Opinion
In analyzing propaganda techniques, the Office of Strategic Services once remarked, "People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner o...
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Oh, Tuesdays. Is it that time already? Are we really only barely past Monday slump and not even to the Wednesday hump?
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President Obama has had, at best, mixed success in his first year in office. There were several accomplishments of note in his freshman year, including the passage of legislation expanding health care...
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Everyone knows the University of California is facing a major budget crisis. What people may not know, however, are the specific ways these issues are affecting UCSB. The Nexus asked faculty, staff an...
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The budget cuts have hurt the History Dept. at every level. The furlough has meant a significant salary reduction for both staff and faculty, which has especially been hard on those families strugglin...
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One of the intangibles that the current budget cuts threaten to destroy is the sense of community and common mission that has helped to make UCSB a great center of teaching and research.
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I am all for the UC accommodating as many new students as is reasonable in 2010-11. However, I urge caution to the UC Regents, Office of the President (OP) and campus administrators as they prepare to...
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UC budget cuts are putting Education Abroad Programs in serious jeopardy.
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The German philosopher Franz Rosenzweig once said, "as many languages someone speaks, as many times he/she is a human being." The cuts to the foreign language and literature programs have been brutal ...
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While students are being asked to accept a 32 percent increase in fees, they are also being told that they have to tolerate a lowering of educational quality. Currently, classes are getting bigger, co...
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For any professor who cares about students, the budget cuts create an overwhelming sense of frustration. The scramble for seats at the beginning of each term, made much worse by the reduction in the n...
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Like all of the departments at UCSB, Career Services has had its budget cut with the recession: 15 percent last year, an estimated 20 percent this year, and an anticipated 15 percent next year. That's...
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On Wednesday, the Associated Students Legislative Council held a closed meeting for part of their regular session, forcing members of the public to leave the meeting room. The council offered no expla...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
