Month: November 2011

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Trick or Treat? Halloween Year Round

November 1, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

“Mean Girls” said it best: “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” And almost every girl takes full advantage of it here at UCSB, Thursday through Mond...

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Is it UCSB or UCSTD?

November 1, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

As a Gaucho, you’re probably aware of UCSB’s notorious reputation, namely that of a high STI rate among the general student population. Alongside “U Can Study Buzzed,” we’re boasting the nicknames “University of Casual Sex and B...

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Well this is awkward…

November 1, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

Among a few other, more profound lessons, my time in college has taught me an inevitable fact about hookups: The phrase “It couldn’t get more awkward than this” is always false, and continues to be proven every weekend. It can and wil...

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UCSB Researchers Study Oil-Consuming Bacteria in Wake of Recent Horizon Spill

November 1, 2011 by Kyle Naughton

Using DNA to track the bacteria’s unusual diet, UCSB scientists recently discovered bacteria feeding on natural gas leaking from the ocean floor at unusually cold temperatures at the site of the Deepwater Horizons oil spill in the Gulf of...

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