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Promotion of Masculinity Detrimental to All Women

In response to the "He Said, She Said" column last week ("Who Got the Power?", Daily Nexus, Oct. 24) I just want to say I wish you had not emphasized the fact that men have absolute control over women...
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Fashionista Mouths Off on Dressing Drunk Around I.V.

Ladies, it's Friday night. There's a slight breeze but otherwise a perfectly cool Isla Vista night.
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Dem Guide Cuts Candidate Clutter

Tuesday marked the 7th democratic presidential debates. Top-tier candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards went after Hillary Clinton's record, making the debate arguably the most combative yet.
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Dorm Debaucheries Make Strong CASE

It's 9 p.m. on a Friday, and you're pre-gaming Isla Vista in a room in your residence hall - Francisco Torres, in my case.
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Halloween Costumes Liberate LIfido

Halloween in Isla Vista: every parent's nightmare, and every sex columnist's dream.
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Weather

I usually try to leave sports related issues to the sports editors.
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Semicolons Sever the Spirit of a Sentence

Semicolons: What an absolute waste of punctuation. Who really uses the semicolon anymore? You do? Really? Well then: You are a square.
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Slake Your Thirst With Pumpkin Ale

Happy Halloween! I hope you all have recovered from the weekend and are ready to start partying again.
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Create Campus Memories by Heading to the Thunderdome

As you get older, you'll look back on your life and really cherish the times you had at UCSB. Sometimes you're stuck in traffic and see a UCSB alumni license plate frame ahead of you.
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Shooting Looters Should Be Last Resort, Not Vigilantism

Editor, Daily Nexus, Henry Sarria, I've read and enjoyed your articles in the past, but your concepts of the rights and responsibilities of a gun owner...
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New Study Predicts A Freaky Future

You should have read The Time Machine when your junior high English instructor told you to.
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Weather

Chinese officials arrested 774 people Monday in a crackdown on quality control of exported goods. Apparently the government felt that a lot of the stuff that was being made in China was "substandard."
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Intervention Hinders International Affairs

Those viewing U.S. intervention as a vital force to the maintenance of global stability surely must regard it by some unorthodox standard, since our foreign policy exports have been anything but stabi...
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