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Our Own Campus Green Team

Let's wake up people and smell the... green? Going green is becoming increasingly popular due to social, environmental and surprisingly enough, economic reasons. It includes buying sustainable product...
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Dan’s the Man, Says Dan

Did you see the story on the front page about the Nexus naming a new editor-in-chief? I've always thought it was weird when newspapers write stories about themselves.
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Ban Could Eliminate Boozin’ in the Park

Today, the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Board of Directors will consider banning the consumption of alcohol in all I.V. parks unless park-goers have a permit. Currently alcohol is b...
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Knock: In Case You Wondered Why Drew Atkins Isn’t Talking to You in Class

My housemate Donkey is like an old woman sometimes, especially around the end of each quarter. This is when he really starts nagging me. Where are you going to live next year, Drew?
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Queer Wedding Speaker Should Respect Even Opposing Opinions

Last Friday as I was passing by Storke Plaza I took a moment to see what was going on. The first words I heard were, "We have gotten nothing but support from everyone - that is until a few days ago. I...
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Satire of Sex Clones in Mackie’s Column Totally Missed by Maffet

This is in response to Amanda Maffett's letter regarding Drew Mackie's column in last Thursday's paper ("Drew Says: Cloning Opens Up a New World of Possibilities - in Bed," April 29, Daily Nexus).
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Charity or Not, Sex and Violence Can Send a Nasty Message to Kids

Crowds cheering, fists flying and hot girls dancing away. Sounds more like something on Spike TV, but nope, it was all done in the name of charity. I just find it ironic that violence and sex can be m...
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Joey’s Latest Column Abounds With Contradiction, Hypocrisy

I found Joey Tartakovsky's column, "The Ruthlessness of Terrorism" (Daily Nexus, May 3), to be stunningly hypocritical because of his previously stated support for the war in Iraq.
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Hating the Haters

I'd like to use today's space to clear a colleague's name. He wrote a column last week imagining the glorious sexual possibilities presented by cloning.
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Beneath the Sexual Radar

It seems that people these days are just bursting with bizarre and morbid curiosity. From charged nipple clamps to glow-in-the-dark butt plugs, chances are if man can create it, someone, somewhere is ...
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The Reader

This is in response to Briyanna Maatuk's article "When Did College Become All About Sex?" (Daily Nexus, May 3). What it took Maatuk four years at UCSB to discover about Isla Vista, most students at an...
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Kids, Don’t Hold Guns, M’Kay?

A federal drug agent was giving a gun safety presentation in Orlando a few days ago when he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
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Damn Skippy: A Battle for Free Speech

I don't like the way that the battle against obscenity is going. I'm convinced that ultimately the battle will be lost, much to my delight. For some reason, Americans find the word "fuck" much too tit...
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Clones Are More Than Just Tits, Ass and DNA; They’re People, Too

This is in response to Drew Mackie's opinion on human cloning in "Cloning Opens Up a New World of Possibilities - in Bed" (Daily Nexus, April 29). This is in response to Drew Mackie's opinion on human...
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Poop

Goddamned sonuvabitchin' shit-ass.
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