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I’m for Parking Free in I.V.

I am running for the office of district supervisor because I am passionate about keeping this district pristine and natural while nurturing economic growth and planning with the input and involvement ...
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Propaganja

From the Stranger Than Fiction file: I was perusing the rack of informative pamphlets at Student Health. Got to skip over the STD rack - the only benefit of genderless 'humanism.
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Assignments or State-Sponsored Eco-terrorism?

Far from trampling through lush forests with chainsaws revving, aggressively slashing and burning our way through stacks of lumber, we destroy trees in a much more efficient and innocent fashion. We c...
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Sexually Speaking, Everyone Could Use a Tip or Two

Four years ago, when I was a freshman here at UCSB, a girl across the hallway in my dorm, who I desperately hope is reading this now, drew a picture of what she called a penis and showed it to me.
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No Room for Suckers in the Hypocritical Grand Old Party

A partisan Republican would have little or no difficulty painting me as a member of the liberal elite. The liberal elite is composed of individuals who are politically liberal. Their elite status is d...
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Ponder Globalization From Black Sabbath’s Perspective

While I agree with most of what Joey Tartakovsky said in "Blue Traffic Lights: Globalization Gives Folks What They Want" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 12, 2004), I could not stay silent to perhaps the most egreg...
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Fighting for College Funding

For generations Californians have recognized the importance of higher education to a free and prosperous society. Under the higher education master plan, the top 12.5 percent of high school students ...
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Early Bird Gets the Worm

Congratulations to Craig Belon for winning himself a big ol' bag of dank bin candy by spotting the new Nexus font and getting to the office to report it all by 10 a.m.
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He Said, She Said: Leave the Heavy Make-up for Bozo the Clown, Okay?

Painted ladies of Isla Vista, douse your Jackson Pollock faces in turpentine. I'm here to liberate you out from beneath your layers of makeup.
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He Said, She Said: A Touch of Cosmetics Helps Start the Day Right

Every morning, I wake up and face the day by greeting three of my most beloved friends: M.A.C., Clinique and L'Or
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Arnold’s Speech Points California in the Right Direction

I'm writing this letter in response to Ms. Baldwin's "The State of the State" letter, which appeared in last Friday's opinion section. Ms. Baldwin is apparently unhappy with our governor's running of ...
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Come On Down

It's time to see if anyone is paying attention.
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All’s Not Lost With Your Stolen CDs

You go out to party on a Friday night and after a few drinks - soda, of course - you come home to find that someone has gone through the apartment and taken your collection of Doors, Led Zeppelin and ...
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Blue Traffic Lights: Globalization Gives Folks What They Want

The fact that there are few places left on earth to which one can travel and encounter unfamiliarity with at least some aspect of life in this globe-spanning Goliath has been used to argue that Americ...
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Forget Mad Cow; Sick Fish Are a Greater Health Hazard

If, after the recent mad cow scare, you thought eating fish was a safer dinner option, think again. While the health effects associated with mad cow disease are severe, the scope of the problems remai...
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