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Associated Students Keeps It Local

April 7, 2011 by

As students we not only love enjoying our beautiful beaches, but we also have the right and privilege to enjoy them. This privilege has again been stripped from us as a result of Floatopia 2009.
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Recreation Center Affiliates Express Appreciation for Clarification

April 7, 2011 by

Daily Nexus Editor: Thank you for the article “Renovations Up in Air on Spring Ballot” in yesterday’s Nexus.
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Disciplined Religious Chastity Captivates the Promiscuous

April 6, 2011 by

The life of an exchange student is a constant influx of new experiences, knowledge, food, ideas and people — basically whatever you can put into your mouth, grab by the hand or both.
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No Floatation Without Representation

April 5, 2011 by

Each year the discussion about Floatopia reminds me of the ironic paradox that is Isla Vista: a majority of left-leaning students living under the semi-despotic rule of the I.V. Foot Patrol and Santa ...
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Civic Organization Gets Floatopia Off the Ground and Out to Sea

April 5, 2011 by

I would like to say I know how to throw parties and get crazy. After all, I am part of the party that brought booze back by repealing Prohibition in 1933.
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Do What Ye Will, An Ye Harm None But Haters

April 4, 2011 by

Why do you do what you do? How do you do it so well? I’ll venture to say it’s because you’re addicted to a certain feeling. We all are.
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Inflammatory Hyperbole

April 4, 2011 by

I write to protest the advertisements for Monday’s workers’ rally. While I am sympathetic to their cause, equating a U.S. state governor to Adolf Hitler is a ridiculous hyperbole.
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Major, Unpleasant Consequences Ensue From Minor, Unaddressed Citations

March 31, 2011 by

Welcome back from Spring Break! I’m sure you had a great week of living the wild life and have some fond memories to look back on. That’s what Spring Break is all about.
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Sex Columnist Kisses a Girl and Likes It: The Beauty of Exploration

March 30, 2011 by

Doctor, here are my symptoms: I am confused, I’m questioning my identity and ability to reason and my genitals are swelling up like an ocean wave at the sight of a hot chick.
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Multilateralism Jusitifies Intervention

March 29, 2011 by

In 1969 an unelected dictator rose to power through a military coup to lead an Arab country in North Africa.
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Prudence Dictates Caution, Restraint

March 29, 2011 by

The military intervention in Libya has led to a number of issues which greatly worry the conservative contingent.
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Drug Dealing Produces Pure Entrepreneurs

March 28, 2011 by

Let’s talk business. I have met too many people who “study” business but have no real skill in it.
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Secretary of Labor Defends Healthcare Reform Provisions

March 28, 2011 by

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 , and

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

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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