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March 4, 2004 by Melanee Young

Will it take the death of a fellow Santa Barbara college student to finally realize that fighting is not worth the cause? Or will intoxication, culminated with a high level of adrenaline, still remain...
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Richy Rich Gettin’ Richer

March 3, 2004 by Tiye Baldwin

An open letter to all the self-righteous, high-paid taxpayers and their equally pompous offspring: Dear Pillagers of the Public Trough, I'm poor. I didn't used to be. But now Republicanomics is dictat...
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Drunk as Slick

March 3, 2004 by

On this date in 1962, Mr. Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a NBA game. If you believe Wilt, that is only the second greatest statistical accomplishment in his life.
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If That’s What Hookup Means, Then Yes

March 3, 2004 by Kate Rice

Seeing as how at least one portion of my everyday verbal discourse infallibly involves sex, this week I chose to address a sexual term whose definition is, like the balls, too often neglected: hooking...
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Horse Shit – Better than Bullshit

March 2, 2004 by

Election Day - wow, do we have some doozies to choose from. Do you like Beer Guy? Or do you prefer the Mustache Man?
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Nexus Endorsement for 3rd District Supervisor: Nobody

March 1, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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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Don’t Want You Back

March 1, 2004 by

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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Blue Traffic Lights: Homophobia in the Homeland

March 1, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

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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Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 55: Endorse

March 1, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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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Joey Tartokovsky Presents Slanted View of Israel

March 1, 2004 by Ali Kattan-Wright

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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Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 56: Strongly Endorse

March 1, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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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UC Fee Policy Threatens Student Groups With Death by Choking

March 1, 2004 by Alisha Dahlstrom

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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Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 57: Strongly Oppose

March 1, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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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… And Then Some More Thought on Joey

March 1, 2004 by

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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Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 58: Oppose

March 1, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

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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