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Waste and Want Not

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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One Sloppy IVFP Run-in Doesn’t Impress

On the night of Friday, Sept. 24, I was arrested for giving false information to an Isla Vista Foot Patrol officer. My eyes were opened to the corrupt, inappropriate and unprofessional ways of the IVF...
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I Won’t Screw You Over…

Last spring, many of us were caught by surprise after learning that the Isla Vista Project Area Committee/General Plan advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) had approved a parking permit plan requiring a $195...
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Drowning the Rat

Has Bush stirred up God's divine wrath? Some Internet sites are saying that Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan directly hit only those Florida counties that voted for Bush in 2000. It's an interesti...
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Lerner Should Learn Facts Before Criticizing France

I just wanted to comment on Neer Lerner's opinion piece titled "France's Quiet Epidemic" (Daily Nexus, Sept. 24). It's one thing to have an opinion, but it's another thing entirely to submit an articl...
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Help Protect Sands Beach From Death by Detritus

In early June, after the cliff dwellers of Del Playa have migrated to their summer feeding and roosting grounds, a strange phenomenon occurs. A short walk on the beaches of Isla Vista reveals a multit...
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Anchors Aweigh

My heart goes out to the DP residents who've suddenly been forced by the county to find a new place to live, and all because of some silly business about their homes being about to collapse.
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France’s Quiet Epidemic

Chechen terrorists murder children in a Russian school, Palestinian suicide bombers blow up grandmothers on Israeli buses, Arab militias in Sudan rape and slaughter black Christians, and militants beh...
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