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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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A Dynamic Forest Floor

Poking the Paradigm

Scholars of Outstanding Promise

Computer Love
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Humanity’s Best Friend

The Past Through Pinnipeds

Diverse Voices, Amplified

The Snow-Covered Range

Show and Sell

A Surprising Cycle
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The Spillover Effect

An Ancient Economy
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