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Common Misconceptions vs. Your Legal Rights

Sergeant Mark Signa explains that sometimes you are not right about your rights.
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Letter to the Editor: A Response to “Let’s Talk Labia”

In this response to the previous edition of the Wednesday Hump, an anonymous author explains her problem with rejecting any type of labia as less sexy than any other.
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Halloween: An Irish Tradition?

Naomi Rea details the differences between Irish and American Halloweens.
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An Out-Of-Towner’s Guide to I.V. Halloween

To out-of-towners: If you're gonna party here, do it right.
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Halloween Hookups: The Do’s and Don’ts

In this special Halloween Hump, Emile Nelson gives you his most and least-favorite costumes for potential masked-mates.
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I SPY: ISLA VISTA EDITION

Allyson C. gives you an alternative way to live it up this Halloween.
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Pass Times: May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

Winter Quarter registration already? It's about to get real Hunger Games-y up in here...
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How to Have a Happy, Healthy Halloween

This Halloween, plan ahead, so that your dumb brain doesn't go in to YOLO mode.
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Dude, It’s Not a Party; It’s a Constructive Catharsis

This weekend, treat yourself; you deserve it.
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The Red Bull and Pizza Experiment

Columnist Ben Moss explains why Red Bull and pizza may be the solution to all of your scholastic struggles.
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Attack of the Drones

New information released by the U.N. shows that U.S. drone strikes have been more deadly than previously thought.
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My Lunch With a War Criminal

A bougie luncheon leaves one editor feeling ripped off.
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Happily Humpin’ on Halloween

In preparation for Halloween weekend, Hayley E. covers a topic that is truly scary: Isla Vista's rape culture.
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Cultural Misappropriation Close to Home

Fourth-year history major Mario Vasquez likens our problematic mascot to that of the "professional football team in Washington D.C."
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Daring and Destitute vs. Aimless and Affluent

Travis Zane doesn't think you should have to choose between a fulfilling career and a profitable one.
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