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Mother’s Day Pink

May 16, 2013 by

  When I wake up on Mother’s Day, I’m reminded of two things: One of them is my mother, and the other is not. Like everyone else, I spend a few minutes thinking about how my mother performed ...
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To Hump or Not to Hump? He Said, She Said Edition

May 15, 2013 by and

To Hump, or not to Hump: that is the question.   Coworkers Hers: Tread carefully here, fellow humper. Sure, you might run into that hunky hulk in the workplace, but odds are that your choice of l...
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Is Spirituality a Good Alternative to Religion? 

May 14, 2013 by and

Because it is purposefully a vague term, it is difficult to get a good idea of exactly what spirituality may mean. It’s a term that has appeared in many cultures and eras, influencing and being infl...
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Doc Is In: Good Health … It’s Just a Matter of Asking the Right Questions

May 13, 2013 by , and

Q: Whenever I have a paper to crank out, the long hours spent in front of my computer give me a backache. What’s the best way to sit if I want to avoid my essay aches? A: Our bodies definitely don...
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Concerned Alum Speaks Out Against SB’s Gang Induction

May 10, 2013 by

LTE- Gang Injunction   In 2011 Police Chief Sanchez, along with Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, filed a civil legal action against 30 Santa Barbara residents who are allegedly ...
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UC Spokesperson Challenges Claims Against “Digital Education”

May 10, 2013 by

Patrick Sheehan’s May 3 Op-Ed, “From the Makers of Massive Budget Cuts: A Digital Education,” is based on the incorrect assumption that the University of California Board of Regents and administ...
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Eternal Optimism and Pessimism, Both Impediments to Human Progress?

May 9, 2013 by

There is a world in which the Newtown massacre, the Boston Marathon bombing and the collapse of the Bangladesh garment factory last month never happened. This is a world without war, famine or genocid...
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Call of the Wild: Farewell, Four Walls

May 8, 2013 by

As a man once said, “Yeah, it’s fun.” I enjoy public sex for the same reasons I enjoy scary movies — the thrill of it. There’s a damn good chance someone is going to see your ass bobbing up ...
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Gaucho de Mayo: Beyond Shots and Sombreros

May 7, 2013 by

I know Cinco de Mayo is approaching when sombreros are being sold on campus, when supermarkets begin to dress their aisles in sarapes and when themed parties begin to overflow the streets of Isla Vist...
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<3-to-<3 in Ones and Zeroes

May 7, 2013 by

I was mindlessly browsing the internet the other day, as one does, and I came across an article promising to reveal the 21st century’s sexiest career. I must say, I never expected Yahoo! Finance to ...
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Question Authority: Adderall, Tickets and Going 66

May 6, 2013 by

I had the distinct honor of being able to talk to a great group of students last week in a class I was asked to come speak in. Even though for some crazy reason they have asked me to come back and tal...
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From the Makers of Massive Budget Cuts: A Digital Education

May 3, 2013 by

From the makers of massive budget cuts: a digital education   Over the last four years, the top managers of the UC system — the governor and the UC Regents — have launched an accelerating eff...
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East vs. West: Ask an Atheist Sizes Up World Religions

May 3, 2013 by and

Prompt: Do Eastern religions provide any benefits that Western ones might not?   In the Western world, or at least in the United States, religions of the Orient have increasingly come to take on ...
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Shoot the Messenger (But Not Literally!): The Media’s Incendiary Tug-of-War

May 2, 2013 by

I’m not your typical angry guy. I’m not the guy prone to cut and flip you off on the freeway. I’m not the guy you see hurling curses at CALPIRG recruiters or turning into a human steam engine th...
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Boobies, Booze and Batman: 3 Little Words That Make Men Melt

May 1, 2013 by

If you want to make your man happy, there is a deceptively simple three-part plan that is guaranteed to work one hundred percent of the time: show up naked, bring beer and put on “Batman.” I’m s...
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