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I.V. Resident’s Faith, Health Restored by Student’s Call

I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the young woman who called 9-1-1 for me last Wednesday afternoon near the bus circle. My life was saved by last-resort methods onboard the ambulance.
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Our Little Film Festival

Wow! Helen Mirren? Will Smith? Borat? What an amazing week and a half we Santa Barbarians have ahead of us.
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Comedians Should Run for Office

In 1978, the Pail and Shovel Party ran for student government at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, on a platform of corruption - and they won. Jim Mallon, a founding member of the party, explained...
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Nexus Staff Members Must Improve Paper

I am still recovering from the brutal town hall meeting to discuss the Nexus" that - while accomplishing nothing at all - might have sent you home with the feeling that you have done your good deed of...
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Smoking From Hookah Is Just as Deadly as Cigarettes

As I aimlessly ambled the streets of Isla Vista, stumbling into apartment after apartment, hoping to find a place to live last year, I noticed one thing: Every single home had a hookah. And I'm not ex...
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A.S.-Nexus Feud Draws Attention Away from Cedarwood

The bullshit antagonism between the Nexus and A.S. is taking the attention off of the real issue this feud erupted from: The Cedarwood - now Coronado - evictions and the families that have lost their ...
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Comparison Made at MCC Screening is Over the Top

The evening of Wednesday, Jan. 24, I attended a screening of the film "Channels of Rage" at the MultiCultural Center Theater. This film is a documentary about the Israeli hip hop superstar Subliminal ...
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Criticisms of iPhone Hinge on Falsities, Unlikely Facts

This is in response to Matt Suedkamp's iPhone review ("Apple's iPhone Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be," Daily Nexus, Jan. 23). Like most of his columns, this one hinges on a number of speculative po...
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Nexus Should Focus on Integrity, Representation

I want to commend our elected Associated Students Legislative Council for taking a stance against the Daily Nexus. By proposing and later retracting their proposal to freeze the Nexus' funds, they sho...
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Controversial Poster Wrongly Likens Rape, Fees

Every April for the last six years, Students Stopping Rape, Men Against Rape and several other organizations have jointly hosted a weeklong campaign against sexual violence. Through this campaign, mem...
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Bicycle Safety Is No Small Matter on Campus

I want to applaud Mark Sanborn for writing such a fine letter addressing the bicycling issue that exists between UCSB students and the police ("UCSB Officers Devote Far Too Much Time to Bicyclists," D...
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Bush’s Speech Hints at Future Wars

In 2003, President Bush - with the tacit approval of most Democrats in Congress and the support of virtually every Republican - invaded Iraq. It was a quick and easy campaign against a nation and Iraq...
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McCaw Got Served

Well, well. It seems UCSB has given a big "fuck you" to billionaire - and thus sexy potential donor - Wendy McCaw.
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