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Twenty Questions

September 18, 2008 by Staff

Today's forecast: Maybe showers? Maybe sunshine? Maybe a whole lot of confusion, because this is the back to school issue? But school doesn't start for a week, right? More question marks? I mean, I'm ...
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UCSB: Business Up Front, Party in the Back

September 18, 2008 by Adam Wenger

Sure, UCSB is a party school, but save for BYU, what university isn't? I hate clichés almost as much as Sarah Palin supporters, but I'd be lying if I tried to argue that most UCSB students don't ...
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Picking on the Pitbull

September 18, 2008 by David Sforza

Change and experience. Those were the buzzwords of the presidential primaries. And as Sen. Joe Biden called out in the beginning, both those terms are bullshit. It's not about change or experience - i...
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Hybrids Not Worth It in the Long Run

September 18, 2008 by

I recently walked out of a restaurant with my family to find a pamphlet slid under the windshield wiper of our car. It read, "You are killing the environment!" I read on to learn that the reason we we...
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Come Write for Us

September 18, 2008 by Staff

Think YOU can spot all the Zebras inside this titillating collection of journalistic wonderment -- more commonly known as the Opinion section? Well if you CAN, then you JUST might be clever enough to ...
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Wash Your Hands, Save a Life

September 18, 2008 by Michael Takahara

I was using the bathroom at Tugman State Park in Oregon this summer. Four guys came in, did their bathroom business and then left without washing their hands. At Valley of the Rogue and Humbug Mountai...
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Introductions

August 30, 2008 by Staff

Today's forecast: Rainy, tearful emotions in the morning, sunny smiles in the afternoon, hazy memories overnight. Oh, you thought you would be able to get the barometric pressure and stuff in the box...
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Let’s Go Fish for Some Opinions

August 30, 2008 by Staff

We at the Daily Nexus would like to introduce you to the Opinion section. It's a nifty little place where people, appropriately, write their opinions. You'll notice that it's different from news -- do...
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Become a Pawn in the UCSB Sex Game

August 30, 2008 by Jenni Perez

It was a vibrant fall morning, with leaves of crimson sprinkling along Highway 101. I leaned out the window and breathed in the Santa Barbara sea breeze, acquainting myself with a novel idea: This is ...
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Cannabis 1A: Introduction to Smoking

August 30, 2008 by Alex Coffman

Gather 'round, my bleary eyed friends. Put down that lighter and clear the smoky haze from in front of your eyes. Or, alternatively, pick up that joint, find some fire, puff away and read on. The weed...
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GEs: Finish or Forget’em?

August 30, 2008 by Staff

When I went off to college three years ago, my brother gave me two words of advice: Don't get "the clap" and get your GEs out of the way as quickly as possible.
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Weather

August 5, 2008 by Staff

A correction? Damnit, you guys. We only have three issues in the summer and, of course, you fuck one up. That means the Nexus totally sucked 33 percent of the time in summer 2008. FAIL.
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GOP Ship Doomed to Sink

August 5, 2008 by Michael Gately

The Republican Party is on the verge of a steep and protracted descent into irrelevance, and it's going to take a mix of current party leaders and young upstarts dedicated enough to right the sinking ...
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Classes, Family Housing Desperately Need More Funds

August 5, 2008 by Staff

I am writing to express my disappointment in the university's allocation of funds -- most notably, that eyesore at the freeway entrance to the school. Not only could that money, wherever it came from,...
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What’s Your Problem?

August 5, 2008 by Staff

“Sam’s To Go is out of Miller Lite.” -Manny Ruiz (fourth-year law & society major) “Last night, a guy threw a beer bottle at me then ran away.” -Brian Hanney (SBCC s...
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