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Non-Voters Don’t Have Right to Bitch and Complain

Voter apathy sucks balls. OK, so people choose not to vote for whatever reasons, then complain about who wins. To those people I say, "Wait, what?" Seriously, what?!? In the 2000 presidential election...
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Help Save Estero Park by Voting No on Measure D

Thousands of small animals and plants, including trees, will be bulldozed and replaced by a huge complex of cement and asphalt if Measure D is passed by Isla Vista voters. Estero Park - the planned lo...
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Bush Re-election Could Cost Californians Millions

It is now safe to say that Iraq is a complete disaster. No weapons have been found or even proved to have existed by the administration. The only one who refuses to admit that he made a colossal error...
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A.S. Needs Your Help

Heyyyyyyy kids! Wouldn't you like to feel as if you had a say in student government? Now you can feel as if you do!
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A Golden Halloween

Here it is, kids - the spookiest time of year. The one weekend when you can wake up betwixt a Friendship Manor resident wearing their Depends and a confused, young man, and the worst thing that can ha...
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The End Is Nigh

Two rare events
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Keep Out or Keep Us Out of Jail?

For years, the police, the administration and county officials have targeted out-of-town visitors as the prime source of Isla Vista's annual Halloween crime sprees. But for them, a possibility looms t...
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Let the Endorsements Speak for Themselves – Vote Nava

The election on Nov. 2 promises to be one of the most important in the history of our nation. Students at UCSB have a long history of civic action and rank at the top of the list of UCs in terms of vo...
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Damn Skippy: Ignorance Is Bliss – If You’re a Righty

I am not a huge fan of the United States' two-party electoral system. Having only two viable parties polarizes the country and creates awkward spoiler scenarios. I am convinced, though, that the worst...
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Republicans Should Step Up So Dems Can Debate Fairly

I agree that the conservatives around campus should speak up about what they think. I am a political science major myself, and I find it very disheartening that I have no one to debate politics with, ...
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Indecisive Democrat Owes Us An Apology

If I got one-tenth of a cent every time I heard someone say that President Bush lied about WMDs here on campus, I would rival Bill Gates in wealth. I'm sure everyone has heard this numerous times from...
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Mr. Nava Can’t Help I.V.; His Hand Got Stuck in Mud

I am writing this letter in regards to Pedro Nava's letter to the editor ("Let the Endorsements Speak for Themselves - Vote Nava," Daily Nexus, Oct. 27). First and foremost Mr. Nava, when I come to UC...
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Measure D Will Be a Huge Benefit to All I.V. Residents

For 30 years, the people of Isla Vista have been struggling for a community center. On Nov. 2, this dream can become a reality with a "yes" vote on Measure D. There are countless reasons to support th...
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Left-Wing Smackdown

Where is the right? I know you live in Isla Vista - I can see George W. Bush stickers, SUVs and nice cars. Of course those telltale objects are not as prevailing as John Kerry paraphernalia because we...
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Killer Bee Hall

I'm very disappointed by the choice of our campus buildings' namesakes. For example, Kerr Hall is not named after Warwick Kerr, the Brazilian geneticist who introduced African killer bees to the Ameri...
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