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Love to Hate

February 14, 2006 by

It's ironic that the 'human will spend today, a day that revolves around love, doing the thing it hates the most: Homework.
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Valentine’s Day Is All Around Us

February 14, 2006 by Natali Morad

Oh, this glorious day has finally come, after weeks - no - months of planning, of coordinating flawless lingerie to match each of those valentine candy hearts, of endless hours of cheesy movies and st...
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Columnists Attack on Powell Is Outrageously Inaccurate

February 14, 2006 by Daneil Rabinovitch

In response to Cameron Miller's article ("Powell's Political Policies," Daily Nexus, Feb. 13) criticizing Colin Powell and his qualifications as a moderate, the only praise I can extend is that at lea...
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Cool Down Democrats; Impeachment Not an Option

February 14, 2006 by Antony Mascovich

According to the news article "Students To Petition for Bush's Impeachment for Wiretap Abuse" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 13), Students for Impeachment is a group on campus that is seeking to expose the Bush A...
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Ref Blows Whistle on Poor IM Conduct, Participation

February 14, 2006 by Scott Meixel

There are a number of things that I could do with my weeknights in Isla Vista, but I choose to referee intramural basketball from 6 to 12.
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Powell’s Political Policies

February 13, 2006 by Cameron Miller

The word "moderate" is an interesting word. It is supposed to mean "within reasonable limits." When you compare Hitler to Mussolini and the atrocities they committed, one could argue that, in some sen...
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Current Events

February 13, 2006 by

The Vice President shoots his friend with a shotgun? A SWAT team storms a house because a woman gives them the finger?
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Call to Increase Students Geographical Knowledge

February 13, 2006 by Jeff Onsted PhD Candidate

I would like to applaud Matt Cappiello for his lament over the dearth of geographic knowledge on campus and at large. I agree that remedial action is necessary. I was surprised, however, when he ironi...
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Free Ride Along Ocean Side

February 10, 2006 by Colin Marshall

Cast your mind back to - if you've got them - the days of riding an ancient, rattling bus to your crumbling public elementary school where, after stopping by the filthy bathroom, you'd sit down at a d...
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Think Outside the Box

February 10, 2006 by

So the 'human was studying at the U-Cen the other day. When the weatherorgan began to get a wee bit aroused, the 'human decided to put one of the computers to good use and look at some good old fashio...
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Students Lack Geographic Sense

February 10, 2006 by Matt Cappiello

To truly understand something, you have to be able put a name on it. So I'm talking to Jeff Gibson, the Opinion Editor at the Nexus. I explain to him the context of my newest article, a treatise on ge...
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Cartoons Attack Islamic Faith, Prophet Muhammad

February 10, 2006 by Shahid Shaikh

I am writing in response to Andrew Levine's article ("Don't Fuss Over Political Spoofs," Daily Nexus, Feb. 6). Levine talks about how Muslims are overreacting to the depiction of our beloved Muhammad ...
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Don’t Warn Pedestrians, Crazed Drivers Are At Fault

February 10, 2006 by Dylan Cummings

I think I speak for most Isla Vista residents when I say Isla Vista has an overwhelming presence of police. IVFP, UCPD, CHP - the frequency that I see these acronyms in our half-square-mile town even ...
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She Said: Valentine’s Day is A Good Excuse for Chocolates and Sex

February 10, 2006 by Kaitlin Pike

Ah, Valentine's Day. The sing-song-sweet sound of the romantic celebration's moniker drizzles down lovers' spines like chocolate on strawberries. Of all the holidays in the year, this one makes for th...
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Illegal Downloading Helps Up and Coming Musicians

February 10, 2006 by Matt Jackson

Illegal downloading is pretty sweet. This movement to stop people from enjoying music is a joke. A lot of people are being too greedy to realize that if it wasn't for these "illegal" downloads many ba...
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