Staff

February 13, 2008

Bubonic Barrels in Isla Vista

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Whenever it rains in Southern California, local surfers have a serious choice to make. Brave the storm and surf in the thick, brown, hepatitis-filled nugs, or sit your ass on the couch, fire up the PlayStation 2 and go n...

February 13, 2008

Go Jump in a Lake!

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Replacing Johan Santana with Livan Hernandez should make any Twins fan want to kill themselves. At least there are 10,000 lakes that can do the trick.

February 13, 2008

V-Day Party Fun Includes Risque Acts

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So over the holiday break, my dad got my mom one of those VHS-to-DVD recorders. We were watching old home videos of me riding my tricycle, picking on my little sister and running around the house naked after every bath I...

February 13, 2008

Research Required Before Student Passes Judgment

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I would like to take this chance to both educate the UCSB community and blast Larri Gregg and her cohorts for spreading simplistic and inaccurate views ("Unexpected Campus Missile Projects Shock Student," Daily Nexus, Fe...

February 13, 2008

Unfair Accusations Bestowed Upon Raytheon and UC Labs

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Larri Gregg's editorial last week ("Unexpected Campus Missile Projects Shock Student," Daily Nexus, Feb. 8) unfairly groups all defense projects together as "weapons" and as tools of George Bush's policy, when nothing co...

February 12, 2008

Partisan Strife To Undo Democrats

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The Democrats sure have an interesting plan to bring about change in America. With the primaries more than halfway complete, now is the time when candidates should gear up to put their party's strongest candidate forward...

February 12, 2008

Two Assailants Attack Student Near Manzanita

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A UCSB student was mugged on Friday night by two unidentified male suspects who fled into Isla Vista after beating the victim and stealing his cell phone.

February 12, 2008

Online Survey Offers Readers Free Swag

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Art Hoppe, the late star columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote decades of satire renowned by readers of that venerable paper for its wit and spot-on insight.

February 12, 2008

Think!

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February 12, 2008

Armchair QB

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Shaq almost died in his first practice with the Suns. What a surprise. Here’s to hoping Superman passes out running the floor in his first game.

February 11, 2008

What Part of the Chicken is the Popcorn?

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Those morons at PETA have done it again, this time fighting congressional legislation that would make fried chicken the official picnic food of Kentucky. See what I did there, three of the last eight words of that senten...

February 11, 2008

Campus Clans Thrive in Cyberspace

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Back in the day, when we were 11 or 12 - you may not have even hit the double-digits yet - we pre-pubescent techies discovered the virtual world of America Online. Because we hadn't experienced real Internet providers th...

February 11, 2008

Reevaluate Reasons for Protesting Iraq

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On Feb. 15th, 2007, I participated in an event that I will never forget. Thousands of UCSB students joined me on a march to the 217 freeway in a protest against the war in Iraq. I was one of those people shouting, "What ...

February 11, 2008

Election Results by Precinct

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February 11, 2008

Take It Off

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Why was some douchebag wearing a sombrero at Saturday night’s game? Dude, it’s a basketball game, not a birthday party at Chevy’s. No wonder the Gauchos looked confused in the second half…

February 8, 2008