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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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Students Should Know the Facts When Talking About Their Heritage

January 15, 2003 by Omri Cohen

Palestine has not existed for almost 55 years. Even then, it was not a country, just a British-owned territory called the British Mandate of Palestine.
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Think: Wednsday January 15, 2003

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Drugstore Cowboy: Some Kid Kills His Sister

January 14, 2003 by Cory Anthony

It's video games, like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They're becoming so realistic that they distort the minds of young gamers, and the idea of taking a handgun to the head of an old lady for a few buc...
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It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…

January 14, 2003 by

I went up on my roof for the first time the other day and it just so happens that I have a perfect view of the neighbor's yard.
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The Road to a New Highway Is Paved with Greed and Green

January 14, 2003 by Harry Nelson

The city of Goleta has plans to put stoplights on Highway 217, aka Ward Memorial Boulevard, the road that connects the east gate of the UCSB campus with Highway 101.
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Good Grub

January 13, 2003 by Staff

When Columbus sailed in the 1400's (and yes, I know he didn't discover shit...), he and his crew took to eating meals at night around halfway through the voyage.
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