Opinion
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I'm returning from my first trip to UCSB in many years. Gosh, how it has changed. So many new buildings, roads, traffic lights. I attended from '74 to '79.
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Recently I heard a freshman ask her companion, "Do you think we should bring our textbooks to class?" Unfortunately, many students fail to bring their textbooks on the first day.
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So apparently, my house is falling into the ocean. Yes, I am one of "them," one of the poor fools who was left out to dry by the good folks of Santa Barbara County. One of those people who was given a...
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I was sunning myself off the coast of Malta, loafing on a 50-foot yacht with my ridiculously wealthy friends, when I was struck with a revelation. Summer sucks. I then blurted out the notion to my shi...
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A werewolf who definitely howled mid make-out
A performative male dressed as Tyler Durden
The mime that somehow made it hot and cool
The ghost of your situationship (no, it’s actually them)
Frat vampire, and your neck will be bleeding
The angel that has definitely never gone out
The literal devil
A prisoner with fake tattoos that you can pretend are real for the night
A sexy cowboy that definitely used the ride line at least four times
A Patrick Bateman who relates a little too much
The witch who asked for your zodiac sign first
A nurse who will leave you needing CPR
