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Serve Poetry Justice

A friend of mine recently pointed out that the vast majority of my Nexus articles contain alarming amounts of pessimism, perversion and comic violence. I promptly kicked him in the dingleberries and i...
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A Human Void

What the fuck ever happened to Espresso Roma? Didn't that joint have a liquor license?
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Vote for Out Campus’ Greener Future

Everyone take a moment to reminisce about this weekend's celebration of Earth Day... You know, the warm sun gently warming your pale winter skin, friends sharing picnic blankets, girls twirling in lon...
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Open Opportunity’s Door

After years of reckless tax cutting, chronic under funding of critical programs and record annual deficits, it would seem to be time for a new direction for our country's spending priorities.
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PBR and Peanuts

The 'human has been a bit depressed to see that the spot once occupied by cult-favorite, Menehunes, now held by Saigon Express, isn't getting much more business than the 'hunes did.
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Nipples Crave Delicate Attention

Everyone loves breasts. Male or female, whenever a chick with a great rack walks by, our eyes are immediately drawn to them. Women love their breasts, and I can bet that every man feels jealous that w...
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A.S. Campaign Litters Campus With Signs of Superficiality

Our campus looks like it's the victim of a goddamn Apple store explosion. And for once, it's not the armies of iPod-listening, head-bobbing, not-paying-attention-on-the-bike-path drones that have me a...
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Dark Side’s Baron Wastes Time Attacking University

In response to James Baron's article ("Take a Step in the Dark," Daily Nexus, April 10, 2006), I couldn't help but write in to say that his attempts to vilify the UCSB administration and I.V. communit...
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Animal Rights Group Goes too Far With Racist Analogy

If you've walked through the Arbor lately, you've notice People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' commanding display juxtaposing photographs of animal and human suffering. I love animals as much a...
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Recall Rehashes History

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Simply translated, it means that what's good for one party is good for the other, and if you follow local politics you can probably see where this i...
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Box Beats Signs

The 'human's biggest regret thus far spring quarter is, undoubtedly, letting those sneaky little A.S. bastards get a head start on campaigning for A.S. President.
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Lambda Phi Contributes to Cleaning Up Isla Vista

The brothers of Lambda Phi Epsilon at Santa Barbara are part of an international Asian-interest fraternity across the U.S. and Canada that has made its name on the UCSB campus since 1986 as a social a...
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Take a Step in the Dark

Perhaps the name of our website, www.thedarksideofucsb.com, is just too subtle; or perhaps we are merely misunderstood. Let us reason together to clarify our mutual positions.
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Damn, When Was Cesar Chavez Day?

It's riveting to watch how politically active, and aware, UCSB students are.
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Party, But Not At the Earth’s Expense

While I rarely find an appropriate time to wear it, the tie-dye T-shirt I have stashed away in the back of my closet represents every facet of my ever-fascinated, ever-stoned outlook on the wonders of...
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