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Eeny-meany, Mediany, Mode

May 9, 2003 by Staff

Weatherfriend 1: "They're opening a new statistics department."Weatherfriend 2: "We don't have one?"Weatherfriend 1: "Yes, but we're starting another one."
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Daily Nexus Overshoots the UC Tuition Fee Hikes

May 9, 2003 by Jerry Kissler

While providing important information about how budget cuts may impact UC, your story, "UC Regents To Vote on Tuition" (Daily Nexus, May 7, 2003) significantly overstated the fee increase the regents ...
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Ah, Parking Services, Where Art Thy Sting?

May 8, 2003 by Staff

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

May 8, 2003 by Cory Anthony

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

May 8, 2003 by Justin M. Ruhge

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

May 8, 2003 by James K. To Assoc. Director C.A.B.

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

May 8, 2003 by Janine Boomer

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

May 8, 2003 by Hoang Lam

"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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Think

May 8, 2003 by Staff

My Dinner With a Dweeb

May 7, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

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

May 7, 2003 by Staff

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

May 7, 2003 by David Reeves

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

May 7, 2003 by Daniel Ernst

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

May 6, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

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

May 6, 2003 by

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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