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Renewing a Culture of Chivalry Recaptures Lost Romance

I hope all of you humpers had a very happy Easter and if you were giving up sex for Lent, I wish you a warm welcome back to the game. Where I live in Spain, this past Saturday was El Día de Sant Jord...
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Bag Ban Would Break Corporate Inertia and Beach Pollution

Over the past three years, the nonprofits Save the Mermaids, Surfrider, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and LoaTree have been working to bring the issue of single-use plastic bags in large retail stores b...
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Ancient Stoner Warriors Shame Modern Social Straight Edges

There is a village in China that knows the secret to long life: wine and cannabis. Ancient civilizations across the planet knew the various incredible aspects of the cannabis plant and the value of a ...
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Human Logic Incapable of Disproving the Existence of God

The “Ask an Atheist” column in last Friday’s edition of the Nexus featured Connor Oakes, Tyler Santander and Cameron Moody, who put forth a variety of arguments positing that suffering in the wo...
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Acknowledging Spiritual Hierarchy Irrelevant to an Individual’s Value

This week’s question: Without religious faith of any kind, how can you say you’re as good a person as someone who truly believes in something greater than themselves?
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Construction Amidst Budget Cuts Constitutes Hypocrisy

Outside Davidson Library, the wind picks up dirt from one of the nearby construction sites and flings it in the eyes of a handful of students who are attempting to unlock their bicycles and get home b...
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Proposed Student Fees Balance Neglected University Budgets

In a time of budget cuts and fee hikes, it’s more important now than ever to know what you are voting on this week in the Campus Election. Departments have invested a lot of time and money into maki...
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Stereotypes of Sexual Abstinence Harm Healthy Sexuality

My name is SF and I am celibate. It has been a ridiculously long time since my last penetration, and I am here to defend my choice of abstinence. I would first like to clarify that I am in no way clai...
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Left Said: Taxation Exercises Tactfulness

The U.S. Federal Government is not a family household. The U.S. Federal Government should not “tighten its belt” during a recession. This is because, unlike the average family household, the Feder...
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Nexus Reaffirmation Protects Newspaper Content

This spring, all of the Nexus’ student-approved lock-in money is up for reaffirmation — no increase, just the same wonderful three bucks and change that keeps us going today. We ask that this Apri...
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Hemp to Potentially Replace Reliance on Fossil Fuels

Humanity stands at a crossroads. For nearly two centuries, human civilization has seen its every facet transformed by the machinery of industrial development. During this period of rapid expansion, w...
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Existence of Evil Contradicts Ominipotence of God

This week’s question: “The existence of suffering is often pointed to as a argument against the presence of a loving god, but how can one have a world in which humans are free without some of thos...
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Casual Sex in Isla Vista Visits Lovers With Loneliness

Sex is crazy. I know. That statement is about as obvious as a polar bear. But hang on. What I’m about to say might not be. I think about sex a lot. I think about it when I wake up. I think about it ...
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Facts, Not Faith

Dear Editor Begakis, While it is true that students should stop being apathetic about troubling issues they have the ability to change — but seem to think they cannot change — there is a problem w...
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Apathy and Cynicism Crumble in the Throes of Truth

There is a consensus among students at UCSB that our university suffers from a spirit of apathy.
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