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No Friday Paper?

January 12, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

So, I bet a lot of you were wondering on Friday, "Where the hell is the Nexus? How can I get through another painful day of class and/or work without that beautiful amalgamation of important news and ...
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Emergen-C PINK Tour Misleads Female Students

January 12, 2009 by Elizabeth Downing

Last fall, a sorority on campus sponsored an organization called the Emergen-C PINK Tour (Breast Health and Wellness Team) and this team/trailer was set up in front of the library for the day. I stopp...
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Israel’s Efforts in Gaza Could Lead to Peace

January 12, 2009 by Maya Liss

Israel’s resort to military means in Gaza should come as no surprise. Israel has been bombarded by thousands of rockets for the past eight years, especially since their unilateral disengagement ...
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Counting Down the Gaza Crisis

January 9, 2009 by Ari Soloman

The blaring alarm sounds! You have only 15 seconds to find cover. 14… How far are you from a bomb shelter? Will you be safe here if a rocket falls next to you? 13… This is the sad reality ...
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Chalk Up This: Campus Censorship

January 9, 2009 by Alyssa Anderson

UCSB is a “Free Speech Zone.” Technically. Or is censorship being practiced, especially in regard to the recent chalking around campus? All right, so perhaps writing political statements i...
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Fourthmeal?

January 8, 2009 by Staff

We're only a week into 2009, and I've already gotten my first angry Facebook wall post, from none other than A.S. President J.P. Primeau. Turns out A.S. made a profit from advertisements on those obno...
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Black and White and Dead All Over

January 8, 2009 by Staff

So, we're kind of out of money. The headline and accompanying art might be a little dramatic, but with an awful economy, rising cost of newsprint and ink and declining revenue from advertisements, we'...
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Israel Must Protect Itself

January 8, 2009 by Alan Levine

The current Israel-Hamas conflict took form in 2001, when Hamas began to fire rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, not at military targets, but at random. They would often hit open fields, but as t...
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Escape the Isla Vista Bubble

January 8, 2009 by Jimmy Fremgen

I'm just back from Scotland and settling into my old routine. I moved about six feet to the apartment next door, applied for my old job and last, but certainly not least, returned to this little oppor...
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Voluptuous Virtual Voyages

January 7, 2009 by Jenni Perez

I got laid this Winter Break. Trust me, this was to everyone’s advantage; all play and no lay makes Jenni a raging psycho. Last year, I stormed my hometown with a permanent stink-eye, obsessivel...
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I Can Has Student Fees?

January 7, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Am I the only one who picked up a free notebook from A.S. today? By free, I of course mean something I unknowingly paid for months ago via my student fees.
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I’d Like to Get to Know You in a Meteorological Kind of Way

January 6, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

I'm so nervous. I have my first section today.
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Wacko Tobacco

January 6, 2009 by Alex Coffman

I’ve recently discovered one of the most wonderful, fun, uplifting, abused drugs around. No, it’s not cocaine. It’s not speed. It’s tobacco! This “recreational” dru...
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Self-Proclaimed Bromaster Gives Best Advice

January 6, 2009 by Keyvan S.

How many of you are trying to get laid every weekend? How many of you are trying to get laid every weekend, but failing miserably? And how many of you have an STD because you’re getting laid way...
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Pappas Won’t Back Down

January 5, 2009 by Staff

Steve Pappas has been busy. While you were sipping hot chocolate by the fire on your much-deserved break, Steve Pappas was meticulously recounting Isla Vista votes. While you were watching Ryan Seacr...
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