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Secretary of Labor Defends Healthcare Reform Provisions

March 28, 2011 by Hilda L. Solis

President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act a year ago this week. The law enacts significant health insurance reforms that will take effect over the next several years.
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Nonbelievers Find Fulfillment and Beauty In a World Without Purpose

March 4, 2011 by David Urzua, Connor Oakes and Cameron Moody

This week’s question: “Doesn’t atheism lead to a belief that nothing has any meaning?”
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Impoverished, Veteran Debauch Warns Against Excessive Sobriety

March 4, 2011 by Chris Benham

A drug commercial for your consideration: The screen is black. A heart monitor rhythmically beeps in the background. The screen slowly blinks twice. It reveals two, faintly blurry masked doctors stand...
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Conservative Columnist Undermines Palestinian Pursuit of Justice

March 4, 2011 by Opinion Editor

Ben Parish worries me. I will start with one thing from his March 1 article that I absolutely agreed with: its title.
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Tunisian Coup Institutes First of Secular Islamists

March 3, 2011 by Nancy Gallagher

It is hard to believe only last month, on Jan. 14, the regime of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted by a people’s uprising...
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Seconds of Crime, Hours of Time

March 3, 2011 by Mark Signa

If there is one phrase that should be banned from the English language, it’s “I’ll be just a second.” Seriously, what redeeming value does that phrase possess?
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Citizens Resist Oppression, Make Positive Change

March 3, 2011 by Walid Afifi

I am a father, husband, son, brother, friend and professor. I am American. But I am also a Palestinian, a Lebanese and a Muslim.
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Nexus Fee Invests In Student Voice

March 3, 2011 by Daily Nexus Staff

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.
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Traveling Gaucho Witnesses Reality of Middle East Conflicts

March 2, 2011 by Daniel Aaronson

After studying abroad for six months in the heart of “the holy land,” Jerusalem, I would like to share some insight into the real situation on the ground in Israel.
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Cheaters Never Prosper, Especially in the Bedroom

March 2, 2011 by S.F.

In school we are taught that cheating is an extremely severe offense punishable with failure and in some cases expulsion, but how many of you sneaky bastards have gotten away with a little dishonesty ...
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Portrayal of Violence in Middle East Impedes Political Attempts at Peace

March 1, 2011 by David Kornahrens

With every passing day, the Arab unrest and political revolution confirms that a sea-change is going on in the Middle East.
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Biased Media Representation Draws Incomplete Picture of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

March 1, 2011 by Benjamin Parish

First, I would like to thank the American Students for Israel and the UCSB College Republicans for bringing Sgt. Benjamin Anthony on campus to discuss his service in the Israeli Defense Forces and U.S...
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Can Psychedelic Drugs Substitute for Oprah’s Book Club?

February 28, 2011 by Kevin W. McCarty

Life is but a dream. This phrase we hear sung in a nursery rhyme as children has more meaning than I suspect the average six-year-old is able to comprehend.
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The Face of Revolution in the Age of Social Media

February 28, 2011 by Nadia Ismail

Protesters have spun a new Arab world in the past month, causing a wave of unrest and revolt that has spread like wildfire from territory to territory.
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Call to Action: Let’s Win Back Our Floatopia From Santa Barbara County

February 28, 2011 by Bobby Henry

Hey, what a surprise, another Santa Barbara tradition is going down the toilet: Floatopia. We lost Halloween to the cops and out-of-towners; it seems terrifying to even try to leave your house that we...
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