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Scandalous Brazilian Nights

November 5, 2008 by Ehrin Davis

When the Samba and hip hop the DJ was mixing together cut out, I managed to retract my face away from the eager girl I had seen eyeing me earlier to discover that the crowd that enveloped us earlier h...
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Winter Health Depends on Flu Shots

November 5, 2008 by Michael Takahara

"At Student Health, we have seen well over double the number of flu cases last year [Winter 2008] as compared to the same time periods in the past five winters," Dr. Elizabeth Downing, director of UCS...
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Acid Accentuates Your Mind

November 4, 2008 by Alex Coffman

"If you take acid, you can see God." What is this strange, magical, wondrous substance? It is the catalyst for the summer of love. One of the most potent drugs known to mankind. Greatly misunderstood...
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I Want A Recount!

November 4, 2008 by Staff

Election Day is at hand! Finally, we’ll have an end to the inane political discussion that has gone on for months and months. We’ll have an end to the divisive punditry, the absurd 24-hour...
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Creative Title for Paper Goes Here

November 4, 2008 by Amy Silverstein

Most undergraduate research papers are dumb. I will defend my thesis by writing an introductory paragraph, so that I can announce what you are about to read. In paragraphs two and three, I will write ...
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Proposition 2 Protects More Than Farm Animals

November 3, 2008 by Josh Balk

Editor, Daily Nexus, Kara Hess' column about Proposition 2 ("Face Facts on Farm Animals," Daily Nexus, Oct. 30) made it clear how little she knows about Prop 2, a modest measure on tomorrow's ballot.
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I Put It in the Hoop Like Slam

November 3, 2008 by The Weatherhuman

So while most people were still sleeping off their Halloween hangovers Sunday afternoon, the ‘human was watching the most anticipated sporting event of the year: the Slamball championships. What...
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Obama’s Tax Cuts Are Welfare for Non-taxpayers

November 3, 2008 by Michael Morea

Editor, Daily Nexus, While Jeremy Simer ("McCain Slices The Truth When It Comes to Tax Cuts," Daily Nexus, Oct. 29) may be correct in pointing out that the farmer earning $47,000 a year will not have...
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Susan Deacon for Santa Barbara School Board

November 3, 2008 by Staff

Editor, Daily Nexus, The candidates running for the Santa Barbara School Board may not be as familiar to most UCSB students as the candidates for the presidential election are, but they are real peop...
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Capitalism Will Right Economy

November 3, 2008 by

"When you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody," Barack Obama said, in response to a statement from Joe Wurzelbacher - AKA Joe the Plumber - early in October. Joe had asked Obama why he p...
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Yes on Prop 2 for Animals’ Health

November 3, 2008 by Andrew Dunn

Factory farming. This relatively new, industrialized method of food production has come to dominate the global marketplace, but at a terrible cost. We are now learning about the horrific conditions in...
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Regarding the Election…

November 3, 2008 by Staff

Vote First. Don’t Stop Fighting.

November 3, 2008 by Jeremy O. Simer

Let's talk about what happens AFTER Election Day. On Nov. 5, millions of Americans and millions more around the world will be rejoicing, breathing great sighs of relief or hanging their heads in disa...
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The U.S. and Globalization: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

November 3, 2008 by Quinn Sullivan

In his final State of the Union address, George Bush stated that "[America] is engaged in the defining ideological struggle of the 21st century." Let's be honest: Can we really know what the defining ...
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Obama Looks to Bowl Over Some Swing States

November 3, 2008 by Michael Gately

We've known for many months that the presidential election will be won or lost in a handful of states spread out across the United States. It's also common knowledge that Senator Barack Obama is polli...
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