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Study Strategies Shape New Year

Happy New Year, and welcome to Winter Quarter 2008! Hopefully everyone enjoyed a relatively safe holiday season filled with Starbucks gift cards and cheap New Year's Eve champagne.
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Strip No-Show

I've always loved that "Welcome Back to I.V" moment on the drive into town.
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Turds and Tulips

Bright, sportsmanlike tulips to all Gaucho sports for a great Fall season. Especially men's and women's club soccer for winning National Championship titles.
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Small Towns Cause Big Trouble During Holidays

Small, isolated towns are really neat. The same way Nickelodeon Gak was really neat the first time you bought some.
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Fate Tempts Traveler While Abroad

Midnight in Piccadilly Circus, London: A sea of city lights splash the high-rise buildings with white luminescence as I stroll the streets alone.
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Santa Barbara Music Scene Requires a Serious Tuneup

As another eerily similar weekend of debauchery and shenanigans passes us by in Isla Vista, I am reminded of a long-suppressed truth: The Santa Barbara music scene is lacking, in every sense of the wo...
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Catnipped

A woman in Tennessee claims that her cat survived 19 days with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.
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Five Finger Discounts Make Cents

In the same week where the iconic daredevil Evil Knievel passed away and a British teacher was sentenced to 15 days in prison for naming a teddy bear Mohammad, a cunning Irishman decided to create som...
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Forego Milestones This Finals Season

Here we are again, at the crux of the quarter, finals upon us, and countless tests, papers, projects and presentations due during the supposed "dead week."
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TV Studios Strike Out With Writers

The Nexus does a pretty good job of being opinionated about everything that's important to students.
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Does Anyone Smell Bacon?

It amazes me that people continue to bike through that crosswalk on the way to the Rec Cen even though there's like eight signs explaining how its against the law and you face a hefty fine.
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Peripherals Add New Depth to Video Games

So I was sitting there playing "Rock Band", a new video game where people get a chance to act like they are playing real music, in a real band, with real instruments.
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Facebook App Is Not Worth the Hype

I think we can all agree Facebook is a wonderful tool. Where else can you stalk others, waste time and tell strangers that "Lost" is your favorite television show, all at the same time?
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