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Oh the Weatherhumanity

The Weatherhuman will not be attending the town hall meeting about the Nexus today at 4 p.m. in the MCC because it doesn't want to talk about feelings or how the A.S.-Nexus relationship is doing. I've...
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Vodka Injection Is Not Solid Idea

A few weeks ago I had an interesting idea. I thought, "What would it be like to inject vodka? Would I get drunk really fast? Could I pass a Breathalyzer test? Would I fall over and die?" I found out t...
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Liberty Belle: Intelligence Begins with the Children

While it is certainly true that standards in college have dwindled in recent years, this trend is an obligatory response to coddling in the K-12. Because universities cannot issue failing grades to a ...
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My artistic side

This one goes out to all you Nexites currently under fire and under mounds of letters to the editor. And this one goes out to the creater of that really cool emoticon that looks like a man looking ove...
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Technology Bytes: Apple’s iPhone Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be

Sounds like a broken record to me. What's that you say? Why, it is the constant bashing of Apple. But fear not o lover of fruit, for there is some praise and good info coming your way.
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Former A.S. VP Explains Behind-the-Scenes Politics

I miss a lot of things about Santa Barbara. The drama in Associated Students is not one of them.
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Darkside Creator Defends, Praises Stevens’ Arguments

Courtney Stevens ("Liberty Belle: Higher Education Fails to Pass Test," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16) is a very dangerous person. UCSB needs to come up with some way to deal with her and her ilk.
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Student Body to Blame for Unrepresentative Leaders

A.S. legislators, in another world entirely from the rest of UCSB students, are now proving the sentiment that A.S. is not an accurate reflection of student opinion here and it's their own fault.
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Innovative Macs Give Old PCs a Run for Their Money

Emo kids are people too. This is a response to the article written by Matt Suedkamp ("A Little Bit of Technology Savvy Goes a Long Way," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16). I only have 300 words so I will get str...
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Let Council Decisions Are Infuriating, Disrespectful

I'm writing to congratulate the Associated Students Legislative Council on its accomplishments for the term. In my entire college career, I have never seen a council do so little with so much money.
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Usefull bits

It's been several weeks since Christmas but the 'human still can't get over the injustice done to Joseph, Jesus' adopted father. I mean, he got cockled by a fuckin' ghost.
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Nexus Upholds Free Speech

At last week's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, the student government voted to freeze the Daily Nexus' student approved lock-in fee because the newspaper refused to withdraw advertise...
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Former Nexus EIC Explains Inception of ’78 Lock-in Fee

Members of the Associated Students Legislative Council would do well to read their own constitution and its amendments before taking the patently illegal step of trying to freeze student funds earmark...
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