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Time Is Never Wasted Watching T.V.

November 27, 2006 by Adam Wenger

Face it. Television has become better than film. Up until around the turn of the century, great movies were consistently being pumped out by Hollywood studios. Nowadays, I feel lucky when I see one mo...
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Lazy People Are Severely Disadvantaged in Life

November 27, 2006 by Zach Phillips

Laziness is a disability. In many ways, it is more debilitating than any mental or physical handicap.
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Dens Prove No Party Is Perfect

November 27, 2006 by Paul Jones

Being a Republican at UCSB is a little trying at times. Most of your friends are liberal Democrats. So are most of your professors.
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Think

November 27, 2006 by Staff

County Makes Mistake Allowing Rocks At Beach

November 27, 2006 by Mark A. Massara

Despite the fact that the California Coastal Commission narrowly approved (4-3) the illegal 10,00-foot long Goleta Beach seawall to remain in place another two and a half years, the costs to the envir...
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The Reader’s Voice

November 27, 2006 by Staff

The article you ran by Henry Sarria ("Hypocritical District Supervisor Should Stay Out of I.V.," Daily Nexus, Nov. 21) failed the geography test.
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Sex With Ex Can Lead to Distress

November 22, 2006 by Jenny Paradise

It was a typical Friday at Study Hall for me - playing Erotic Photo Hunt with my girls, sipping on Strongbow and flirting with Elio and Smitty, except that this time, he was there.
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Stuffed

November 22, 2006 by Staff

Between my inexperienced aunts cleaning the turkey with ajax and the Weathermum spraying the computer with WD-40 to make it go faster, home at Thanksgiving time is always an adventure. What can else c...
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Ode to Economist: Farewell Friedman

November 22, 2006 by Colin Marshall

Students of economics, you may now feel free to pour your liquor of choice onto the curb. Milton Friedman, perhaps the wisest, most articulate defender of free markets this century has known, has pass...
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THINK

November 22, 2006 by Staff

Get Your Gaucho Loco on for UCSB Futbol

November 21, 2006 by Reza Garajedaghi

Two years ago, more than 11, 290 fans Gaucho fans experienced one of the most memorable nights in all of UCSB history.
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Don’t Get All Up In My Grill, Brother

November 21, 2006 by Courtney Stevens

Racism is perhaps the most wretched of humanity's glitches. Racism is disgusting and appalling - unless committed by an African-American.The broad array of issues and situations in which the term is i...
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Council’s Abortion Decision Allows Baby Death

November 21, 2006 by Paul Jones

There is a convention in modern debating known as "Godwin's Law." Simply put, it states that as an argument progresses, it is increasingly likely that one of its participants will compare their oppone...
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Hypocritical District Supervisor Should Stay Out of I.V.

November 21, 2006 by Henry Sarria

Leave it to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to forever understand the fact that they don't understand Isla Vista and the residents and Halloween.
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Jon Stewart’s Show Does Not Distract

November 21, 2006 by Staff

Editor, Daily Nexus, Darwin Bondgraham, what the hell are you talking about (“Celeb Talks Fail to Motivate Students,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 15, 2006)? In no way does going to see Jon Stewart o...
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