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Jeff Liang
The allegory that is 'Animal Farm' examines the perils of unchecked power and privilege, the use of words as a political weapon, and revolutions that erode into regimes not unlike those they overthrew.

UCSB theater students take on Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ a fable that still bites

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Simulation Versus Observation

Calculated Honors

Materials All-Star
osteoporosis illustration

Bone Deep

For Whom the Bells Toll

Race, Rights and Resources

WEIRD Science

Works of Art, Failure
Two indigenous populations give UCSB anthropologists a glimpse into how diet — and western eating habits — impact health and wellbeing

Food for Thought
Aerial view of UCSB and Isla Vista from beach up Ocean Road

On Home Ground

Golden State Splendor

'The Keepers of Presidential History'
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