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Death Carries a Yellow Abdomen

May 1, 2008 by Jeff Gibson

Google claims I'm doomed to a self-destructive and self-defeating path. That, or I'll find the death and rebirth I've apparently been searching for. But I'm pretty sure I don't intimately know anyone ...
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Tornado Shelters

May 1, 2008 by Staff

I've been thinking about this one for a while, and finally it's a slow enough news day to write about it.
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New TV Ads Reflect Triviality of Election

May 1, 2008 by Eric Goldman

If you are like me, there was a time when you were amped over the election. Watching historically unprecedented candidates traveling across the country, explaining their visions for the future and bat...
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Think!

May 1, 2008 by Staff

It’s Ca-Ca-Catching On

April 30, 2008 by Staff

Has anyone else noticed that the sandwich makers at Subway always look really depressed?
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‘Defining Moments’ Add Zest to Sex

April 30, 2008 by Dana Olsen

My friends and I were sitting around the kitchen table Sunday morning, doing the standard weekend postmortem, when one of the girls said something that made us all stop short.
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Student Denounces Ad Regarding MSA

April 30, 2008 by Brendan Lafranchi

Let me begin by stating I am a white, American-born, Catholic middle-class male who will not sign your petition, David Horowitz. And for several reasons despite agreeing genocide and unfounded violenc...
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I.V. Women Fend Off Self-Righteous Dudes

April 30, 2008 by Peggy Lee Jessie Nieblas and Sara Matthiesen

Saturday afternoon, Jessie, Peggy and I were walking through Isla Vista when our conversation turned to the familiar topic of the men around us. On our short walk from Java Jones to Del Playa Drive, w...
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“In God We Trust” Serves Little Historical Purpose

April 30, 2008 by Jason Crawford

I find it very obnoxious for those like columnist Jeff Dulgar ("Liberals Sideline 'In God We Trust,'" Daily Nexus, April 29) to insist such mottos as "In God We Trust" are the bread and butter to Amer...
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U.S. Dollar Motto Alienates Americans of Alternate Faiths

April 30, 2008 by Garrick Garcia

Like Jeff Dulgar ("Liberals Sideline 'In God We Trust," Daily Nexus, April 29), the argument about the removal of those words from U.S. currency is also one of my favorites - because they should be.
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Liberals Sideline “In God We Trust”

April 29, 2008 by Jeff Dulgar

The division between church and state is a fine one, and it's been a constant source of anguish for those on both sides of the political spectrum. One of my favorite arguments, though, is over the rem...
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Why Are You Winking?

April 29, 2008 by Staff

Have you ever noticed that whenever you open a bottle of shampoo or cut a piece of fruit and it’s facing in your direction, a little bit of shampoo or fruit juice always sprays in your eyes? Alw...
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Assemblyman Wails on Plight of Whales

April 29, 2008 by Pedro Nava

California's gray whale is in danger. The California Fish and Game Commission has erroneously listed the gray whale population as "recovered." That same whale, while traveling off the coast of Washing...
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Saved by the Bell, 15 Years Later

April 29, 2008 by Alex Pavlovic

Literally half the conversations I've had in the past week revolved around my "Boy Meets World" column in some shape or form. It's been a long week.
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