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College Republicans Miss the Mark on MSA Claims

Editor, Daily Nexus, I am dismayed that the College Republicans, as exemplified by Mr. Ross Nolan, have chosen to cultivate a culture of fear, uncertainty and doubt at UCSB ("College Repubs. Question...
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Obama’s Plans Far From Right

If Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, change is coming. Obama, rated the most liberal U.S. senator by the National Journal and largely considered the most liberal politician ever ...
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Wanted: Humor Columnist


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Congresswoman Wants Your Vote

As I hope you have already heard, today, Oct. 20th, is the last day to register to vote. It is the last day you will have a chance to make sure your voice is heard in this election. This election is t...
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Lessons From a Senior

As the new year unfolds and I watch the freshmen walking by, only one thought comes to mind: "Holy shit, was I that small once?" After reassuring myself that of course I wasn't -- none of us were THAT...
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Me, Myself and My Bipolar Disorder

I’m walking out of Embarcadero Hall, getting ready to unlock my bike, when I overhear a conversation between two sorority girls. “Yeah, I don’t know what her problem is, but on Satur...
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Frugality Makes the Party

There is absolutely no better way to step up your weekend than by throwing a barn-burning shitshow of a rager. Getting a couple hundred of your closest friends retarded in the comfortable confines of ...
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Worst. Ticket. Ever.

A couple from Chicago was slapped with a $9.5 million parking ticket after leaving their car for two hours in Glencoe, Ill.
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College Repubs. Question MSA’s Legitimacy

I was very surprised to read Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Nexus and see that not only did David Horowitz publish an advertisement for his third Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, but that the Nexu...
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Not All Girls Need to Swing Both Ways

Editor, Daily Nexus I’m writing in response to Jenni Perez’s (“Hope My BF Don’t Mind It,” Daily Nexus, Oct. 15). Though an accomplished fellow partier, and at the risk of...
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Private Entities Are Outside First Amendment Realm

Editor, Daily Nexus Every day, before I go to class, I grab an issue of the Daily Nexus and skim the front page to head straight for the Opinion section. I always enjoy reading the slightly biased pol...
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Help Save Sick Children and Support Prop 3

Editor, Daily Nexus You will have the opportunity to vote in one of the most historic and important Presidential elections in American history. You might not realize, however, that there are several i...
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Immaculate Conception

A shark in Virginia is reported to have had a “virgin birth.” The lady shark got preggers without doin’ it. Do you all realize what this means? I sure as hell don’t. Are we goi...
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Hope My BF Don’t Mind It

I kissed a girl and I liked it. Forgive me for quoting the over-quoted, but it's true. Like many heterosexual female partygoers, I have found myself in a booze-induced stupor, balancing myself on the ...
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Obama Needs Dem Support to Make Changes

Obama is steadily climbing ahead in the polls, the media's crush on Palin is finally subsiding and McCain just seems erratic, cranky and old. So Democrats have nothing to worry about, right? Wrong.
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