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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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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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