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Maybe Studying, Definitely Abroad

March 29, 2010 by Drea Tran

I should probably start this entry off by introducing myself. Hi, UCSB, I'm Drea. I'm a third-year history major studying abroad in Lyon, France. I've been here since August and let's just say that it...
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Igor Cleans Up His Act

March 29, 2010 by Igor Hiller

As a very successful energy executive, Uncle Dave had built himself a staggeringly large and beautiful house, complete with a wine cellar, a theater and even a dojo in which the fourth-degree black be...
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Isla Vista Sobering Site Would Benefit Students and Entire Community

March 29, 2010 by Jim Nalls

A Sobering Center for Isla Vista is a great idea. In the early '90s, SBPD Officer Mike Aspland and I developed and implemented the Santa Barbara Sobering Center. I know from experience what it takes t...
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Goodbye for Now

March 8, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

Alas, the final weather of the quarter.
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Turds and Tulips

March 8, 2010 by Staff

Thunderdome-rocking, opponent-crushing tulips to UCSB’s men’s basketball team for getting the top seed in the Big West. Gooooooooo Gauchos! Cheap, delicious tulips to Chino’s Rock &#...
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Snag a Sweet Study Room With Igor’s Great Advice

March 8, 2010 by Igor Hiller

Winter Quarter: A Haiku Winter quarter sucked I am always dripping wet That is what she said Send your questions to advice@DearIgor.com Dear Igor, When I study, I need it to be absolutely quiet, which...
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Wanna Sleep With Megan Fox?

March 5, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

Megan Fox is a tease... or at least she thinks she is. She recently said in an interview that she's only had sex with two guys in her whole life
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Blame UC, Not State, For EAP Funding Cut

March 5, 2010 by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

I would like to point out the error in your article, "State Cuts EAP Funds," in Thursday's Daily Nexus. It is not the state, but the Office of the President in Oakland that cuts EAP funds. It is somew...
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‘Human’s Comments Offend Queer Student

March 5, 2010 by Amy Harper

Especially in light of the recent events and occurrences of racism and homophobia at our fellow UC campuses, I was very disappointed and troubled to find that the Weatherhuman felt it necessary to inc...
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Editorial Misses the Mark on SD Scandal

March 5, 2010 by Max Massenkoff

Your ambivalent response to such a controversial incident, coming from the helm of our campus' very own "vital forum," is disconcerting.
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Vagina Talk: Loud and Proud

March 5, 2010 by Erin Allmann

When Eve Ensler was writing her award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues," she interviewed over 200 women from diverse backgrounds. These interviews began with two simple questions: "If your vagina g...
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Hordes Not to Blame for All Isla Vista’s Woes

March 4, 2010 by Mark Signa

So I have this article I’m supposed to be writing, but instead, I was sitting on my butt playing a little Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. As much as I was trying to justify this as “research...
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Shake, Shake, Shake

March 4, 2010 by The Weatherhuman

So this Chile earthquake is really shaking things up for everyone. No pun intended, of course.
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Vagina Monologues Educate Men and Women Alike

March 4, 2010 by Sarah Watkins

A quarter of the women who attend UCSB will be sexually assaulted. For many of those women, that sexual assault will be the reason they leave school. The impact of sexual assault on university campuse...
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UC San Diego Situation Requires Public Forum

March 3, 2010 by Nexus Staff

Lost in the shuffle of this impassioned debate is an important issue that should concern all Americans: freedom of speech. After Kris Gregorian, the editor in chief of a UCSD humor paper, called prote...
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