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Time to Cop Some Answers

October 1, 2004 by Mark Signa

Welcome to another year of thrills and chills at UCSB! My job in this and future columns is to help you have as much fun as possible while avoiding some of the pitfalls that so many students run into ...
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Why Can’t Teachers Learn to Show Up on Time?

October 1, 2004 by Kristina Ackermann

With all the money I put into this school - be it in tuition, books, readers (the book's bastard cousin), parking permits, parking tickets or bad coffee - you would think the least thing the Universit...
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Genitalia Ventriloquist Should Give Credit Where Credit is Due

October 1, 2004 by David Cornejo

Dave Franzese's sex article ("The Man Behind the Fly," Daily Nexus, Sept. 29), although humorous at peak points, was a textbook view of misogyny and sophomoric humor at work.
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The Real Way to Keep Your Cash is to Party High School Style

October 1, 2004 by Jonathan Morin

I am writing in response to an article by Cory Anthony ("Save that FAFSA Check," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28) regarding how to keep the keg parties rolling. This article was the most ridiculous piece of cro...
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Lanlord Thanks Her Tenants for Staying Through Eviction Worries

October 1, 2004 by Valerie L. Sweatt

I am a property manager in Isla Vista and have the illustrious pleasure of managing one of the buildings on beachside Del Playa cited by the County of Santa Barbara. There are five units in my buildin...
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Rumors of a Draft are Just That; Army Doesn’t Want Conscripts

October 1, 2004 by Brooks Firestone

By now everyone should know that the rumors about a military draft are completely without substance; however, the truth always bears repeating. There are no plans from this administration to reinstitu...
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The Artful Dodger: Florida’s Hurricane Hangover

September 30, 2004 by Drew Mackie

Fifi killed 5,000 people. The National Hurricane Center's propensity for naming hurricanes always confused me. Why personify these swirling masses of devil weather?
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Waste and Want Not

September 30, 2004 by

I can't make it from one end of the Arbor to the other without being accosted by the flier zombies. Only a week into the quarter, I've already accumulated enough coffehouse show ads to kindle a modera...
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Assumptions About Queer Community Come Up Short

September 30, 2004 by Kyle Richards Kevin Clark

After reading Loren Williams' column ("Homosexuals Need to Learn How to Put Up Their Dukes," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28), it is clear that there is much work to be done to educate our campus community.
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The Man Behind The Fly

September 29, 2004 by Dave Franzese

Anyhoo, I'm here today to tell you guys what a great year this is going to be for the Wednesday Hump. Not just because we're all going to learn a lot about sex and sexuality, but because Dave has some...
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Code Red City

September 29, 2004 by

The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security just bought the entire town of Playas, N.M. (pop. 50), for use in anti-terror training (seriously). Emergency workers will simulate anthrax attacks, suicide bombin...
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Columnist’s Assumptions Don’t Include Queer Safety

September 29, 2004 by Amanda Maffett

This is in response to Loren Williams' article, "Homosexuals Need to Learn How to Put Up Their Dukes" (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Williams did not have all the necessary information to draw his conclusio...
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Sure There is Despair, But Don’t Forget Our Heroes

September 29, 2004 by Jonathan Chang

I read Shithi Kamal's letter about Iraq ("Media Needs to Cover Both Fronts of Despair in War," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28) and I agree with some parts of the article but disagree with most.
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What a Deal

September 28, 2004 by

Words are important. I'm not just saying this as a biased newspaperhuman. Words, or the lack of, can completely change the meaning of stuff and all that.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Save That FAFSA Check

September 28, 2004 by Cory Anthony

Well, well, Mr. Po-lice Man: You think you've got us by the curlies here with your $3,076 beer-distribution tickets. There's still hope, all ye forlorn and weary criminals on the business end of the I...
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