Nexus Provides Open Forum for Discussion

May 28, 2010 by

You will often hear students complain about articles as you’re walking to class and most Letters to the Editor pieces show discontent with the articles on sex, drugs and alcohol.
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Simple Soundbites Pervade Politics on Both Sides

February 3, 2010 by

In the 21st century, small parts of the American public have worked very hard to put together a strategy to smear the current president. They compare him to Hitler, display him as a monkey, say he's t...
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Release of Torture Memos Signals Change

May 20, 2009 by

"We do not torture." That's a line that will go down with Nixon's "I am not a crook." For years we were told by the Bush administration that our country abides by the Geneva Conventions and treat pri...
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A Joint Rolled Is a Body Buried

April 22, 2009 by

There is a new blood diamond in international politics. This new product is enjoyed by 25 million Americans on a regular basis. It has led to the death of 6,300 people in one country alone last year. ...
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Wage Complaints Came at the Wrong Time

January 29, 2009 by

On Jan. 26, 2009, 50,000 people in the United States were laid off. On Jan. 27, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on UCSB's campus asked for a $6,000 raise per employee ...
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Madoff Ruling Ridicules Justice System

January 16, 2009 by

Twenty-five years, $50 billion and a $10 million bail. In 25 years Bernard Madoff managed to create a Ponzi scheme of $50 billion, only to get off on a $10 million bail to live in his penthouse as he ...
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What Happened to the John McCain I Knew?

November 3, 2008 by

What happened to the John McCain I knew? What happened to the man who fought against dirty campaigns? What happened to the man who called for the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay and fought against...
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Picking on the Pitbull

September 18, 2008 by

Change and experience. Those were the buzzwords of the presidential primaries. And as Sen. Joe Biden called out in the beginning, both those terms are bullshit. It's not about change or experience - i...
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Schwarzenegger Breaks His Promise to Californians

May 20, 2008 by

"Our systems are at the breaking point now. We need more roads, more hospitals, more schools, more nurses, more teachers, more police, more fire, more water, more energy, more ports... more, more, mor...
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Student Wishin’ for Florida and Michigan

May 9, 2008 by

Dear Sen. Barack Obama and his supporters, As a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, I would like to congratulate you on your recent win in North Carolina and your near comeback in Indiana.
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Government Ignores Lessons of Katrina

April 9, 2008 by

I may be back from Spring Break, by my heart is in New Orleans. On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans around 4 a.m. As a result Lake Pontchartrain swelled up, and at 9 a.m., four hour...
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Obama Is Great, but as a Running Mate

January 31, 2008 by

I am sick of this "change or experience" debate. When President Bush ran for his first term, he was against nation-building and scaling down the size of the military. The fact is, in order to really t...
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Reason Strikes Out With WGA

January 15, 2008 by

As a union supporter from a union family, I hope all of you will join me in this statement: Screw the Writers Guild of America.
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Ron Paul’s Disciples Ignore U.S. Priorities

November 20, 2007 by

The war in Iraq has been a fiasco. Americans want out of Iraq, and they want out of Iraq now.
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Student Writer Humbled by Prager’s Radio Confrontation

October 29, 2007 by

It's over! Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week has come to an end.
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