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Working for Work

November 1, 2005 by

Working on Halloween night is the equivalent of getting really high and drunk at work.
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Allowing Drunks to Gamble Is Wrong

November 1, 2005 by Eliot Jacobsen

I have a story about abuse of our fellow players. The story is set at a popular casino in Las Vegas. Over four years ago I was told that I could no longer play blackjack there, but I was free to play ...
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Why Resist Wonders of Technological Advancement?

November 1, 2005 by Bri Lafond

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

November 1, 2005 by Patrick Brogan

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

November 1, 2005 by Helen Mortera

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

October 31, 2005 by Torrin Brooks

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

October 31, 2005 by

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

October 31, 2005 by David Fuad

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

October 31, 2005 by Darwin Bondgraham

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

October 31, 2005 by Elana Wenocur

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

October 31, 2005 by Staff

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

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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