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Hell No, We Won’t Protest

April 27, 2004 by

I was thinking about the assholes protesting against Karen Hughes here on Sunday. Now, I'm not the kind to accuse a person of being un-American just because they are protesting someone.
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Collective Punishment Affects Us All

April 27, 2004 by Ali Kattan-Wright

Imagine waking up one morning to the sound of loud banging on your front door. You stumble through a room crowded with sleeping children only to find three soldiers wielding automatic weapons outside ...
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The Sweet Smell of Burning Couch Could Cost Major Dough

April 27, 2004 by Mark Signa

Ah, lovely spring. This is the time of year you just have to appreciate the warm weather, sunny days, birds chirping, hay fever, wind, birds dumping on my car and the lovely smell of burnt couch.
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Don’t Be Fooled by Friendly LaRouchies in Front of the Arbor

April 27, 2004 by Neil Visalvanich

Maybe you saw them here last week. Maybe you talked to them. Every now and again, they set up tables in the Arbor. They approach you with bright smiles. They're a friendly and racially diverse crowd. ...
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Professional Crastinator

April 26, 2004 by

I don't really have time today to sit here and tell jokes. I've got a midterm tomorrow, which means I've got to get home and clean my room, cook a full dinner and organize my desk.
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To the Victors Go the Spoils

April 26, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Cervin Morris will not pay tuition next year. Neither will his three vice presidents, Andrea Wells, Felicia Cruz and Jared Renfro. It's part of the Associated Students Legal Code. "Each executive offi...
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Blue Traffic Lights: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

April 26, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

We have learned that Iraqi society is guided by traditions our society can barely fathom, and governed by forces far more powerful than rational self-interest or abstractions about democracy. It is a ...
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Israel’s Not Going Anywhere

April 23, 2004 by Joel Furman

It is time for the Palestinian people to finally accept the permanence of an Israeli state. Ever since the British left the area on May 14, 1948, the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors have done ev...
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Sore Loser

April 23, 2004 by

So I wasn't elected A.S president. How many people voted for me, you ask? Well, I'd rather not say. I'm just not comfortable putting a number on it.
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You Hate Us, You Really Hate Us…

April 23, 2004 by

The responsibility of our student paper is immense. Students form their impressions of the community around them by what is investigated by Nexus reporters and editors. We are, however, strongly disap...
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Student Input on Parking Shouldn’t Be Neglected

April 23, 2004 by Adam Pinson

OK, the jig is up Mr. Bryan Brown. If the Isla Vista Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee's (PAC/GPAC) goal was to facilitate discussion on its policies, they have succeeded.
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Students Can Unite for Abortion Rights

April 23, 2004 by Lisa Castagnola Martine Holston

On Sunday, April 25, 2004, one of the largest public demonstrations in support of reproductive freedom in history will take place in Washington, D.C.
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Hate Mail Hot Line

April 23, 2004 by

So we at the Nexus weren't feelin' too much love this week. Not only were our e-mail inboxes and mailboxes filled to the brim with hate letters bashing our endorsements and the methodology behind them...
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Permission to Participate

April 22, 2004 by Bryan Brown

Local politics are an interesting beast. Generally speaking, they have a far greater impact on our lives than state and federal politics, yet are greeted with far more apathy.
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Running Mate

April 22, 2004 by

I received an email Tuesday from a 17-year-old from Los Angeles named Cesar. He asked me a bunch of questions about the weather, and I tried to answer them all.
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