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Leave no Beers Behind

May 13, 2005 by Sean Swaby

You can recycle a beer can. You can recycle a beer bottle. You can reuse a keg to your heart's content. You've made Recycle Rex happy thus far -- but you can't recycle warm, flat, blue-balled beer. By...
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Blame the Nexus for Malicious Column

May 13, 2005 by Tara Owens

I firmly agree with the quote, "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," and I would defend Mouhibian's right to say anything he likes, whether I persona...
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Military Recruiters Violate Nondiscrimination Policy

May 13, 2005 by Kyle Richards

In light of the pending Academic Senate vote on the proposal that would ban military recruiters from campus, I feel compelled to correct some misinformation that is being spread by the ban's opponents...
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Why Must Rec Sports Punk a Truly ‘Model’ Club Program?

May 13, 2005 by Aston Lim

How many of us remember being pestered and told to vote for the new all-weather turf on Rob Field, and how it would benefit all of the students, especially those in intramurals, sport clubs and future...
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Let UCSB’s Light Shine Through

May 12, 2005 by Mark Kachhi

After months of refusing to visit the website www.thedarksideofucsb.com, I finally decided to give it a look to see for myself what all the fuss was about. After reading some of the editorials and pos...
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Hungry for an A

May 12, 2005 by

There's nothing more disgusting than those examples of "outstanding" papers, reports, etc., that professors and TAs trot out to make you toil harder.
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The Reality of War Is Here to Stay

May 12, 2005 by Henry Sarria

This recent attempt to ban the ROTC program and military recruiters from the UCSB campus has led me to realize one very important fact about society: Some idealists can be stupid. Using the words of t...
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Take Advantage of This Weekend’s Multicultural Events

May 12, 2005 by Tim Finney

Spring Quarter is about to jump off. This is the time that everyone has been waiting for. Here is a list of some of the events going down in the next couple of days. So use this information and take a...
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Make Efforts to Educate Yourself Before Passing Judgment

May 12, 2005 by Carl Barnes

In response to Alec Mouhibian's article, "Clearing the Angry Air" (Daily Nexus, May 5) we, Men Against Rape (MAR), would like to make some clarifications. It is unclear what Mouhibian's definition of ...
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The ‘Fisting’ Fiasco

May 11, 2005 by Dave Franzese

Mother's Day weekend got me all nostalgic. When I arrived home with my two hot roommates, dear old Lydia kicked it into high gear and began to do what mothers do best: embarrassing the shit out of the...
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Birdbrains

May 11, 2005 by

Grr, no room write make weatherhuman mad.
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Come Out Today for a Sexy Good Time

May 11, 2005 by Genevieve Bruce

Matt Groening once said: "When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities." I think that the creator of "The Simpso...
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Confronting the Real World

May 10, 2005 by Aaron Small

Graduating this spring has its perks: I didn't have to scrounge for another overpriced apartment in I.V., the enemy known as general education requirements will be forever wiped out and distant family...
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Mother of a Storm

May 10, 2005 by

Whoa. I have two new weathersiblings. Honestly. I'm way too old to be a brother or sister, so... I guess I'll have to strangle them or something.
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It Requires Guts to Challenge Feminism

May 10, 2005 by Eva Kilamyan

Alec Mouhibian's column ("Private Dancer: Clearing the Angry Air," Daily Nexus, May 5) brought up a key problem in the college community: our inability to tolerate ideas and conclusions that don't fit...
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