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The Twelve Best Strange, Absurd, Creative College Flash Mobs Ever

The Twelve Best Strange, Absurd, Creative College Flash Mobs Ever

While drinking is undeniably the #1 college pastime, there are still plenty of other things college students do to avoid studying, reading or writing.

 

Today, we took a look at a longtime favorite of mine: the flash mob.

 

For the uninitiated, a flash mob is a group of people who gather at a specific location at a predetermined time and perform...

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Stupid College Kids Caused the Montecito Fire

Stupid College Kids Caused the Montecito Fire

The massive fire in Santa Barbara this past weekend has been chalked up to careless college kids failing to listen to Smokey the Bear. They made a bonfire which they left smoldering throughout the night so that the embers drifting away and burned down half of California. Fortunately now, the fire is contained.


The 11,234-acre fire in the San F...

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Santa Barbara Gunman Arrested, Is Iraq War Vet

Santa Barbara Gunman Arrested, Is Iraq War Vet

The masked gunman who prevented use of Freeway 101 in Santa Barbara yesterday has been arrested. After SWAT teams arrived Edward Van Tassel, an Iraq war vet with post-traumatic stress disorder, was arrested. He surrendered peacefully and though armed fired no shots.


The LA Times reports:

Edward Van Tassel, a 28-year-old Army veteran who served...

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UC Santa Barbara Commuters Screwed by Masked Gunman

UC Santa Barbara Commuters Screwed by Masked Gunman

UC Santa Barbara commuters may be held up today on their drive to work as a masked gunman closes down Freeway 101. Around seven this morning, a man wearing a ski mask and fatigues began waving a flag while holding a gun on the overpass.


KSBY reports:

A masked man waving an American flag and holding a handgun Monday on a Highway 101 overpass sh...

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Halloween In College Is Just Better On the West Coast, From UCSB to UCI

Halloween In College Is Just Better On the West Coast, From UCSB to UCI

At any campus on Halloween some weird shit happens. It is first and foremost the best holiday because, for some reason, girls feel completely okay with wearing nothing and walking around town. But it is also the one night a year when everyone has a no-holds-bars attitude the whole time.

 

People get dressed up, drink up and **** up all night. Th...

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UCLA Grad Heather Locklear Gets Wasted, Drives Over Sunglasses

UCLA Grad Heather Locklear Gets Wasted, Drives Over Sunglasses

This weekend UCLA alum Heather Locklear did what any washed up celebrity would do: popped some pills and drove like an idiot. A nosy Californian followed Locklear from 4:30 pm til 7 pm, when he or she called the authorities to report Locklear driving back and forth over a pair of sunglasses, revving her engine, and swerving. Though the former so...

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UCSB Chooses Feminist Studies Over Women's Studies, Not Semantcis

UCSB Chooses Feminist Studies Over Women's Studies, Not Semantcis

Perhaps the most notorious department in any given university for capricious naming, known to alter their department name almost as frequently as some change their panties, is the Women’s Studies department, also frequently known as the Gender and Women’s Studies department. Now UC Santa Barbara is renaming the department the Department of Femin...

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The Worst College Logos Ever

The Worst College Logos Ever

Picking the right school means taking into consideration a lot of important factors: reputation, location, class size, athletics… oh, and the school logo.
 

Now, now, school logo you ask? But think about it, this is the symbol that will follow you for the rest of your life. When you are rich and successful, or even poor and bitter, this is the i...

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Top 15 Hottest University of California Celeb Alums

Top 15 Hottest University of California Celeb Alums

California’s got it all: surfing, great Mexican food, Hollywood, beaches, plastic surgery, and best of all, the University of California schools, which, best of all, have some hot hot ladies. It took a lot of discipline to narrow down the list, but somebody (like CollegeOTR) has got to do it. So here’s a peek at the Top 15 Hottest Celebrity UC A...

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The Stars Who Inspire Olympians

The Stars Who Inspire Olympians

Even though Olympic athletes are the cool kids on the block these days, they still geek out over their favorite celebrities.
 

Check out the star inspirations behind this summer’s Olympic greatness:
 

Nicole Kidman pushed the Australian men’s sailing team to gold
 

The Australian actress sent her countrymen luck when she called them before their...

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