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Nader’s Speech Opens Minds

October 1, 2008 by Nader Heidari

I woke up sometime Sunday afternoon to attend to some serious business. I went to go see the man somewhat responsible for giving Starbucks employees a free joke when I tell them my name during my purc...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Carla Perez

Editor, Daily Nexus, After reading Max Bottaro’s column (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” Daily Nexus, Sept. 28), I literally had a headache. Should I address the racism, the misogyn...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Janelle Mungo

Editor, Daily Nexus, It is unfortunate that Max Bottaro’s last two years in I.V. didn’t live up to the expectations he had (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” Daily Nexus, Sept. ...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Amanda Maffett

Editor, Daily Nexus, My letter is in response to “Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk” by Max Battaro (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Dearest Battaro, do you have an ounce of forethought in your wee li...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Andrew Dunn

I am writing in response to the article “Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk” by Max Bottaro (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Bottaro’s first complaint, that police officers are increasingly harsh...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Carly Jo Hann

Editor, Daily Nexus, Wow. I’m saddened that someone could be so proud to spew blatant homophobia, sexism, racism and downright idiocy on our campus (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” ...
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Buy Bitchin’ Bongs

September 30, 2008 by Alex Coffman

The smooth alluring aroma of fresh incense encompasses you. The light shining off the smooth glass puts a gleam in your eye. Is that the one over there? Leaning closer to the case, as if being drawn i...
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Fatty Dolphins

September 30, 2008 by Staff

How do you guys like the Weather this week? Pretty random, eh? Sunny one day, foggy the next, with no real discernable pattern. That's mostly because I'm confused as hell right now. Why? Because even ...
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Bailout Plans Are Welfare for Rich

September 30, 2008 by Steven Begakis

The frustration of the New Orleans victims was angrily directed at President Bush, voiced in the demands for immediate federal action. In other words, incapable local political structures complained t...
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Left Should Rethink Market Ideas

September 30, 2008 by Zac Gates

Amid the luring reminders of the left that capitalism is evil, wealthy entrepreneurs are greedy, and George W. Bush is a big fat idiot, there is one beacon of light that leads me away from the sycopha...
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Let the Tortillas Fly for Gaucho Soccer

September 30, 2008 by Michael Baranowski

Let me begin by saying I am not a member of the Locos leadership. I am in the band, but do not hold a leadership role. I don't cheer on my Gauchos to have something to put on a résumé, make ...
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Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk

September 29, 2008 by Max Bottaro

I don’t know if I am the only senior who has noticed this, but UCSB is growing a pink candy shell, and it’s making me nauseous. My freshman year, Halloween was pretty wild. Sophomore year ...
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Facts Behind the Fiscal Crisis

September 29, 2008 by Steven Mooradian

As you may already know, our Congress is about to vote on legislation granting the United States Dept. of the Treasury the authority to buy up over $700 billion in assets, consisting mostly of subprim...
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Let’s Talk About (Safe) Sex, Baby

September 29, 2008 by Amisha G. DeYoung-Dominguez

The first time I went to Planned Parenthood, I had just turned 16. My parents had just found out that I had started having sex, and since they figured that there wasn’t much they could do about ...
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Conservatives Care Only for Money

September 29, 2008 by Elizabeth Flynn

Editor, Daily Nexus, I am writing to respond to the article entitled “Hybrids Not Worth It in the Long Run” by Shaeffer Bannigan (Daily Nexus, Sept 18). I want to say that Shaeffer did a t...
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