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Disposable Children

March 29, 2005 by

Parents are way too overprotective these days. I've heard stories about parents who won't let their kids walk a block or two from their house unaccompanied.
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Shooting Up the Steroid Controversy

March 29, 2005 by Christopher Rice

In recent months, we, the public, have been introduced to a growing problem in professional sports: steroid use. Apparently, there was no prior check into this dilemma, nor was there any punishment ha...
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Lefty Column Ignores the Profound Significance of Livelihood

March 29, 2005 by Scott Roney

Neil Visalvanich's column, "Twisted Right-Wing Morality Values" (Daily Nexus, March 28) is a textbook example of the hypocrisy and intellectual slothfulness that epitomizes the worst of the contempora...
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Riding Firestone’s Waves

March 28, 2005 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

In a welcome reversal, Brooks Firestone and the rest of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors decided earlier this month to keep trying to purchase the vacant land on Del Playa's 6700 block, d...
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That General Time of Year

March 28, 2005 by Staff

Yesterday was the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox. That is how the date of Easter is determined each year. Does that make sense to you? Of course it does.
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Left Lane Driver: Twisted Right-Wing Morality Values

March 28, 2005 by Neil Visalvanich

Over the last week, the events surrounding Terri Schiavo have led many Americans to question both their views on the sanctity of life and the government's role in protecting life. While conclusions ab...
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Turds and Tulips

March 4, 2005 by Staff

Jagged, painful turds to the police for trying to end decades of biker rule with a ticket-happy crackdown. Safe, dry tulips to the local groups and establishments that contributed aid money for tsunam...
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Martha’s Baked Honey Mustard Plover

March 4, 2005 by Staff

Uh oh. Martha is back on the streets again, free to inflict her domestically perfect lifestyle and recipes upon us all.
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Freedom Really Is Just 40 Ounces Away

March 4, 2005 by Sean Swaby

People ask me about this column pretty regularly. "Hey man, we have beer, but we don't have any 40s. Sorry, I know that's kind of your, like, forte and all." "I'll drink anything," I respond -- and dr...
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Bedhead Diaries: Save Romantic Getaways for a Different Season

March 4, 2005 by Meghan Palma

And so the countdown to Spring Break begins. Off to Cancun? Costa Rica? Cabo? Well, bon voyage, my travel-happy friends -- I'm jealous of you. That is, unless, you're going on said fabulous vacation w...
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Plan to Slaughter Pigs Is Anything but Kosher

March 4, 2005 by Justin Matson

After reading the article "Island Pig Eradication Spurs Wild Controversy," I thought the Nexus was playing an early April Fools' joke. How could such a ridiculous plan be taken seriously? I'll admit I...
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Cleaning Up Your Crap

March 3, 2005 by Adam Graff

Last year, a group of A.S. Legislative Council members, myself included, and the current execs broke off from the Student Action Coalition (SAC), Student Unity Now (SUN) and the Gauchoholics. We were ...
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Cyber Castaways

March 3, 2005 by Staff

I recently read some poll results - either that or I'm making it up - that said most Americans, if they could take one thing with them to a desert island, would bring the Internet.
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You’re Not in Santa Barbara Anymore

March 3, 2005 by Adam Tartakovsky

First came the cascade of phone calls. One by one, our group of foreign students - along with the rest of the people in the bar - answered their cell phones: One by one, the bar emptied. These weren't...
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Republicans Bask in Their Television-Constructed Reality

March 3, 2005 by Garrick Sitongia

Unlike liberals who permit themselves to have different ideas, conservatives all sound the same. That is because they are brainwashed. A recent study examined the conservative mind and found that the ...
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