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OPP Offends Groups by Claiming To Be Involved

Ah, spring time in Santa Barbara. I have come to love this time of year. With everyone spending more time outside and wanting to have fun, the beach lights up once more. After four years at this schoo...
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Author Calls for Support Fee for The MCC Lock-in Fee

As I walked through the doorway of the MultiCultural Center with my 10-day-old son last year to meet the radical poet and musician Saul Williams, I thought, "There is no place like this on campus."
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How Dare You

Ah, it finally feels like it's really spring quarter. Everyone is hungover on a Tuesday.
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Cast the Shadow Aside

I began this piece with daggers for the newspaper that you happen to be reading, but now that I have more information, I am writing to you to report a colossal fuck-up. Apparently, the version of the ...
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Legalization Would Give Tax Dollars for Justice

I am writing in response to the article entitled "IVFP Thwarts Robbery Attempt Over Weekend" (Daily Nexus, April 18). Allegedly, a group of three young men broke into the house holding it at gunpoint ...
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Elections Committee Falsely Accused of OPP Affiliation

As a member of the Campus Elections Committee, I was appalled to see flyers being distributed to students with the claim that our current staff members are also involved with the Open People's Party. ...
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It’s Time for a Quickie

I often find myself with that obnoxiously brief stretch of time between classes. You know the gap: too short to go home, but too long to just sit around doing nothing.
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Fuck me? Fuck you!

So it was pointed out the other night at the office that a "Fuck the Nexus" group exists on the always "it's easier to say it on here than to say it to your face," facebook.
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Get Down With Your Student Government

Many of you may be wondering what the bright blue shirts reading "You Down With O.P.P.?" are all about. The people wearing these shirts are supporters of a student group that will alter the way studen...
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A.S. Election Endorsement: A.S. President

You might recognize Jared Goldschen's face from the back of a bathroom door in a university-owned residence hall. If not, chances are you've seen him somewhere else.
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A.S. Election Endorsements: A.S. Internal Vice President

If any candidate knows more about the inner workings of A.S. than Felix Hu, then we must not have been listening.
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A.S. Election Endorsements: External Vice President, Local Affairs

We did not think an individual's knowledge of what happens in I.V. could get much worse than Rame Hanna's. We also don't think anyone's could get much better than Joel Rodriguez-Flores'.
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A.S. Election Endorsements: External Vice President, Statewide Affairs

While we have a number of concerns about Bill Shiebler's ethical standards - his actions in the past have shown them to be quite low - his lobbying skills and extensive experience with A.S., the Unive...
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A.S. Election Endorsements: A.S. Constitution

While we applaud A.S.'s efforts to restructure the organization's constitution, and we support many of the suggested changes, the document contains a fatal flaw.
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A.S. Election Endorsements: A.S. Fee Initiatives

Student Voice Initiative The Student Voice Initiative is a $2 increase to support the UC Students Association, which represents all of the UC schools to the UC Regents, as well as to the California Le...
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