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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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Strategery Is an Important Part of Governizing

November 12, 2003 by Staff

Arnold hired a new press secretary, a woman named Thompson. Apparently she worked on Gee-Dub Bush's campaign as well. Strange hiring, I thought. Arnold seemed to have the avoiding questions routine ma...
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Dirty Talk, Happy Humping

November 12, 2003 by Kate Rice

People use a wide array of mechanisms to liven up their sexual experiences. From food in the bedroom, to sex toys, to dressing up in a big animal costume with a hole cut out for the genital areas, if ...
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Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives

November 12, 2003 by Drew Atkins

I'm writing a romance novel about the neo-conservative takeover of the White House. Bubbling underneath all the exchanged glances over tables of power, the handshakes and smiles, there is raw emotion ...
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Carl’s Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce

November 12, 2003 by Shawn Nielsen Natalie Spritzer

When you see a beautiful woman straddling a vibrating mechanical bull, what's the first idea that pops into your head? Is it, (a) the woman is training for a rodeo, (b) something related to sex, or (c...
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Dancing Around a Dilemma: Lifelong Dreams in the Face of a New Major

November 12, 2003 by Meghan Palma

Just over a month ago, I faced a decision that many of us as college students inevitably face at one point or another - the decision to change majors.
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On the Road

November 10, 2003 by Staff

The weatherhuman is writing from the road, somewhere in the blackness between Vegas and Baker. It's going to be a long drive for the 'human and associates. Three days of blasting the mind with chemica...
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Gutenburg’s Curse

November 10, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Books may be emblematic of student life, but more recently they've also come to represent student poverty. Expensive textbooks, however, are a headache the University and its professors could prevent.
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Blue Traffic Lights: Putin and Politics in an Uncertain Russia

November 10, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Russian President Vladimir Putin, some in Moscow are fond of saying, is like Ricky Martin - you can't tell if he's gay or not. For Putin, the question revolves around his political orientation - wheth...
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