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Chalk Slogans Create Straw Man

May 3, 2011 by

I call attention to the various chalk protests we see on our campus walkways. Some decry an unjust imbalance between defense spending and spending on education. These chalk slogans are classic example...
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Prevention Replaces Justice as Priority One

May 3, 2011 by

Osama bin Laden is dead, shot in the head during a courageous military operation in Pakistan led by U.S. Naval Special Operations Forces. The news was applauded at home by raucous Americans outside th...
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Destroying Murderous Ideology More Important Than Killing Leader

May 3, 2011 by

News of the death of al-Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden hit me unexpectedly with the same surreal feeling as the tragic events of 9/11. More than 10 years since the initial attack on the twin towers,...
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I.V. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Beach

May 2, 2011 by

My time as editor in chief just ended last week, and as I transition out into the squeeze of graduation and life beyond, I want to take the chance to reflect and wrap-up, perhaps offer some nuglets, p...
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Passive Aggression On Facebook Stagnates A.S.

April 28, 2011 by

Tucked away in the corner of the Associated Students Main Office is the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA). If you don’t know where that is, I won’t hold it against you. Being a caseworker in th...
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Negligent Government Spending Prohibits Prosperity

April 28, 2011 by

Recently Standard & Poor’s issued a warning that the U.S. debt rating could be downgraded due to excessive spending, debt and deficits. The investment community is questioning our government’s...
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Student Food Collective To Serve Isla Vista Affordable Food

April 28, 2011 by

UCSB students have long yearned for a smarter and more sensible way to eat, but getting healthy and delicious food at affordable prices seems like a pipe dream. What we need is a way to “go green”...
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Internet Age Protects Citizens, Holds Police to Higher Standard

April 28, 2011 by

Who doesn’t want to be a star? Sure we politely pooh-pooh the idea and modestly deny any desire to have a camera on us, but turn on that spotlight and next thing you know, we’re acting more dramat...
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Renewing a Culture of Chivalry Recaptures Lost Romance

April 27, 2011 by

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

April 25, 2011 by

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

April 25, 2011 by

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

April 22, 2011 by

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

April 22, 2011 by

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

April 20, 2011 by

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

April 20, 2011 by

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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