Opinion
We're not nihilists, yet we're endorsing nothing. When election time rolls around, the position of 3rd District supervisor is a magnet for political divisiveness, childish behavior and caustic campaig...
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People rejoice - the grocery workers will soon return. Hooray! There's a party in the streets! Let's hold a fucking parade. Get Mayor Quimby up there to declare a new holiday in their honor - "Replace...
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Homophobia is plainly our society's last acceptable prejudice. Forgive the profanity, but the point needs to be made: upon hearing the words "kike," "nigger" or "spic," open-mouthed horror immediately...
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Even in the shadow of a monstrous budget crisis, education should be a priority. Still, Prop 55 asks for a $12.3 billion bond - a hefty sum even in a healthy economy.
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I am writing in response to Joey Tartakovsky's Feb. 23 Daily Nexus column, "Israeli Struggle Inspires the U.S." Joey begins his article by complaining about the special attention given to the Israel-P...
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The most controversial portion of this bill is a change in the required majority vote to pass budget-related bills and tax increases. Currently, California is one of three states in the U.S. that requ...
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Our campus has 470 registered campus organizations through the Office of Student Life (OSL): from the Zen Sitting Group to the Unicycle Club, The Mark Twain Anti-Imperialist Forum to Students Stopping...
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Gov. Schwarzenegger won the gubernatorial race with a campaign focused on cleaning up Sacramento. Apparently Gov. Schwarzenegger believes that piles and piles of money and piles and piles of bills for...
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I am a Muslim student at UCSB. I recently read some parts of Joey Tartakovsky's articles in the Daily Nexus. It really offended me the way he was describing some stories about Muslims worldwide.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger's second brainchild continues along in the same cowardly vein as Prop 57. Prop 58 is a California Constitutional Amendment that prevents future governors and legislatures from pass...
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Lately there have been many attempts to paint presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry as an unpatriotic, unprincipled nominee. Republicans and his Democratic opponents suggest that Kerry changes his mind...
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I've been hearing a lot about the new movie, "The Passion of the Christ." I was wondering, though: Why "the" Christ? I guess there could be confusion if they left "the" out.
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A key issue on the March 2 ballot is Proposition 55, a bond measure that would provide funding for education facilities throughout California. Prop 55 would ease overcrowding in schools and make overd...
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It's election time, and once again I am promoting that we get out and vote. Most of my family members own businesses, so ambition is very much a part of me. I remember the first business course I had ...
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Thanks to the Santa Barbara News-Press and other media, everyone knows that drinking is a serious problem in Isla Vista. So, I was very disturbed to learn that Brooks Firestone, a candidate for 3rd Di...
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Everything shower every day
Has an extensive tote bag collection but never brings one to Trader Joe’s
Reusing condoms
Collecting tears to water their plants
Asking to shower together to “save water”
Air conditioning and electric blanket running simultaneously
Has gone from Temu to SHEIN for bikini purchases
Fracking
On their 10th flight out of Santa Barbara Airport this month
Owns seven Stanley cups
Wrote their environmental ethics essay with ChatGPT
Vegan contributing to Big Almond
