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Constitutional Liberties Insufficient for Promoting the General Welfare

Where did our bipartisan relationship go wrong, my conservative valentine? Back in the good old days, your liberal northeastern Republicans interested me and you could always get along with my conserv...
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Indecent Weather Prompts Apology from Nexus EIC

After reading the Weather we printed on Jan. 31, I wasn’t shocked by the content of responses we received.
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Harmful Bath Salts Become New, Legal Substitute to Same, Old Weed

Two months ago, the DEA ruled a 12-month emergency ban on synthetic cannabis chemicals being sold legally in convenience stores nationwide under the moniker, “Spice.”
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Would You Rather Eat Your Best Friend or Man’s Best Friend?

This week’s question: “If you do not believe in the eternal human soul, why do you think it is okay to eat animals but not humans?”
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Underrepresented Secular Ideology Finds Outlet in Column

According to a recent U.S. survey, on average atheists and agnostics are more knowledgeable about religions than religious people themselves.
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In Defense of the Degeneracy, Revisionist Civil War Narrative Comes to Life

April 10, 1861: It appears war has come to our gay and God-fearing lands.
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Irvine Protesters Disturb the Peace

This Wednesday, an article titled “Protesters Face Charges” was published under the University News section of the Daily Nexus.
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Base Article Breaks Forbidden Bounds

I understand that college is an institution where our minds need to be open, but the sex column published last week does not fit that category and adds no moral value to the university’s public disc...
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Hump Vulgarity Degrades Sexuality

Because of big cultural shifts in sexual attitudes, I’m guessing you don’t get many responses to your graphic sex column on Wednesdays. But cultural trends don’t necessarily correspond with care...
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Bodily Nether Regions Need Not Be Neglected in Sexual Exploration

What if I told you there was still an undiscovered foreign land just waiting for the next Columbus to conquer it? Well get ready all you Magellans, because it’s time to go all Lewis and Clark on …...
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Survey Studies Student Suffering

You’ve heard it before, but I’ll say it again: With budget cuts and student fee increases, we are paying more but receiving less for our education.
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Nexus Reader Calls for Bolder Journalism and Broader Opinions

The Daily Nexus’ weekly “Ask an Atheist” column is, in my opinion, a straightforward attack on primarily the Christian faith, but no religion is safe from this article.
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Health Care Act Threatens Individual Liberties At Steep Price

President Obama and Congressional Democrats have had some disappointing court rulings in regards to their cornerstone Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
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Individual Mandate Ensures Responsibility of American Citizens

What do Richard Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama all have in common? All of these men supported the extension of health care to more Americans through what is called an ...
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Chris Creates Titillating New Column: ‘Ask a Pagan’

I have recently noticed, with increasing unease, the growing presence of religiously oriented content in the public sphere here at UCSB and Isla Vista.
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