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Don’t Let Authoritarianism Creep Its Way Into Society

In the political arena, there seem to be only two sides to events - the Republicans and Democrats. There is little talk about any other alternatives today. While both sides battle each other to reign...
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A Nexus Liaison Eliminates the Chances of Biased Journalism

The opinion column by Scott Talkov, "True Free Speech Can't Be Censored" (Daily Nexus, May 20) argued against A.S. Legislative Council's proposed liaison with the belief that "we are to trust our camp...
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University Needs to Maintain DP’s Coastal Bluffs, Roads

The path from Isla Vista to Sands Beach has always been popular with students and the Isla Vista community. The university improved the dirt path in 1986, when faculty housing was constructed, and it ...
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Aspirations Are Born Young

Campus Outreach Program: $3 million. Cost of a college education in 10 years: $60,000 per year. Being inspired at the age of seven to achieve your dreams: priceless. Just try explaining that to Adam P...
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Riding the Short Bike

Did you see Bush on TV last night, with his face all scraped up from a bike crash? I'm not going to give him a hard time for it because I got a pretty bad bump on the head from a crash on DP a while b...
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The Artful Dodger: Our Asses Are Taking Over the World

We've become our own asses, people. Being called an "ass" is nothing new for me. Back when I knew it as the "a-word," it was one of the first obscenities I had ever learned. When someone's acting fool...
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Students Shouldn’t Fund a Campaign Shrouded in Mystery

I've been at UCSB for three years now, and each year some student organization is protesting something new. Every now and then, the Arbor devolves into something like a zoo - there's a lot of screamin...
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Sweet, Sappy Guys Do Their Part to Fight Female Objectification

I was tremendously pleased to see Tim Cho's column ("The Key to Women Lies in Relationships," Daily Nexus, May 21) printed in Friday's Nexus. In an environment where women are usually seen merely as ...
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Coming Soon: The Weather Reader

Look up at the Nexus staff box today. You'll see a bunch of new names in new places, as we turn over the staff and get ready for next year.
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Blue Traffic Lights: Chatting With Lois Capps

The following is an interview with congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara), conducted on Thursday, May 20.
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Apathetic Briggs Threatens Student Voice

Who is Chandler Briggs and why has he been given the title of "student representative" on Isla Vista Project Area and General Plan Advisory Committees? It appears that he does not know what it means t...
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Rice Dehumanizes TAs as Objects of Sexual Gratification

When angry, take a deep breath and count to 10. I've counted to 10 - 10 days to be exact. I thought the passing of time would help to clear my mind of some of the cloudy haze of frustration, anger and...
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Not All Women Should Be Seen as Damsels in Distress

This is in response to "The Key to Women Lies in Relationships" by Timothy Cho (Daily Nexus, May 21). Let me start out with one of his opening lines: "Women were created for men." Should I count how m...
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Self Examination

When my teacher announced in class yesterday that the quiz we had scheduled for that day was postponed, people immediately started getting up and heading for the exits.
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Challenging Your Beliefs

Strict adherence to any ideology is the very definition of rigid thinking. To accept a particular line of thought unflinchingly is to imply that your own wisdom is boundless.
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