Cult(ure) of Competition

April 7, 2015 by

With March Madness just entering the rear view mirror, baseball season starting up and basketball season in full throttle, America’s Big Gulp of competition is overflowing even more than usual. In A...
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Growing Pains

April 6, 2015 by

How long can we really "be a kid"? Perhaps the state of mind has less to do with age than we normally imagine
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Socialism for All

April 3, 2015 by

David Rubinstein calls for revolution
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Supplements: Worth the Cost?

April 2, 2015 by

Getting pumped to down another protein shake? The experts at Student Health and Wellness suggest you think about a
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A Call for Divestment

April 2, 2015 by

Students for Justice in Palestine call for members of Associated Students to address the Palestinian Civil Society’s global call for a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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Myths of the Majors

March 31, 2015 by

Katherine Anderson has an answer for the endless career questioning thrown at non-STEM majors
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Navigating the Multicultural Campus

March 30, 2015 by

Sabrina Hodjati discusses the enriching possibilities in entering an unfamiliar social milieu, and some of the difficulties in keeping these experiences positive
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