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Sex, Drugs, Booze, and, Oh Yes, “Education”

by Emma Verhey

Dec 22, 2025
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“Lines on bad bitches’ chests.” I chuckled as I read through the first responses of an informal poll I put out asking UC Santa Barbara students what they believed the “college experience” entailed. It was a joke, of course, but it reflected a popular idea: there is something entirely un-academic integral to the modern college experience. Santa Barbara i…

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