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Pro-Life Ad Is an Insult to a Woman’s Right to Choose

One of the most common feelings of rape victims is intense helplessness and lack of control over their own bodies. And then we, as a society, have the audacity to tell these women that we will decide ...
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War With Iraq Will Only Bring More Woes

In Matthew Lamont Stern's opinion piece "What Is It Good For?" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 26, 2003), his arguments boil down to the assertion that an American invasion and occupation of Iraq would be for the ...
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UCSB’s Health Education Can Help You Out

I just wanted to find out who on this campus cares about their body, their sex life and their wellbeing. I know I do; that's why I took a class at Student Health on communication and sexual health two...
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Daily Nexus Disappoints with Ill-Conceived Advertisement

Throughout my four years at UCSB, I have diligently read the Nexus almost every morning, interested to see what is affecting the UCSB campus and its students. I was absolutely horrified, however, to r...
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Make Like a Tree and Leave

With everything going on in the world today it is so easy to overlook the things going on in our very own backyard at times. Sure, international politics affects us all on a big scale. But it is the e...
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Thursday's forecast: Sunny and dry, apparently.
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Policy Would Let Connerly Ward Off Researchers

Last Saturday, the California Republican Party voted unanimously to support the initiative. California Republican leaders have a history of alienating moderates and people of color and greatly differ ...
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Murder Case Leaves Dead Opinion Walking

On Tuesday, the rootin' tootin' state of Texas executed its 298th inmate since the death penalty's re-institution in 1982. Capital punishment - both in Texas and in non-crazy states - is an unsightly ...
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U.S.A. Leads the Charge Into a Brave New World

The anti-war movement has little to do with an actual war. It's about something larger with even greater significance for which Iraq has only been the catalyst. It has opened a deep political rift tha...
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What Is It Good for?

A successful war against Saddam Hussein will lift the sanctions that many protest, U.S. aid will help curtail hunger and rising death tolls and Iraq will have a chance at a government that is democrat...
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The Overworked Weatherhuman

Wednesday's forecast: Today, expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the mid-40s. The week should be dry through Friday, but expect light showers Saturday afternoon.
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A.S. It Is: This Weekend, Join Us for the Student of Color Conference

The issue of war has been and should be on everyone's mind to some degree. The Santa Barbara community has been very responsive to this issue simply through the ongoing Saturday peace marches downtown...
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Face It, Nice Guys: Every Girl’s Crazy ’bout a Badass Man

Cornfed is beyond hope, forever past the point of naughty. When girls think of turning him on, they think of teddies - not the lingerie, the bear.
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When It Comes to Eating Disorders, Handle With Care

Confronting a friend with an eating disorder is difficult but not impossible, and is always necessary. The challenging part is choosing the right words and the right time to approach your friend so he...
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Effective Student Activism Comes in All Shapes, Colors and Sizes

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Daily Nexus printed a general polemic against campus activism written by Cory Anthony and titled "Protesting Protesters." This column was particularly in point for those of us...
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