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Why Resist Wonders of Technological Advancement?

PunkyBrister68: What should I write my column about? Megarde05: I dunno. Halloween? PunkyBrister68: I did that last week. Didn't you see it? Megarde05: Nope. What'd you say? PunkyBrister68: That every...
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It’s Hard To Be a Thug In a World of Pink Panthers

Well, I just experienced my first Halloween ever in Isla Vista and let me tell you, it was unbelievable. I could not believe the sheer amount of people parading around in their costumes, or lack of co...
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Economicus Characterizes Women With Irreverence

I'd like to respond to Colin Marshall's piece, "Don't Forget the Costume Smog Check" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 28). I (and several other girls I know) would like to tell that misogynistic bastard to go fuck ...
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Gambling Gone Wild

Some people think of gambling as something fun to do while in Vegas, but to me it's a way of life. I spend more of my time each week in Chumash Casino than anywhere else. While I have a great love for...
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75 Percent Alcohol

If you're reading this, congratulations: you're alive. If you're not reading this, congratulations: you're only three quarters of the way through your bender.
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Clean Up Your Drinking Habits

I have an exciting new invention I want to tell you all about. I guarantee it will revolutionize the way you clean and the way you drink beer. Do I have your attention? I thought so. For too long, the...
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UC Regents Run With the Devil on Los Alamos Lab Bid

Two columns recently appeared defending the UC's management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory: "A Constructive Coalition" from Joshua Zide, (Daily Nexus, Oct. 18) and "UC a Better Candidate than B...
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Self-Proclaimed Revisionist Historian Has It All Wrong

I attended Thursday's lecture by Ilan Pappe (an event from the Center for Middle East Studies) and I am dismayed and disgusted that an academic department at my university would bring this self-procla...
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Propostion 73 Does Not Consider Abusive Households

This letter is in response to Allison Cross's letter ("Minors Unfit to Decide if Abortion is Best Option," Daily Nexus, Oct. 27). I do not think that anyone would disagree with the point that a minor ...
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Where Good Elvises Go To Die

I should have realized that our Vegas trip was doomed when I referred to Siegfried and Roy as Sigmund and Freud while driving into town. I know what Dr. Freud would say about this Freudian slip. He'd ...
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Voodoo Poopoo

Only one more issue until Halloween weekend. If you're worried about it raining, don't worry.
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Inequities Plague Minority Students

Today, students across the country are engaging in efforts to make our universities and society more equitable. It is because of National Take Affirmative Action Day, sponsored by the United States St...
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Save Yourself The Effort, Just Throw on the Lingerie

Halloween is almost upon us once again. As I begin to bar my doors against the onslaught of drunkenness and debauchery surely to ensue this coming weekend, I find myself thinking about what you, my p...
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Hump Lacks the Raciness College Students Desire

I've wanted to write to the Nexus for a long time, but have always procrastinated the thought into oblivion. I have a problem finishing, and I think you are the solution, Nina. Your first column detai...
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Minors Unfit to Decide if Abortion is Best Option

This letter is in reply to Courtney Weaver's article ("Proposition 73 Endangers Women," Daily Nexus, Oct. 25). Many women have abortions to rid themselves of a problem. I am in complete agreement with...
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