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Universal Healthcare Can Lessen Doctor-Bill Damage

February 15, 2007 by Alex Guerra

Courtney Stevens' column ("Healthcare for All Isn't Exactly Equal," Daily Nexus, Feb. 13) demands a response.
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War Protests Demonstrate Unity and Concern for Iraq

February 15, 2007 by Nicholas Robinson

Many students are calling for a strike today. While there has been much debate regarding the efficacy of the strike, much of this debate is taking place within fixed boundaries.
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Spend Valentine’s Day Loving Your Sexy Self

February 14, 2007 by Jenny Paradise

Today is Valentine's Day, February four-fucking-teenth and it is the day to finally say no. No to mediocre dates with way too much pressure to be perfect. No to psychotic flipouts when one little thin...
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Here’s Looking at You, Kid.

February 14, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

Happy Valentine's Day, sweetheart. It's true, I didn't get you flowers, candy, cigars, remember to get a dinner reservation or even one single Valentine.
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Isla Vista, How I Love Thee

February 14, 2007 by Laurie Sarria Columnist

There is a saying: "You are closer to Heaven when home is near the sea." That has become true for me living here in Isla Vista.
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Select the Best Wines for Valentine’s

February 14, 2007 by Ray Collins

To some people, Valentine's Day is about love, romance and passion. To others it is a day where you have to do shit you don't want to do for your significant other.
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UCSB Strike on War Appears Disorganized

February 14, 2007 by Baylee Crone

On Thursday afternoon, a protest rally is scheduled on campus in response to the war in Iraq.
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Massive Local Strike Gives People Power

February 14, 2007 by Darwin Bondgraham

Your friends have either told you they're not striking or you've seen skeptical accounts in the Daily Nexus about the efficacy of the strike.
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Healthcare For All Isn’t Exactly Equal

February 13, 2007 by Courtney Stevens

In recent weeks healthcare has become the center of political debate and the likely target for impending reform. The renewed call for universal healthcare represents another manifestation of Americans...
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Weather mortis

February 13, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

I dream of dying a funny death. When everyone lines up to see how rigor mortis has hardened the 'human like dry coral, I hope they laugh. No tears - just smiles at how awkward the whole thing is.
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Worst Buy Puts the Best Deals Online

February 13, 2007 by Matt Suedkamp

One of the most exciting parts about being a geek is new hardware and new electronics to play with. Whether it be a new Nintendo DS with the built in Wi-Fi that lets me play Mario Kart with seven othe...
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Biking On Campus Proves to Be Perilous

February 13, 2007 by Megan Gambs

I was recently in a bike accident, which resulted in my left knee having to be stitched back together. As a brief aside:
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Shoebat’s Autobiographical Speech About Radicals Alone

February 13, 2007 by Daniel Fisher

I must disagree with the letter you printed Friday ("Shoebat Paints Unflattering Portrait of World's Muslims," Daily Nexus, Feb. 9). That letter said that Shoebat had given a "negative, hateful messag...
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Neglected Holocaust History Touched Upon by Shoebat

February 13, 2007 by Elana Wenocur

I want to elaborate on a subject Walid Shoebat touched upon in his talk last Wednesday. Shoebat never made any blanket statements about all Muslims or "compared the Muslim community to Nazis" ("Shoeba...
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