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Adelman’s Lecture About Israel Doesn’t Add Up

Dr. Jonathan Adelman is a supposedly highly respected member of his field. I attended his lecture titled "Israel/Palestine: Myths and Realities" on Oct. 15th and expected to come to better understand ...
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The Reader’s Voice: What’s Your Problem? Quote Is a Problem for STD Victims

I would like to respond to one of the quotes in the Daily Nexus's Wednesday, October 15th story,"What's Your Problem?" Ricky Denoda is quoted as saying, "I'm visiting and I heard that one in 20 of th...
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Huff’s Smutty Column Stinks Worse Than Giving a Rim Job

I am writing in response to the distasteful and hardly comedic column I have been reading in the Nexus. As a freshman I would proudly pick up the Daily Nexus every Wednesday looking forward to Beth Va...
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Vague, Illegally Posted Signs About Feminism Are Bad Ads

Walking around campus recently, I noticed a ton of small white flyers taped over many of the flyers I had posted for an event at the Women's Center, the 11th Annual National Young Women's Day of Actio...
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Please Read the Weatherdegenerate.

Those swine at the Corner Store charge two dollars for a Bic lighter. I call them gougers and liars--their store isn't even on the corner of anything. Then again, there are a few naming problems on th...
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Nexus Coverage Must Be Accurate

On Oct. 15, 2003, Students for a Free Tibet enacted a mock execution of Tibetan political prisoners on the UCSB campus. Thankfully, the Nexus was able to send out a reporter to cover this action.
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The Ignored Refugees

Skirmishes between Jews and Arabs in 1930s-40s pre-state Israel produced a Palestinian refugee population. It is often argued that the Israeli government should compensate the descendants of the Pales...
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Room for One More Star?

The 51st state of the union will not be Puerto Rico or even American Samoa. It will be a sand-filled, terrorist incubator that will make those Islamic schools in Pakistan look like an alternative kind...
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Dude Here

I finally saw "Kill Bill." Pretty entertaining, and every bit as violent as they say. I am against just about every form of censorship, and I never buy it when people say that they were compelled to c...
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Tracing the True Sources of Aggression

Mr. Ronquillo, although very opinionated about the Arab-Israeli conflict, seems to know nothing about it. Or if he does have some knowledge of it, he purposely distorted and corrupted the facts, which...
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Below the Smutty Surface

Everyone is talking about porn. With the arrival of porn parties in I.V., even the chancellor and A.S. felt it necessary to issue warnings and official statements on the matter. So, as your Wednesday ...
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A Hero Comes Along

This past weekend the AS President at Berkeley got busted for public drunkenness and fleed from the cops, and our AS President played the hero by convincing a killa-to-be to drop her knife.
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The Only Bad Kind of Recycling

I walk to school almost everyday. Although this half-hour trek does takes a toll on my reserved energy, I still walk. Although my round-trip travel time is often longer than my class time itself, I st...
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The Artful Dodger: Hollister Co. Shirts Endorse Earthquakes, Mediocrity

After the towers at the World Trade Center fell, people everywhere started wearing those "I Love NY" shirts. Even if they didn't live in the Big Apple, the shirts helped them feel like they were suppo...
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Denim Blue Clashes with the Colors on the Rainbow Flag

Call it a hunch, but I don't think Neil Diamond was aware of his adamant support of the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender community when he sang, "I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans."
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