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October 14, 2008 by Staff

“Why did you run that horribly offensive ad? Why did you print that idiotic column? Why didn’t you publish my world-class submission?” We hear you and we understand your confusion an...
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Eat up, Fatty

October 14, 2008 by Staff

Richard Cooey, a resident of an Ohio state prison, recently appealed his death sentence for a double rape-murder of college students in 1986. Coey, who is 5'7 and weighs 267 pounds, argued that he is ...
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Eat, Drink, Love Pot

October 14, 2008 by Alex Coffman

Bong being repaired? Lighter hand broken? Lose the rolling papers again?
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The Politics of Academia

October 14, 2008 by Matthew Weisner

Have you ever wondered why we prefer presidential candidates we could see ourselves sitting down and having a beer with? Affable, charismatic candidates like Reagan and Clinton appealed to us because ...
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North Korea: Enemy or Political Tool?

October 14, 2008 by Quinn Sullivan

The State Dept. announced on Saturday that North Korea, once a member of the “axis of evil,” has now been taken off the terror list in an attempt to push the state closer to nuclear non-pr...
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Nippy Nuances

October 13, 2008 by Staff

The blistering cold has returned to Isla Vista. Hurray. As much as I love hardened nipples and being able to keep my beers chilled by simply leaving them in the backyard at night, I hate having to wea...
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Take the Right Steps to Halloween Success

October 13, 2008 by Rachel Fierro

The biggest, baddest, most kick-ass party of them all is at Halloween. Halloween, Isla Vista style, is a crazy, blow-your-mind kind of event you’ll want to make the most of. These six simple tip...
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Rhetoric Cannot Fix Economic Woes

October 13, 2008 by Shaeffer Bannigan

As Senator Obama puts it, the current economic crisis is a result of problems initiated by the Bush administration and supported by the deregulatory standards of Sen. John McCain over the past eight y...
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America the Masochist

October 13, 2008 by Kevin Wilkins

Living in America is starting to scare me. No, I am not a pussy or someone who worries about everything, but I really think that about 40 percent of people that live in America are insane. How did I c...
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Respect Your Partner and You Won’t Regret Getting It

October 13, 2008 by Alana Allekotte

Editor, Daily Nexus, I’ve got nothing against anonymous sex but I want to make sure that the freshman who read Jason Hunter’s column (“A Pack of Pointers for Polite Pumping,” D...
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Forget the Man, This Sexy Lingerie is for Me Baby

October 13, 2008 by Dee Tracy

Editor, Daily Nexus In response to Jenni Perez’s column, (“Lick Up Seductive Lingerie” Daily Nexus, October 8) she says: “all we really ask for is acknowledgment of our effort ...
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It Tingles!

October 10, 2008 by Staff

Deborah Anderson of Boston University Medical Center was awarded an “Ig Nobel” research prize for discovering that Coca-Cola kills sperm. Apparently, women were using it in contraceptive d...
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It’s All in Your Head: A Look at Mental Health

October 10, 2008 by Lilie Kasim and Alisa Chester

Have you ever met someone and after spending five minutes talking to them you think to yourself, "Oh my god that girl is fuckin' crazy." Or did you ever walk down the street when you were little askin...
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A Pack of Pointers for Polite Pumping

October 10, 2008 by Jason D. Hunter

Before I start, I would just like to add that in no way do I consider myself an expert, or even a guru on the subject, but simply a guy who lives in a house with 40 guys and observes his fair share. W...
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Dressing Like a Stylish Hottie Is No Sweat

October 10, 2008 by Claire Wei

I love fashion. I've loved it since the age of two when I saw my first fashion show. I learned how to hand sew when I was seven and got my sewing machine six years later. Since age 14, I've designed m...
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