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Getting Our Country Back Begins By Getting Bush Out

This Saturday, Oct. 23, the People's Coalition is holding a march and rally to "Vote to Get Bush Out and Take Our Country Back" as we approach the final run-up to the election.
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Readin’, Ritin’, Roastin’

California is the 43rd smartest state in the country, according to a survey that ranks public education systems nationwide (in other words, sixth dumbest).
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The Missingitemshuman

It would be really weird to have a fetish for missing things. Like, "Hey baby, why don't we turn the lights down low and lose our car keys?"
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Bedhead Diaries: Rock Bottom and Beyond

A side of Isla Vista exists that a select few of us see - a dark and gritty underground beneath the sunny skies and sandy beaches we lovingly call our home. Cunning, invisible and inviting, it isn't d...
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Let Conscience Guide Your Vote

Your vote does not count. OK, well, this statement should not be left unqualified. You live in California. You are an idealistic college student. Now is the time to vote what you believe in.
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The Shady Conspiracy Theories Behind Isla Vista Hatred

Lately I've been wondering if anyone who's anyone in Santa Barbara gets together on a daily basis and asks each other, "How can we fuck Sean in the ass today?"
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A Vote for Bob Pohl Is a Vote for Change in I.V.

To the students of UCSB: My name is Bob Pohl, and I want your vote for State Assembly. I am asking for your vote because I believe I can help you more than my opponent can. I believe this for the foll...
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Biketopia Dreams Include Unrealistic Expectations

Last Friday's Nexus had a column written by Dennis Whelan, senior campus planner for UCSB's Campus Planning and Design Dept. ("Call It a Dream, but We Could Become Biketopia," Daily Nexus, Oct. 15).
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Damn Skippy: Bondage Is Not My Thing

After reading this November's supply of initiatives, I have decided that, while I have a difficult time rejecting propositions, I may make an exception for some of the ones on the ballot.
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Vegetating

Huzzah for rain! The bright, dry air pains my sensitive night-shift eyes. If I had my way, the entire campus would be a catacombs of interlaced passages connecting cold, clammy subterranean chambers -...
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Pump Up Those Orgasms

Well, the girls weren't the only things getting wet this weekend as the first rains fell upon this little utopia of ours. With the precipitation comes what many consider to be the most romantic weathe...
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Sweetheart Sex Columnist an Improvement on the Past

Like a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, I can still feel the crippling blows dealt to my faith in humanity whenever I opened the Wednesday issues of the Nexus last year.
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Frivolous Column Ignores UCSB’s Beautiful Colors

I am responding to the column "Our Hallowed Halls Defiled" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 18). I honestly can't believe that I read an article about the new colors of some buildings.
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‘Mentally Disabled’ Insults the Intellectually Disabled

In Sherilyn Baker's article ("UCSB Program Seeks Friends for Mentally Disabled," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11), I was misinterpreted. It says I used the words "mental disabilities," when in fact I said "intel...
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Frivolous Column Dead On About University’s Ugliness

This isn't necessarily a letter but rather congratulations on Brendan Buhler's column "Our Hallowed Halls Defiled" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 18) on the ugliness of UCSB. I've heard of "University of Casual S...
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