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Respect Your Elders: Keep the Legacy Alive (Beneath the Sheets and Beyond)

Alumni Weekend came as quickly as an undersexed 35-year-old with a full-time cubicle job as soon as he spots something fertile. Like a dark, ominous cloud — holding not refreshing showers, but a dis...
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The Truth About Attitude: Why Happiness Is a Decision, Not An Outcome

If we’re being real with ourselves (which we are, by the way), forgoing the free will/determinism argument, we can agree that most of our lives are ruled by randomness. You are a great example, dear...
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Really Want to Stick it to the Man? Go Forth and Be Fruitful: Politically Strategic Baby-Makin’

Turns out, if you are a liberal, having a baby is one of the best ways you can fight for your cause. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, conservatives have 41 percent more offspring than liberal...
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E.A.B. Goes Against the Tide to Protect Gaviota Coast

As many UCSB students already know, our campus takes an extremely active role in preserving our natural environment and creating ways for students to live sustainably. In order to give back to our loc...
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Should Students Have a Say in Isla Vista Politics?

Remember when the Social Host Ordinance passed? Remember how infuriated everyone was? Did you feel helpless to change anything? The thing is, we’re not helpless at all. In fact, students have so muc...
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Where to Turn When BROing and HOing Have Lost Their Appeal

Most unfortunately, in order to speak of this next topic, I will have to address something fetid and repulsive. I’m going to talk about an aspect of intercourse that is often lost, forgotten, feared...
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When Brains Go Autopilot, It’s Time to Take the Wheel

How often do you argue? All you trim-bearded philosophy majors can go ahead and wipe that superior smirk off your face, please … Yes, you took a class on logic, now stop talking to me. The truth is ...
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Sophia, Nadim, Betty, Lupe and Mac: The Democratic Choices for A.S.

On Tuesday, April 17, the members of Campus Democrats at UCSB officially endorsed Sophia Armen for Associated Students President, Nadim Houssain for External Vice President of Statewide Affairs, Betty...
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Worry About Tomorrow Tomorrow: “The Smoke Clears Down the Road”

As 4/20 revelers across Isla Vista celebrated Friday (and throughout the weekend), it was a good time to appreciate the special time and place we can enjoy here. And I’m not just talking about 4/20 ...
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Environmental Justice: Choosing Humanism Over Convenience

For most people, the term “environmental justice” is about as elusive as a BP representative when confronted with paying for the gulf oil spill disaster. However, the most basic definition is intu...
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2012 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

After bombarding the student body with cheesy signs, flyers, blue beer and a flurry of Facebook invites, A.S. Elections are finally upon us. “Budget,” “transparency” and “involvement” are ...
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Conservatives Are From Mars, Liberals Are From Venus

Earlier this month, science and politics journalist Chris Mooney came out with a new book entitled The Republican Brain, The Science of Why They Deny Science—and Reality, a book that is much more in...
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A.S. Election: High School Flashback

While volunteering at Spring Insight, I couldn’t help but notice the nomadic camp hovering over the Storke Tower bike roundabout. Assuming that the Pirate was finally commandeering the campus, I tho...
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Men’s Lacrosse Plans to ‘Light That Barn on Fire’

In 2006, the UC Santa Barbara Men’s Lacrosse team defeated the Chapman Panthers in a hard-fought overtime victory. The win added to their undefeated record versus the Orange County private universit...
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OPP, DP, B.O.S.S.: They’re All Just Arbitrary Acronyms to Me

Voting for UCSB’s annual Associated Students elections begins this Monday, and I still don’t know which party to vote for. I was going to vote for the party that put the large, obstructive signs i...
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