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UCSB Athletics Are More Useful Than the Nexus Believes

April 18, 2003 by Chris Austin

This letter is in response to the Daily Nexus' opposition to both the Aquatic Facility Fee and the Athletic Scholarship Fee ("Election Endorsements," April 16, 2003).
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Beware of Motives Behind Supposed Liberal Organization

April 18, 2003 by Sabrina L Pinnell

In the past few weeks, I have seen an information table from Lyndon LaRouche's organization - the International Caucus of Labor Committees/LaRouche in 2004 - in front of the Arbor.
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Fuzzy Math

April 17, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

From the same people who squandered student money in tech stocks and have continually asked students for more cash in the past three elections comes another Associated Students blunder - the sliding-s...
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The Elusive Weatherbutton

April 17, 2003 by

What is a campaign anyway? Let's start with the word and break it down. "Camp" - to live somewhere temporarilyin rugged conditions. Okay, that's college. I can dig it.
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All Three Election Parties Come With Their Share of Problems

April 17, 2003 by Maritza Torrez

Walking around campus these days, I see tons of signs littering the lawn. Smells like election season. From what I can tell, there are three major political parties on campus: The Student Action Coali...
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Voting for the Arts & Lectures Fee Is the Nobel Thing to Do

April 17, 2003 by Walter Kohn

I have just heard from a friend that students are being asked to commit $2 per quarter for Arts & Lectures support. From my own experience, I felt and still feel that such programs provide very valuab...
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“Some People Know What Time it is. Some People Don’t.”

April 16, 2003 by

Have you been yelled at by an A.S. candidate today? I have and it sucks.
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The Silence to the South

April 14, 2003 by Henry Sarria

In an attempt to silence the voices of dissent, Fidel Castro has ordered the arrest of at least 75 individuals for merely speaking their minds. The world's back is turned so it is time to round up any...
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The Golden Rule of Frizz Fighting

April 14, 2003 by

What is it that life revolves around? Hair. Yes, it seems that all the important puzzles in life can be reduced to hair questions. Look at Helene Curtis' stunning list of topics: Pregnancy and motherh...
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The Left Gets Radical

April 14, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Because of the war in Iraq, fierce campus debate and political activism regarding U.S. foreign policy has been unleashed. But something's wrong with this picture: The campus left has become confused w...
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Slings and Arrows

April 14, 2003 by

Okay, so there was this Greek guy named Zeno (no that
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Letter Incorrectly Addresses Issues of Indian and Iraqi Strife

April 14, 2003 by Mike Wills

Mr. Tartakovsky claims (incorrectly) that India is free of terrorism and extremism that plague other Muslim nations. Why is he incorrect? Even if we discount the violence in Kashmir, blaming it primar...
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Reality Television Is Anything But Real

April 14, 2003 by Drew Mackie

"Mr. Personality" follows an attractive single woman as she dates 20 bachelors in hopes of finding a match. The gimmick here is the brightly colored foam masks that hide the bachelors' faces.
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Rape Culture Silences and Shames the Women of UCSB

April 14, 2003 by Valerie Ibarra

Shame is what we must overcome. Cross your legs, smile, look pretty, be polite and don't let anything bad happen to you. I vow: Next time to be rude to those who are rude to me and to others, to love ...
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A Foreign Democracy

April 11, 2003 by Adam Rich

We are the great liberators, harbingers of freedom, steadfast in our resolve, ever fighting for justice and democracy worldwide... if the price is right.
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