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Floatopia Must Go On

May 1, 2009 by Russell Pyne

With the exception of the Big Bang and the birth of our lord and savior Jesus Christ, Floatopia is the greatest event of all time. This event is the embodiment of the Isla Vista collective conscious, ...
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Maybe Legalization Wouldn’t Be So Bad…

May 1, 2009 by Staff

Like most arguments against the legalization of cannabis, Shaeffer Bannigan's was erroneous and deluded ("The Case Against Legalizing Marijuana," Daily Nexus, April 27). First things first, I have som...
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The Weatherhuman Becomes a Fashion Advice Columnist

April 30, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Point of fact: glasses don’t make you look smart. Well, not if you’re sitting in lecture in board shorts and a tank top, texting away to your brosephs about what a crazy night you had last...
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Landlords, Leases and Life in I.V.

April 30, 2009 by Adam Wenger

With each passing year, they come earlier. As every year rolls by, so too does the knocking. You don’t want to get up and answer the door. So you shout “come in!” to the faceless str...
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Trickle on Down

April 30, 2009 by Jimmy Fremgen

This week’s escape involved a wee bit of a story that centers around a mystical man. Our protagonist rises from relative Midwestern obscurity to become a mediocre sportscaster, an actor and then...
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Isla Vista: Pay Your Party Dues

April 30, 2009 by Jon Eggart

As a UCSB alumnus, I keep up to date with the Isla Vista news by reading the Nexus online. It’s awesome to see that the rafting craze that hit Del Playa Drive during my senior year in 2005 has t...
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It’s for Your Own Good

April 29, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Have you heard about this whole emergency provision to ban drinking on the beach, just because it got out of hand once? It's frightening business, but at least it makes sense.
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Got the Clap?

April 29, 2009 by Jenni Perez

Imagine contracting an STD. Imagine having to inform your recent sexual partners that they, too, might have an STD. If you are not the type to ever tell your recent partners, imagine you’re not ...
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Nexus Only Spews Sexism and Hate

April 29, 2009 by Janelle Mungo

Over the last couple days, I have received a large amount of texts, calls and messages asking me what I thought about Thursday’s edition of the Nexus. Of course I knew they were all referring to...
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A.S. Election Losers Are All Sour Grapes

April 29, 2009 by Becca Huebsch

Between literature-holding candidates in the Arbor, huge signs on the bike path, and seemingly endless Facebook invitations, the campus could not be any more fed up with Associated Students elections....
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No Vitriol Wanted Here

April 28, 2009 by Ross Nolan

The other day on my way home I happened to run into the “No on Hate” rally working its way through campus and out into I.V. A few hundred students marched and shouted slogans all about how...
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liek omg guys!

April 28, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

OMG guys, the day's finally here. Death Cab is coming!!! I'm soooo excited.
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Take a Puff and Stop Hating on Weed

April 28, 2009 by Ross Miletich

Mr. Sforza’s column (“A Joint Rolled Is a Body Buried,” Daily Nexus, April 22) is a fundamentally flawed, though well intended, article. Mr. Sforza obviously cares about the sufferin...
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Take a Puff and Stop Hating on Weed

April 28, 2009 by Michael Novak

David Sforza needs to roll a j and sit this one out because he did a poor job of describing his fellow Santa Barbarians (“A Joint Rolled Is a Body Buried,” Daily Nexus, April 22). I unders...
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Get Informed on Floatopia at Tonight’s Meeting

April 27, 2009 by Rod Tucknott

Friends & Colleagues, Vice Chancellor Michael Young's letter regarding Floatopia suggested (among many things) to "get on Facebook and ask people not to come." For those who have not directly seen th...
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