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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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Damn Skippy: He’s the Comeback Kid of Tikrit

October 13, 2004 by Loren Willams

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

October 13, 2004 by Rachel Torres

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

October 13, 2004 by Adam Graff

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

October 13, 2004 by Sam Marks

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

October 13, 2004 by Xavier Ramirez

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

October 12, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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!

October 12, 2004 by

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

October 12, 2004 by Vanessa Rivers

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

October 12, 2004 by Justin Violini

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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Don’t Mix Sex And State

October 11, 2004 by Alec Mouhibian

There is nothing gayer - in the adolescent slang sense of the term - than the issue of gay marriage. Never have so many people whined so much over something that is so stupid.
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What’s That Smell?

October 11, 2004 by

Damn, don't forget to clean out your backpack every now and then. I use mine as a refrigerator/pharmacy/library/file cabinet, and what goes in doesn't always come back out.
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UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout

October 11, 2004 by Gloria Ross

Last Friday's presidential debate displayed a John Kerry committed to leading an international coalition to end nuclear proliferation. This bold stance on nuclear weapons development echoed in both ca...
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