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Where Good Elvises Go To Die

October 27, 2005 by Nick Pasto

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

October 27, 2005 by

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

October 27, 2005 by Felicia Cruz

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

October 27, 2005 by Bri Lafond

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

October 27, 2005 by Daley Tocher

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

October 27, 2005 by Allison Cross

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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Finding Your Sexual Neverland

October 26, 2005 by Nina Anthony

I am so excited for Halloween. When I was a wee lass, Halloween was always the ultimate holiday. Sure, Thanksgiving was all about turkey, with Christmas came gifts, and New Year's was always the holid...
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Oppression

October 26, 2005 by

Two words: mint spermicide.
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I Think, Therefore I Am Liberal

October 26, 2005 by Matt Cappiello

Greetings, Nexus readers. I'm flattered that you're taking time out of your shitty anthro class to read my article. I'm your new political columnist, reporting from the Enlightened States of America. ...
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Long-time I.V. Resident Trick-or-Treats Down Memory Lane

October 26, 2005 by Henry Sarria

Here it is, just around the corner. Halloween, Isla Vista, 2005. So much has changed about Halloween in this town since I first got here that I think some clarification needs to be made. To begin with...
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Grab the Responsibility Wheel Before It’s Too Late

October 26, 2005 by Lauren Perry

We made it through the first month of school. But four students who came to UCSB with goals and dreams, just like every single one of us, are now dead. I have a sinking feeling in my stomach just thin...
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I.V. Takes Shot of Sobriety

October 25, 2005 by Sean Swaby

"Hey man, hurry the fuck up," some ass-monkey yells at me. I hear a well-placed kick on the door of my Port O Potty. Upon exiting, I didn't feel I owed the man my extended explanation that I had waite...
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Phat Al

October 25, 2005 by

I don't know if you saw or not, but a hero of the 'human's was tragically hurled onto his bum yesterday by Hurricane Wilma. Al Roker, who most of us know as Phat Al, put his life in danger and went to...
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Proposition 73 Endangers Women

October 25, 2005 by Courtney Weaver

Remember all that talk last spring about the governor calling a special election? Well, it's coming up on Nov. 8 and I'd bet a parking spot on DP most of you haven't given much thought to it. It hasn'...
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Benefits Outweigh Costs of Keeping Soldiers in Iraq

October 25, 2005 by Paul Jones

Here's a question for you: rounded to the nearest kilo, how many troops have died in Iraq? Two thousand, as we all know. Here's another: How many more hours of electricity does the average Iraqi home ...
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