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He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

For those of you thinking about being your favorite Isla Vista Foot Patrol officer for Halloween, here are some reasons to reconsider. First, it's illegal. Now that that's out of the way, let's preten...
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Nexus Misses One Piece In Art Photos: Artist’s Name

Last week I was impressed to find how newsworthy my recent activities have been. I was honored to find not one, but two photographs involving my recent work on the front page of the campus newspaper.
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Letter Slips Down Slope to Just Plain Name-Calling

In his Oct. 27 ("Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat," Daily Nexus) response to Loren Williams' Thursday column "Marriage Protection Week is a Time to Fight Love," Scott Roney argues that Willia...
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Blue Traffic Lights: Shades of Gray: Little Certainty in World Affairs

Being for peace should not mean perpetually opposing the use of the U.S. Military abroad, for that is the peace of the ideologue: because the deployment of U.S. soldiers is surely interlaced with impe...
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Where’s Baldo?

As sure as there's an American dream, there's an IV dream. Baldo lived it to its depraved extent. He hotboxed FT. He stole booze from the local marts and hats from sorority girls.
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Partying at Sundown

A few weeks ago, a group of Isla Vista's finest Foot Patrol officers served and protected our community by issuing my roommate a citation for violating the infamous midnight noise ordinance.
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Police Reports a Blot on Nexus’ Reputation

Over the years - more than 25! - I have looked forward to reading the Daily Nexus. As an alumna and long-time employee of UCSB, I have been alternately informed, impressed, amused, and outraged by the...
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Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat

In his Thursday column, "Marriage Protection Week Is a Time to Fight Love," (Daily Nexus, Oct. 23) Loren Williams ridicules his opponents instead of constructing any logical replies to their arguments...
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The weatherhuman has been approached by agents of the establishment.

From: XXX XXXXXXXX of the Alcohol and Other Drug Program: "I was hoping for more insights into the drugs and alcohol scene at UCSB/IV....What would be an effective way to communicate and dialogue with...
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Paper, Plastic, or Protest?

The recent supermarket workers' strike has gotten me thinking of back when I used to be a union carpenter's apprentice for AFL-CIO Local 727 in Miami, Fla. It has also gotten me thinking as to why the...
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Some Other Guy’s Children

As a 21-year-old political science major in a decidedly liberal state, I'll be the first to admit that I am biased in my opinions on the war in Iraq. I also have high school friends in Iraq right now,...
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Worse Than Sticks or Stones, the “Slut” Label Cuts Deep

As a student walking on my way to class at UCSB, a school that prides itself upon its emphatic dedication to the notion of equality, I find myself lost. I feel as if I am attending a university consum...
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Guerry Deserves No Love for Ignoring Court Rules

I am a third-year member of the UCSB women's tennis team and was shocked to read Mr. Guerry's letter ("Tennis Player Calls a Double Fault on Coach's Bad Manners," Oct. 15, 2003) complaining about bein...
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Television’s Take on News a Far Cry from the Truth

While my roommate was watching CNN tonight I suddenly remembered why I had been avoiding watching this station since 9/11 and after Princess Diana died. The way the news is presented is horribly skewe...
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Mackie Misses Point of Hollister’s Local Legacy

In regards to "Hollister Co. Shirts Endorse Earthquakes, Mediocrity" (Oct. 15, 2003), Drew Mackie should realize that the Hollister Co. sucks, but I hope someone has told him that the company and its ...
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