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Spring Quarter Advice

February 9, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Don't know whether you can weather this weather or not? Yeah, me neither, but dumb English jokes aren't going to make it better.
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Real Talk: Sex at UCSB

February 9, 2009 by Michael Takahara

Sports writers are saying that Super Bowl XLIII is the greatest ever. My emotions rose and fell like a rollercoaster while watching the record 100-yard interception by a 245-pound linebacker returned ...
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Package Will Stimulate Nothing

February 9, 2009 by Shaeffer Bannigan

It started at some $150 billion figure and then grew over the months to its current standing of something like $825 billion. It is a sum of money targeted toward various efforts to create jobs and tur...
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Aching for Some Opinion Goodness?

February 6, 2009 by Staff

The Daily Nexus has picked up a new blogger! Hop on over to www.dailynexus.com/dnb to check out political blogger Blaise Vanderhorst's first post, on how t...
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Wasting Away Again in Mad Dogaritaville

February 5, 2009 by Derek Mead

Last Thursday I was skidding down Del Playa Drive with some very BUI-deserving friends, when one hellraiser of a babe came streaking past us waving a 40 of King Cobra in the air and acting generally b...
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A Busload of Fun

February 5, 2009 by Staff

Remember how yesterday I said Michael Phelps’ weed smoking would impact the children and stuff? Turns out it happened quicker than I expected. Apparently some cops found 9,210 pounds of weed in ...
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Hippie Idealism Ignores Reality

February 5, 2009 by Staff

Chris Par’s “Try Out Green Utopia” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 2) is a prime example of the drivel that infests our campus like a stubborn mold. I will only briefly address this article for f...
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Scurry SB in a Sweet Surrey

February 5, 2009 by Jimmy Fremgen

Just imagine it: You're coasting down a hill, wind in your hair, sunset over you shoulder as you whiz down the road with five of your friends. No, it's not the pitch for a cheesy Super Bowl ad (I've s...
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Vision 2025 Apt to Give UCSB Bad Eyesight

February 5, 2009 by Elaena Stanitsas

The Ocean Road Project and the Long Range Development Plan, a.k.a. “Vision 2025,” are bad for the community, the environment and the university itself. In the article about the Ocean Road ...
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In Bed, the Bad Ones Win

February 4, 2009 by Jenni Perez

More often than I should, I’ll appease the hormonal monster rumbling inside me and watch re-runs of Sex and the City. While most of the time it’s just fun to bask in its girly triteness (P...
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American Hero

February 4, 2009 by Staff

I know this is kind of old news, but I feel it's important for you all to know. Michael Phelps, American hero and holder of a million Olympic golds, has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. ...
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Senior Looks Downtown For Restored Dignity

February 4, 2009 by Kevin Wilkins

I woke up in my own bed once in a span of four days. I wish I could tell you I was out raising my likelihood of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, but in all honesty I wasn’t. Where was ...
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In Gaza, Defining Collateral Damage

February 4, 2009 by Saleh Abdulla

The concept of collateral damage is morally unacceptable. Such a vague term serves only one purpose — to diminish the perception of a tragedy involving real people. By disavowing the human...
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Lack of Student Jobs Shrinks Safety Net

February 4, 2009 by Jesse Reynolds

Santa Barbara is an expensive town with a high cost of living that everyone is familiar with. So for those us who support ourselves, it requires a lot of work to stay afloat. Luckily, we have the tour...
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Good Samaritans Make Isla Vista Special Place

February 4, 2009 by Arash Safari

Last Thursday I took a break from studying to go grab lunch. The place I wanted to eat charged fifty cents for credit card purchases under $10, and being as cheap as I am, I went to the nearby ATM to ...
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