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Flower-Power Suits

January 31, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

If you didn't attend UCSB Counseling & Career Services' Third Annual Diversity Career Fair yesterday, you missed out on free magnetic poetry, Frisbees, key chains, mugs and the occasional business car...
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Take Precautions to Avoid ID Theft

January 31, 2007 by Mark Signa

So, what's in your wallet? My wife loves to tease me for my fat wallet. For some bizarre reason, it's okay for her to have a purse that stores everything from two-year-old Halloween Snickers to Geiger...
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Democrats Fail to Create Iraq Strategy

January 31, 2007 by Courtney Stevens

The resolution condemning the troop surge in Iraq, passed by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations last Thursday, is only another unfortunate exhibition of politics compromising the promotion...
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Nexus Opinion Page is Open to Various Local Viewpoints

January 31, 2007 by Kate Rushton

At the heart of the conflict between various campus organizations and the Nexus is a lack of understanding about the ethics and goals of any credible newspaper. For a publication that calls itself a ...
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Self-Defense Training Helps Women Escape From Attacks

January 31, 2007 by Ariel Diamond

Last Thursday, Alon Stivi, World Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame inductee, taught a women's self-defense workshop at Hillel. The event was sponsored by Associated Students, American Students for Isr...
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Think

January 31, 2007 by Staff

Ruckus Is Advil for Music Headaches

January 30, 2007 by Matt Suedkamp

Who hates paying for music? I don't know about you, but I sure do. For those of us that do pay for our music, there are not many viable choices. You could visit Napster or iTunes, but both of those, i...
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When I Grow Up

January 30, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

Wanted: Job post-graduation that involves travel, romance and massive piles of cash. Salary of $100,000 or more per year.
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Definition of ‘the’ Is the Complicated

January 30, 2007 by Kate Rushton

How much do you know about the word the? Unlike some words, like "banana" or "schooner" the is a confounding word because it lacks an equivalent in the real world. It's not like a the is a species of ...
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Anisq’ Oyo’ Park Is a Stage for Isla Vista Community

January 30, 2007 by Martin Henderson

Welcome to the unknown government. They take our property tax money and spend it on boondoggle cookie-cutter projects like the proposed redevelopment of Anisq' Oyo' Park. Meet the redevelopment agency...
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Distinguished UCSB Should Expand Its Wi-Fi Networks

January 30, 2007 by Anthony Hewitt

U.S. News and World Report's guide, "America's Best Colleges," recently ranked UCSB as the #13 public university in the nation. I believe UCSB did not make it into the top 10 because the university ma...
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Conquest Did Not Break Laws in Evicting Residents

January 30, 2007 by William Bausman

Monday's piece by Karla Rosa against the practices of Cedarwood/Coronado/Conquest ("A.S.-Nexus Feud Draws Attention Away from Cedarwood" Daily Nexus, Jan. 29) highlighted the error in the protesters' ...
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Nexus Protects Freedom of Speech for Every Opinion

January 30, 2007 by Henry Sarria

I can remember the first letter to the editor I wrote to the UCSB Daily Nexus way back in November of 1993. Soon thereafter, I would be asked to submit columns, which I have happily done up to this da...
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I.V. Resident’s Faith, Health Restored by Student’s Call

January 30, 2007 by Brent Baker

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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