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Ditch the Electoral College

October 15, 2004 by Eric Olsen

As the elections approach, we should all be reminded that they should be taking a much different form. Were we living in a true democracy, one in which every vote really counted, we would notice one g...
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Americans Ought to Select a More Palatable President

October 15, 2004 by Elia Boggia

Could it really be possible that the American Dream that encouraged, motivated and galvanized half of Europe throughout the 20th century to move to the States in hope of fortune, has run out, leaving ...
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Call It a Dream, but We Could Become Biketopia

October 15, 2004 by Dennis Whelan

Welcome to UCSBicycle, the campus where there are more bikes than cars. Easily. Here, bikes are basic transportation and riding them is akin to driving on the 101 or 405 freeways, and it pays to be al...
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Horribly Stupid Sex Column Could Be Greatly Improved

October 15, 2004 by Michael Weinreich

I am writing this letter to tell you how disappointed I am with the sex columnist this year. The glory days of looking forward to picking up the Wednesday paper are forever lost to me.
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Columnist’s Coitus Doesn’t Make for an Interesting Read

October 15, 2004 by Devon Bennett

As I was reading the Nexus on Wednesday I was extremely disappointed when I got to the Wednesday Hump ("Love Over Sex," Daily Nexus, Oct. 13). This was an incredibly unimaginative article.
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Made Elsewhere

October 14, 2004 by

Yesterday some bozo said the Weather sucks this year. Unfortunately, he may be right; the budget crunch has forced the Nexus to outsource the Weatherhuman to writers in Bangalore, India, so quality ma...
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Clearance!

October 14, 2004 by Mark Signa

Well, it's the third week of school already, and we are getting a bunch of thefts reported to us. Bikes and laptops are being taken by some pretty unscrupulous crooks. Like there are scrupulous crooks...
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Tying The Knot Isn’t Too Bad After All

October 14, 2004 by Henry Sarria

When I told Daily Nexus Opinion Editor Meghan Palma that I was getting married this summer, she said that maybe I could write a column on married life. After all, my bachelor status was the longest ru...
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Dualist Ideals In The UN

October 14, 2004 by Neer Lerner

The United Nations was founded as an international institution intended to promote peace and global unity while fighting fascism. Yet, today it has become a forum for Arab nations to vent their politi...
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Nexus Does Not Know How To Party, Politically At Least

October 14, 2004 by Shawn Moura

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

October 14, 2004 by Robert Carrasco

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

October 14, 2004 by Nathan Rivera

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

October 13, 2004 by Dave Franzese

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

October 13, 2004 by

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?

October 13, 2004 by Neil Visalvanich

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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