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Major Media Omits “Maverick” McCain’s Shortcomings

After winning the Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Republican primaries on Tuesday night, Sen. John McCain has all but sewn up the GOP nomination and will most certainly be his party's nominee ...
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Cupid’s Arrow Comes in a Kegstand

So, you think the guy you hook up with every other Thursday in the corner of Tonic is going to be your Valentine? Think again. No place in the country can compete with Isla Vista when it comes to cele...
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Canadian Board Shorts

Since the Nexus doesn't have a fashion section, I feel that I must take it upon myself to discuss a major fashion faux pas that I've seen far too much of over the past couple of weeks.
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The Fuzz Be Buzzin’ Over Removed Taps

It's been awhile since I last wrote a "Question Authority" article, but I don't want you all to get the idea that I've been avoiding you. It's not that at all. You see, it's been really crazy and all...
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V-Day Party Fun Includes Risque Acts

So over the holiday break, my dad got my mom one of those VHS-to-DVD recorders. We were watching old home videos of me riding my tricycle, picking on my little sister and running around the house nake...
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Research Required Before Student Passes Judgment

I would like to take this chance to both educate the UCSB community and blast Larri Gregg and her cohorts for spreading simplistic and inaccurate views ("Unexpected Campus Missile Projects Shock Stude...
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Unfair Accusations Bestowed Upon Raytheon and UC Labs

Larri Gregg's editorial last week ("Unexpected Campus Missile Projects Shock Student," Daily Nexus, Feb. 8) unfairly groups all defense projects together as "weapons" and as tools of George Bush's pol...
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Bush, Dick and the Hummer

Look I'm not going to get in the way of today's planned protest, but I want to make this very, very clear: Stay the hell away from the 217 this year.
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Partisan Strife To Undo Democrats

The Democrats sure have an interesting plan to bring about change in America. With the primaries more than halfway complete, now is the time when candidates should gear up to put their party's stronge...
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Online Survey Offers Readers Free Swag

Art Hoppe, the late star columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote decades of satire renowned by readers of that venerable paper for its wit and spot-on insight.
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What Part of the Chicken is the Popcorn?

Those morons at PETA have done it again, this time fighting congressional legislation that would make fried chicken the official picnic food of Kentucky. See what I did there, three of the last eight ...
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Campus Clans Thrive in Cyberspace

Back in the day, when we were 11 or 12 - you may not have even hit the double-digits yet - we pre-pubescent techies discovered the virtual world of America Online. Because we hadn't experienced real I...
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