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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

May 28, 2009 by Jimmy Fremgen

It's that time of the year again. School is wrapping up, Kobe and LeBron are each battling it out and heading toward the end of their journey and every Canadian's favorite pastime is winding down. (No...
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The Future of Sex

May 27, 2009 by Jenni Perez

Come June 14, I will be part of the 25 percent of the student body awarded a framed piece of paper and firm handshake that translate to, "Get the fuck out." As this day approaches, I'm becoming incre...
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My Reflection

May 27, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

You know when there's a glass door, and right as you come up to it you get a look at your own reflection? Then you're like, "Damn, that is one good-looking reflection." Yeah, you know what I mean. Don...
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Fight the Power, Ignore the Police

May 27, 2009 by Jonathan Nightingale

A couple of weeks ago, the Nexus published a column I wrote that offered the advice of "doing drugs instead of drinking." ("Do Drugs Instead of Drinking," Daily Nexus, May 12.) It was supposed to be a...
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Go Green With Environmental Studies Degree

May 27, 2009 by Ryan Sweeney

If you're a first- or second-year and still don't know what to major in, try environmental studies. At least sit in on some talks by the pioneers in the field that the university has brought in. If yo...
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goddamnit.

May 27, 2009 by Staff

goddamnit.
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Dear Graduates: Quit Your Bitchin’

May 26, 2009 by Micael Kemp and Don Lubach

Career Services manages GauchoLink, UCSB's job-listing service for students. We have averaged one incoming job or internship every hour over the past few weeks. We would expect to see dozens, or even ...
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Real World Dodging

May 26, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Holy shit, seniors, graduation’s coming up! What are you going to do with your lives once you leave this bubble and enter the real world? I mean, with the economy in the awesome state it’s...
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Student Questions Role of So-Called

May 26, 2009 by Jordan Falk

In the article "Officials Investigate Questionable E-mail," (Daily Nexus, March 21) Ms. Pena-Leon was quoted as saying that the university is investigating Professor Robinson due to the "Israeli lobby...
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ADL Lacks Moral High Ground in Robinson Case

May 26, 2009 by Staff

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) lacks the moral standing to march onto the UCSB campus and lecture Professor Robinson or anyone else.
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Forum Mocks Free Speech by Ignoring Opposing Views

May 26, 2009 by Peter Melnick

Last Thursday a coalition of UCSB grad students and undergraduates held an event at Embarcadero Hall that they promoted as a forum on academic freedom. Led by four university professors, the "forum" ...
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Fixies Are for Douchebags

May 21, 2009 by Patrick Sullivan

So beware fixed-gear fairies, because if I ever catch up to one of you guys riding by at mach-3 like you're Lance Armstrong, I will not hesitate to test your backwards pedaling skills as I careen all ...
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Students Obsess Over Drugs, Alcohol

May 21, 2009 by Melanie Dyer

In the last few weeks I find that I can't look at the Opinion page without reading some tripe about drugs or drinking. We even have columnists on these subjects.
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Nexus Headline Spurs Response

May 21, 2009 by Opinion Editor

No one cares about the struggle of American Indians. Your life today is way better than it would've been if Europeans hadn't come and ruined the lives of those original Native Americans.
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Skater Boy

May 21, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Is it just me, or do most girls riding skateboards look like a) they’re trying to achieve liftoff, or b) they would be more at home on a Razor scooter? Most of them aren’t going more than ...
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