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Convicted Offender Doesn’t Deserve a Second Chance

I wholeheartedly echo Stuart Levenbach's letter that Victor Sciortino must leave West Campus family housing ("The Reader's Voice: Child Molester Needs to Leave UCSB Student Housing," Daily Nexus, Jan....
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Private Dancer: A System With a Soul

When I was a little child, my morality was driven by fear - not of God, but of Santa. Even if my parents had indulged me with religious teachings, I have a feeling that my fear of going to hell would ...
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Stay Healthy for Life

Rejoice! John Basedow, the disproportionate "Fitness Made Simple" guru, has apparently waved goodbye to this life. He was on vacation in Thailand when the tsunami hit, and things didn't work out.
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Child Molester Needs to Leave UCSB Family Housing

Once upon a time, Victor Sciortino forced a little girl to give him oral pleasure. He was convicted and incarcerated, then re-entered society not too long ago.
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Get Out of My House!

Welcome back. It's been pretty quiet over the last few weeks without you. The streets of I.V. were as chilly and quiet as a reception for Howard Stern at a NOW convention.
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Go for the Obvious

With a new year come new opportunities. The last few years have frankly been disappointing, because "Infant" has dropped off the government's list of the top 1,000 U.S. baby names.
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Our A.S. President Should Step Down

It's time for Morris to go. On Tuesday, Jan. 4, Associated Students President Cervin Morris was formally arraigned on felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery.
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Reality’s Crappy Grip on Television

I don't really understand this reality TV fad. And by no means am I exaggerating when I say you can flip through every channel on your 100-plus cable listing and find at least 25 reality shows, with m...
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Look Out Below

I.V. is getting a rock climbing thing! There's a fence surrounding that excuse for a park on the 6600 block of Pasado, and it's accompanied by a picture of a big, fake rock.
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He Said, She Said: Let’s Cut to the Chase, Baby – No Mind Games Necessary

Back in junior high, I used to rock these green and brown plaid No Fear shorts pretty much every day. By the end of my tenure at Orinda Intermediate School, they had assumed two holes, several menacin...
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He Said, She Said: Keep Them on Their Toes By Playing ‘Em Hot and Cold

In grade school I broke my wrist playing tag. Tripping in a game these days doesn't result in broken bones; it results in a broken heart - unless, of course, you're a member of the UCSB men's basketba...
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FCC Media Crackdown Threatens First Amendment

Those darn Republicans are at it again. For the past several years under the Bush tenure, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been cracking down on the television and radio programs that i...
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A Mini-Guide to Fighting I.V.’s Absurd Rent Prices

It's that time of year again in I.V. when management companies try to get us to think that if we don't sign a lease now for next year then we will be shit out of luck because nothing will be left.
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Nexus Should Not Be a Place for Political Masturbation

Since childhood, I've always thought political bumper stickers were a silly idea. After the election, it's like a bad one-night stand - love it or loathe it, you're still stuck with it.
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A Sexual Smorgasbord

I'll miss you, Winter Break -- and when I say "I", I mean "my guts." For the three weeks that I was home, my father and I were locked in a ferocious battle of competitive sport-eating. We'd start ever...
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