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Liberals Should Smoke the Dope Out of the White House

November 18, 2003 by Ethan Roberts

Several articles and opinion pieces have been published in the Daily Nexus recently. I found "Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives" (Nov. 12) by Drew Atkins to be quite funny.
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Your Car Isn’t Your Castle

November 17, 2003 by Mark Signa

I was sitting in my car when an officer caught me drinking a beer. I got the Minor in Possession ticket, but the officer also searched my car even though I told him I wasn't giving him permission to. ...
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Wait ‘Til You Get There

November 17, 2003 by Staff

I read that a couple dozen Iowa National Guard troops tried to avoid being shipped to Iraq by taking illegal drugs prior to drug tests the night before deployment - and got sent anyway. Talk about a b...
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Sexy, But Not Sinister, Neo-Conservatives Get Things Done

November 17, 2003 by Bradley Deal

I would like to address the disrespectful and ignorant article written by Drew Atkins on Nov. 12, "Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives." First off, his comments regarding the president of the United Stat...
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Debate Supporters Get It Together Despite Hesitation

November 17, 2003 by John Peters Exec Dir College Republicans

On behalf of the College Republicans at UCSB, I would like to thank the Women's Center for finding someone to debate Phyllis Schlafly.
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Big Mistake

November 14, 2003 by Staff

Halloween in Isla Vista: The party is over. Seriously, this time. It was 15 days ago. But that only brings next year's festivities 15 days closer. Planning can never start too early. Planning can neve...
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Cop Out

November 14, 2003 by Staff

Well, the 'human went and got shitfaced before coming up with today's column. Now I'm staring at the roof of this goddamned cave, trying to think, like I have so many times before.
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Even Cops Are Invited to Open Parties

November 14, 2003 by Mark Signa

Do cops have quotas? Do they get a bonus for writing a bunch of tickets? No, there's no free toaster for every five beer tickets we write. People often talk of quotas and how the police need to show ...
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Purple Hot Line

November 14, 2003 by Staff

Being purple must suck. As valid as the other five-sixths of the spectrum, it gets the regularly shaft nontheless. Being split into indigo and violet, for example - totally lame.
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Take a Bite Out of It

November 13, 2003 by Staff

Our best hoops player went down with an injury - damn our luck. Just another blow for the athletics department, who, due to some organizational error, have forgotten to schedule games for the football...
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Forget the Guy in the Bush

November 13, 2003 by Max Anders Susan Landgraff Carl Barnes

Have you ever meandered through the streets of Isla Vista and felt the compelling need to check the bushes for the possible creepy guy with the knife waiting for the helpless target to walk by?
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U.S. Teeters Into Totalitarianism

November 13, 2003 by Katherine Drabiak

Totalitarian history of Russia and Nazi Germany evokes passionate sentiment of brutality and government policy gone horribly awry in the minds of the American public, who since birth has been surround...
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Romance Column Forgets About the Facts

November 13, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerless to resist, they construct explanations to make them comprehensible. Whenever people are faced with forces they don't under...
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A Damn Lot of Pennies for Your Thoughts on Feminism

November 13, 2003 by Lee Gientke

I'm a UCSB alumnus and have heard that the UCSB College Republicans have been trying to host a debate between Phyllis Schlafly and a professor of women's studies, but despite several polite invitation...
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Short and Irrelevant Career in Personal Saviordom Fails

November 13, 2003 by Steven Johnson

Regarding Shawn Nielsen and Natalie Spritzer's column "Carl's Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce" (Daily Nexus, Nov 12), I appreciate the fact that a couple of lousy punk teenagers think the...
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