Clean Air Bus Goes Up in Smoke

February 13, 2008 by

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to an acute case of irony yesterday when they arrived at the scene of a fiery Clean Air Express bus billowing thick plumes of black smoke into the air.
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Bubonic Barrels in Isla Vista

February 13, 2008 by

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 Pl...
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V-Day Party Fun Includes Risque Acts

February 13, 2008 by

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 nake...
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Go Jump in a Lake!

February 13, 2008 by

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.
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Research Required Before Student Passes Judgment

February 13, 2008 by

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 Stude...
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Unfair Accusations Bestowed Upon Raytheon and UC Labs

February 13, 2008 by

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 pol...
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Partisan Strife To Undo Democrats

February 12, 2008 by

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 stronge...
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Two Assailants Attack Student Near Manzanita

February 12, 2008 by

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.
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Online Survey Offers Readers Free Swag

February 12, 2008 by

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.
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Think!

February 12, 2008 by


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Armchair QB

February 12, 2008 by

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.
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Campus Clans Thrive in Cyberspace

February 11, 2008 by

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 I...
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What Part of the Chicken is the Popcorn?

February 11, 2008 by

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 ...
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Reevaluate Reasons for Protesting Iraq

February 11, 2008 by

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 peo...
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Take It Off

February 11, 2008 by

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...
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