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Ah, Parking Services, Where Art Thy Sting?

I was late for an exam yesterday and decided to drive to campus. Being short on time and spare change for a parking pass, I decided to take advantage of one of Parking Services' deluxe $30 spaces.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Florists Love Your Mom

Heads up, kids: It's Mother's Day on Sunday. I was just recently made aware of this myself. Immediately recognizing the appropriate thing to do under these circumstances, I panicked.
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University Idealism Is Anything But Right

You students pay a fortune of your and your parents' money to attend UCSB to get an education. But what you are getting is a thorough brainwashing by the left-wing bunch of professors who infest the c...
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Community Affairs Board Works for You and Your Community

Over 3,000 students have benefited through volunteer service each year, with some of our students continuing their service by joining the Peace Corps, Teach for America and AmeriCorps - a few of the m...
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Police Protect Us From Irresponsible Drugs

The two things I love most are alcohol and the police. So, it is the first sentence of my article and I have already exaggerated. It is not actually alcohol I love best, but rather talking about alcoh...
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Article Only Paints One Part of Israeli-Palestinian Picture

"The United States Has a Friend in the Middle East" (Daily Nexus, May 6, 2003), by Celia Soudry, paints an incomplete picture of a very complex situation. Israel is not the benevolent champion protect...
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My Dinner With a Dweeb

Every girl has a lackey at least once in her life. When you first met him, you get the same epiphany that the guy who invented caller I.D. did. But then the bastard went ahead and blocked his number t...
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It’s Just No Gouda

Don't eat the cheese. Specifically, don't eat the Tillamook-brand extra-sharp cheddar currently on sale at Vons.
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Money for Anti-terrorism Ads Comes From Hollywood Players

Frequent readers of the Daily Nexus have certainly noticed the full-color ads that have been running in which Israeli students recount their experiences with terrorism.
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Misinformation Doesn’t Help Skateboarding’s Bad Reputation

The picture and caption on the front page of the Daily Nexus titled "The Daily Grind" on Friday, May 2, worries me for several reasons.
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The Road Map to Peace

This is an important time for those who wish for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and perhaps a time for optimism, too. As the current conflict reaches its 31st month, a number of portentous f...
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Up All Night

I pulled my first all-nighter of the quarter last night. When I tried to take notes in class today, I would look down at the page occasionally and find that I had scribbled down only the first and las...
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In Wake of Elections, the S.U.N. Party Also Rises

Okay, so S.A.C. and Gauchoholics claim they have overcome their long history of partisan bickering and worked together to get out the vote, however they neglected to stop directing their attacks on th...
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Columnist Is Incorrect in Criticisms of A.S.

After reading Cory Anthony's column (Daily Nexus, "No Change Comes Easily," May 1, 2003), I was struck by a number of falsehoods that I feel should be addressed. Being the only elected officer of Asso...
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