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Rot Your Liver, Not Your Teeth

April 18, 2006 by

The 'human remembers the good ol' days when soda was cheap. At one point, a can of pop was a paltry 50 cents.
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Skip the Pickup Line

April 17, 2006 by Melissa Davis

Some men have a new pickup line. We've come a long way from cheesy references to stars in eyes and angelic origins. "I have a condom," they say.
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Rock the Vote

April 17, 2006 by

The 'human is learning that it's rather difficult to campaign for A.S. President, when no one really knows who it is (or if it even exists).
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Value Utility From Wealth and Work

April 17, 2006 by Colin Marshall

It's an awful truth that, alas, my journalistic scruples cannot ignore: Some majors get more respect than others. As a former disciple of communication, I know what it is to feel deep, nagging shame a...
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5th Annual IAM Educates Students About Stopping Rape

April 17, 2006 by Carl Barnes

This week, Students Stopping Rape is putting on its 5th annual It Affects Me campaign. As in the past four years, we will be giving out bright blue T-shirts with this slogan emblazoned on it in white....
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Council Member Criticizes Nexus For Inaccurate Quote

April 17, 2006 by JESSE BAKER

I was justifiably horrified when I opened the Nexus last Thursday to find an unforgivable misrepresentation of the facts. In the article ("Leggies Prepare for Election, Debate Porn Nation Funding," Da...
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Passion Offends Believers

April 14, 2006 by Scott Roney

Easter is upon us, which means that it is time for my annual viewing of Mel Gibson's controversial blockbuster, "The Passion of the Christ." It is not exactly the sort of film one "enjoys," and so thi...
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Lovable Loser

April 14, 2006 by

In homage to Playboy recently dubbing UCSB the second best party in the nation, the 'human will now author only its second best box, ever.
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Let Middle East Elect Leaders

April 14, 2006 by Eliezer Sherman

This week in the Middle East: political chaos, democratic turmoil and further tension in the Palestinian/Israeli relationship. ... Surprise, surprise. A couple that has been involved in a tiresome, vi...
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Global Gag Rule Restricts Countries’ Healthcare

April 14, 2006 by Courtney Weaver

Most of us have long forgotten about the first days of President Bush's first term. We've been so distracted by his abysmal record on foreign affairs from Afghanistan to Iraq to North Korea, that we n...
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Student Challenges Others to Change Oil Dependency

April 14, 2006 by April Capil

I wish the end of oil were as simple as everyone riding their bikes and walking to work. I wish I could say - with certainty - that it will be a smooth, brief transition.
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Serve Poetry Justice

April 13, 2006 by Nick Pasto

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

April 13, 2006 by

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

April 13, 2006 by Kelly Burns

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

April 12, 2006 by Lois Capps

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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