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Republicans Must Stick to Core Values

July 15, 2009 by Steven Begakis and Admin

With the election of Barack Obama, American pundits are once again prattling over the fate of a weakened GOP.
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Natural Selection

June 23, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

So how bout them skateboard paths, eh? Pretty neat. Also, they’re just in time for the summer newbie rush. That means unsuspecting young’ns and their equally oblivious (and less mobile) pa...
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Berlin Homeless Inspire American-Style Altruism

June 23, 2009 by David Lee

As a student studying in Berlin for the year, I'm fighting that tired stereotype Europeans hold of the United States of America: that Americans are heartless and lack compassion.
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Dubious Election Divides Iranian People

June 23, 2009 by Blaise Vanderhorst

There's an old saying that goes, "May you live in interesting times." It's more of a threat (or curse) than a blessing, and sadly, it has come true for our generation.
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Gotta Go, Isla Vista…Can I Borrow Your Shirt?

June 4, 2009 by Jenni Perez

Oh, Isla Vista... you devil, you. You always blow my mind. Need a light, baby? Another pillow? Before you turn over and snore, you sex beast of a town, there's something I want to tell you.
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The End of a Reign

June 4, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

So this is it: the last weather of the year. I have so much to say, and so little space, so I guess I won't say much of anything.
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The Last Escape From I.V.

June 4, 2009 by Jimmy Fremgen

It's that time. I've been able to put it off for almost a week now, but along with Jenni, I am finally facing my very last piece of journalism in the Daily Nexus. Actually it's my last piece of journa...
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Academic Freedom Forum Failed to Address Issues

June 4, 2009 by Walter Kohn

It was not a good day for academic freedom or academic rights at UCSB. Fortunately, such days are very rare. Let us commit ourselves to keeping them that way.
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Turds and Tulips

June 4, 2009 by Staff

Turds: Rash, unjust turds to the supervisors for banning alcohol on I.V. beach. Floatopia was unexpectedly large this year, but we’re still adults and hitting us with punitive measures like this...
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Enough With the Rankings

June 1, 2009 by Adam Wenger

U.S. News and Forbes put out their own "best universities" lists each year. But what the hell do they know about a good school? And should colleges really be given numbers in the first place?
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Dead Week?

June 1, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Calling week 10 "Dead Week" is the second-most misleading thing I've been told since coming to UCSB.
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A Word to All Potential Subleasers

May 29, 2009 by Christina Lozonski

Warning: The events of this true story are so horrific, heinous and sadistic that the real identities have been concealed to protect the sad, sad victims in this malicious act of subleasing. Read at y...
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Public Forum Gets It Right

May 29, 2009 by Staff

In Mr. Melnick's piece ("Forum Mocks Free Speech By Ignoring Opposing Views," Daily Nexus, May 26), he asserts that this forum is "a two-hour polemical rant in support of William Robinson." I fail to ...
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The Mush Pot

May 28, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

What do you think of Duck, Duck, Goose as a drinking game? It seems like the probability of spilling would be pretty high… and the rules of when to drink don’t exactly seem very clear-cut&...
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Doctor Derek Writes His Final Words

May 28, 2009 by Derek Mead

It's three in the morning, I'm blaquephaded off moonshine and I'm posted up in the middle of the Costa Rican rainforest. In times like this, I start to wonder how I'm going to survive the night withou...
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