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One Nation, Under God, Uncoerced …

November 29, 2001 by Richard Flacks

Gail Marshall's request that her advisory commission itself decide whether to make the Pledge was squarely in line with that Court ruling and with longstanding American distaste for coerced patriotism...
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Weather: We’re The Golden Children Turning Bronze

November 28, 2001 by Staff

The Hometown WeatherQuintilogy: #3 Santa Barbara is too expensive for people with actual problems. Ridiculous local apartment rents equal a house mortgage in any rural shithole, so you can’t aff...
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Rughe Elephant

November 28, 2001 by Staff

The Lompoc Economic Development Committee member is in trouble for sending letters to south coast newspapers, stating that "Muslims are out to destroy our world."
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Please, Please, Please Gimme Some o’ Dat Plover Lovin’, Baby

November 28, 2001 by David Downs

Beach coitus interrupted by a Frisbee to the dome is harsh for any species, but the snowy plovers, whose breeding problems have closed Sands Beach, will get no sympathy from me.
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Something for Which To Give Thanks

November 28, 2001 by Leila Drake

Thanksgiving meant something very different to me this year than it has before. I was the victim of the first reported sexual assault this year, on Sept. 23, but this incident has had a very different...
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There’s Something Fishy About Rigs to Reef

November 27, 2001 by Eric Simons

California's been trying to decide whether to allow oil companies to convert their used oil platforms to artificial reefs for several years, and in the latest development, the governor vetoed a bill w...
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Drugs, Babies and Marriage

November 27, 2001 by Staff

Going home is always heavy. Friends and family can really jack up their lives while you’re away. I’ve found the majority of the hometown heaviness involves just three things: Drugs, babies...
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Living Without Vowels: New Law Is a Smoke Screen for Stupidity

November 27, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

The board of supervisors just handed Santa Barbara County residents a 20-foot length of hose and told them to go blow smoke up their butts.
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We Can’t Afford High Rents for Grad Students

November 27, 2001 by Edward Collins

Higher rental fees incurred by graduate and undergraduate students slow their academic progress and discourage them from applying to UCSB.
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Red Tape: We’ve All Got Tickets for the Attack of the Clones

November 26, 2001 by Josh Braun

U.S. politicians have generally agreed, to the point of grandstanding at times, that cloning a human would be an unconscionable and unethical act. They just never got around to outlawing it.
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Jesus Mutants!

November 26, 2001 by Staff

My home town is full of mutant people! Obese mutants! Acned mutants! Jesus mutants! Mutated Mutants! Witness to such perverse genetic disaster require months of trauma counseling among Santa Barbara&#...
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Sands Beach Closure Leaves Room for Plovers and People

November 26, 2001 by Darlene Chirman

A rope-and-post fence will delineate a 1,300-foot long area, to direct people around the roost on the wet sand. This will protect 90 percent of the roost area. The majority of the beach is still avail...
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Free of Goleta, We Can Label Our Town Isla Vista With Pride

November 26, 2001 by Temmo Korisheli

Well at least one good thing may come out of the recent Goleta cityhood vote.
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Don’t Get Spoon-fed News About the War in Afghanistan

November 21, 2001 by Drew Atkins

When people cease to point out our government's faults, usually because they fear the response from others, they give up control over their government's actions.
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It Was Only 10-3

November 21, 2001 by Staff

Here at the Nexus, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. In the traditional Nexus sloshball game against A.S., held last weekend, there was much that was deserving. For example: although th...
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