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Nexus Does Not Know How To Party, Politically At Least

The content of the Nexus article "Green VP Candidate Speaks in MCC" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 13) was misleading. At the end of the article, a student says, "I'm really glad one of the political parties chos...
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Pride Day Ended Up Being Shameful, Not Celebratory

I never thought I would have any reason to be ashamed of being gay, but National Coming Out Day gave me a one. I woke up Monday morning, excitedly anticipating the day's festivities in celebration of ...
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Get a Clue, Meatheads; You Aren’t Impressing Anyone

This article is addressed to all the Rec Cen pretenders. We have all seen them before. I am talking about those guys who are in the weight room for hours, doing anything and everything besides working...
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Love Over Sex

No matter how kinky things got in the past or will inevitably get in the future, the act of making love stands as the big, firm, glorious rock amidst the choppy shoreline of hooking up and one night s...
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A Crappy Day

I am currently watching two guys carry bags of waste water out of the Nexus office. For a few harrowing hours the other night, sewage seeped into the office - perhaps the lagoon backed up - and all of...
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A.S. Is Broke, But Do They Need More Money?

Yes, UCSB's very own Associated Students is having financial woes of its own - Apocalyptic financial woes. Just to give you an idea of how bad things are, last year, A.S. Finance Board was able to dol...
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Damn Skippy: He’s the Comeback Kid of Tikrit

Greetings American students. This is Saddam Hussein. I'm sure you have heard of me. I'm equally sure that you dislike me. Perhaps we could become pen pals someday. Your pictures are welcome too - it i...
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Nuke Lab Lover Can’t Tell Me Not to Call Scientists Evil

I am glad that Justin Violini ("UCs Do More Than Destroy, Just Ask Our Nobel Laureates," Daily Nexus, Oct. 12) recognizes that Ross' article ("UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11) ...
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Who’s The Environmentalist? Kerry’s Website Answers All

I am writing in response to Vanessa Rivers' column, "Save the Earth and the Nation" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 12). I agreed with the vast majority of the column - that is, until I reached the last paragraph.
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Youth Apathy Doesn’t Extend To The Kooky CalPIRG Kids

I would like to thank the Nexus for raising awareness of voter registration by groups around campus ("Campus Groups Seek More Student Voters," Daily Nexus, Oct. 7). Low voter turnout, especially among...
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Weatherhuman Brings Rainy Days To My Senior Campaign

To be blunt, I must say that the Weather box represents all the things about college life I don't want to hear about. The issues discussed within the Weather section have no relative importance to how...
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Money Well Spent

On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made one of UCSB's newest hires its newest Nobel laureate. The work of economics professors Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott of Arizona State Universit...
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You’re a Winner!

UCSB FACULTY MEMBER: YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON $1,300,000.00!!! As a UCSB instructor, you are AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED in the NOBEL PRIZE CONTEST!
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Save the Earth and the Nation

Environmental problems are now the number-one domestic threat to national security. What are you going to do about changing the way America lives so that in turn the whole world can move toward sustai...
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UCs Do More Than Destroy, Just Ask Our Nobel Laureates

Gloria Ross' article ("UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11) does prove a point: Everything is interconnected. However, saying that the UC system "must be demilitarized" is a bit of...
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