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Patriot Act Transforms Our Uncle Sam Into a Peeping Tom

January 21, 2003 by Erland Sanborn

There's plenty of documentation that our own country has had a curious history of supporting terrorist regimes for the last 20-30 years.
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Absence of Borders Is Not Proof of a Nation’s Absence

January 21, 2003 by Mike Willis

The conversation between the professor and the student is perfectly legitimate, and does not a priori imply that the sovereign state of Israel should be removed from the map.
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Weekend

January 17, 2003 by

If you're reading this, you missed out on the chance for a four-day weekend. But instead you're in class right now or studying in the UCEN. Way to screw it up for the rest of us.
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Do It for Dr. King

January 17, 2003 by Drew Atkins

When King's birthday is celebrated, it's common to focus on his life prior to the implementation of his civil rights work and to ignore what he was trying to accomplish in his last years of life.
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Heavy RecCen Congestion Is Not Worth the Weight

January 17, 2003 by Jon Morin

It is an everyday nightmare when you walk into the gym and see the extremely overcrowded nature of the gym. Not only are all of the four treadmills filled up, but the weight room is also always filled...
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UC Budget Cuts Hit the Books and the Students

January 17, 2003 by Lora Richards Davidson Library

I've been working alongside students here at UCSB for 12 years, and I am genuinely distressed that our situation has degenerated to a point where I say, "Welcome to the Ripped-off by the Regents Club!...
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Beware of Our Fine, Furry Friends

January 16, 2003 by Drew Mackie

We're losing a war in Isla Vista, one overturned trashcan at a time. The gang of which I speak is, of course, the raccoons. You see them in I.V., rooting through garbage and staring with shiny, beady ...
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Hell on Wheels

January 16, 2003 by

My bicycle has turned against me. It's a simple collection of moving parts so basic that even I understand how it works. But no matter how many bolts I tighten, no matter how many times I fix the fix ...
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A Letter of Apology

January 16, 2003 by

On Jan. 13, 2003, the Daily Nexus Opinion section ran a column by Steven Ruszczycky entitled "Simian Antics Drive I.V. Residents Ape." While well-intentioned, the column only served to hurt feelings a...
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People Shouldn’t Be Fooled By Political Pot Smoke and Mirrors

January 16, 2003 by Robert Sharpe

Kudos to Kristina Ackermann for an excellent overview of 2002 developments in marijuana law reform (Daily Nexus, "2002: The Year in Marijuana," Jan. 14). It's important to note that punitive marijuana...
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A Fiscal Proposal

January 15, 2003 by

Undergraduates have a substantial tuition increase of $135 coming their way with the regents meeting today and tomorrow to decide if students should pay even more.
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Knick-Knack, Paddy-Whack

January 15, 2003 by

The other day I came home from a hard afternoon of shopping for Thor's Tip-Top Thunderbolts and Ten-Trailer Tornados only to find that the weather cavemate had carelessly left out some cream-filled co...
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Is That a Pole in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

January 15, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

I was watching the movie "Striptease" over break and I realized two things immediately: a) "Why the hell am I watching this?" and b) "Wow, I've always wanted to twirl around on a pole like that."
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Students Shouldn’t Stand for Fee Increase

January 15, 2003 by Marissa Brown

As you may already know, just this past month the UC Regents approved a quarterly tuition increase of $135 to take effect this spring. Now they must decide whether to raise it an additional $795 for t...
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Patriot Act Is There to Protect Your Rights, Not to Shred Them

January 15, 2003 by Bill Ryder

By limiting access to our financial institutions, the Patriot Act, I hope, will help dry up the flow of funds to terrorists from within and outside the country.
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