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Turning Down Busta for Buduburam

September 24, 2009 by

On Friday, I was invited to attend a Busta Rhymes concert in Accra the next night by the hiplife group whose music video I was in (which is a long story for another blog post).
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The Oppression Begins

September 17, 2009 by

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is your last official week before the oppression begins yet again.
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California Budget Mess a Failure of Both Parties

September 17, 2009 by

The captain just announced that turbulence is expected ahead.
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California Budget Mess a Failure of Both Parties

September 17, 2009 by

"You're a Republican?!" gasped a fellow classmate as she heard my mutterings during a professor's lecture.
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Dear Igor

September 17, 2009 by

Oh, man. I'm so excited. I can hear you asking, "Why, Igor? What's with all this excitement?" It's because this article marks a whole new year of hard-hitting advice columns that will blow you so hard...
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The Reason

August 26, 2009 by

So you're coming to UCSB, hmm? I bet it's because we have one of the best Religious Studies programs in the country. Maybe it's because our library has 2.7 million volumes.
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Question Authority, Within Reason

August 26, 2009 by

Hello, and welcome to UCSB! As you start your college experience at UCSB, I am sure you're in for a great time. I'm sure you have heard that UCSB and Isla Vista are like no other places on earth. With...
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Forbidden Freshmen Fun, Think Outside the Dorm Room

August 26, 2009 by

The time is here again for the dorms to fill up with new students and for the gaggle of coeds to come flocking back to I.V.
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Follow This Advice or Die, No Joke!

August 26, 2009 by

Hi, my name's Igor, and I'm the Daily Nexus advice and humor columnist. This will not be a humorous column.
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“Drinkability” We Can Believe In

August 4, 2009 by

All this talk about whether Sgt. James Crowley is racist or whether he "acted stupidly" in incarcerating Harvard professor Henry Gates is distracting from an issue that really matters: beer preference...
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I’m Going to Vegas, Baby!

August 4, 2009 by

I'm afraid that once your friends turn 21, the only thing Facebook is really used for is to tell your friends that you went to/are going to Las Vegas.
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Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

August 4, 2009 by

The untimely death of legendary infomercial pitchman Billy Mays has underlined the disillusionment of the American consumer; without Billy to tell us what to buy, the choice between spending on useles...
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Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

August 4, 2009 by

Government-run health care is the most cold-hearted, iron-fisted and authoritarian form of health service in existence, and the depth of deception intended to hide that fact is on display throughout t...
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GOP Needs Creative Rebranding to Survive

July 15, 2009 by and

Democratic politician Adlai Stevenson once characterized the GOP as a group that "has to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century."
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Sweet, Slightly Expired, Revenge

July 15, 2009 by

Fed up with your roommate? Seeking sweet, subtle revenge? Well before you dust off that can of rat poison, I offer you a more clever, albeit less legitimate suggestion: Offer to do their grocery shopp...
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