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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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I Want a Recount!

April 27, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

You all failed me. All I asked was that you band together just a little bit to elect the Weatherhuman as A.S. president, and you let me down. Thanks guys. To make it worse, A.S. didn’t even incl...
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Calling Women “Hoes” Is Demeaning, Appalling

April 27, 2009 by Lydia Tonozzi

After reading Jesse Byrd's column ("I Got Hoes," Daily Nexus, April 23), I nearly vomited my Pita Pit, not just because of the phrase "summa cum Ho-de," but because of the sheer demoralization of wome...
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A.S. Elections Are Only What You Make of Them

April 27, 2009 by Dan Goldbeck

As a student of politics, I am somehow interested in processes as mundane, hapless and quasi-important as A.S. elections. The recent election saw the Open People's Party take a hold of A.S. with propo...
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The Case Against Legalizing Marijuana

April 27, 2009 by Shaeffer Bannigan

Many people blame the government for the war on drugs because the government refuses to legalize the drug. But the war on drugs isn't as shortsighted as proponents of legalization would like to think....
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University-Owned Hell

April 24, 2009 by Arabella Alameda

It's Friday night, and I ask myself, what is the average college sophomore at UCSB doing? Drinking in Isla Vista, obviously. What am I doing? Drinking of course, but not in I.V. I am drinking just out...
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Blogs? What?

April 24, 2009 by Staff

When’s the last time you checked out the Daily Nexus blogs? Well, mosey on over there to find out what’s new! Here’s a hint: there’s something about s-e-x. Scandalous.
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Floatopia Craze Threatens I.V.’s Party Culture

April 23, 2009 by Derek Mead

Wandering through the crowds at the last Floatopia, bro-bumping everyone in sight and pounding cut-rate malt liquor with a mob of friends, I was having an unfathomably good time. Suddenly coming into ...
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Self-Reflection

April 23, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Facebook recently told me that “Two of my friends are fans of God.” Sweet. Really glad I now know that. That’s so useful, I think I just might tweet about it. Or better yet, I’...
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