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October 17, 2002 by

In response to Cory Anthony's column, ("No Strike and You're Out"): Mr. Anthony, the fight might be ours someday? Ours? You mean I might take part in it? No, I don't think the fight will be mine. I do...
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Three Weeks, I’m Going Insane…

October 17, 2002 by

There is a conspiracy afoot. Before the year began, all the professors and TAs at this school decided to assign papers for the same three days.
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Recall Supporters Prey Upon Unwitting Isla Vista Residents

October 17, 2002 by

Small-town politics are no different from those big city shenanigans that soon become business as usual and proceed to make us jaded. In our small town it is no different.
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Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!

October 16, 2002 by

Every year the government spends $14,000 for every illegal immigrant and $24,000 for every prison inmate in California. You know, you'd think we could pay University staff enough to live on. But I gue...
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A.S. It Is: A Column A.S. You Like It

October 16, 2002 by and

Associated Students at UCSB is often criticized by a number of different people for a variety of reasons. Many of the more entertaining and newsworthy criticisms seen in the Daily Nexus have come from...
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream – Just Not in My Room

October 16, 2002 by

We've all had them. Those bastard roommates who just plain don't give a shit if you are so close to them you can smell the alcohol on their breath as they are screwing the vagina off someone.
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No Strike and You’re Out

October 15, 2002 by

Members of the Coalition of University Employees (C.U.E.) are striking to defend their right to earn living wages. They are also protesting the unfair bargaining tactics and bad faith that they say th...
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Yummy. Sorta.

October 15, 2002 by

This year brought with it a new phenomenon: dining commons assignments. The first time I ate fried chicken in the dorms I found a feather. And then there was the worm in the potato. It only got worse ...
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UCSB Students Shouldn’t Vote in County Elections

October 15, 2002 by

Students have the right to vote, but do they know for whom they are voting and the quality of the candidate record? Many students will not be returning after June and most do not live permanently in t...
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Don’t Dump Nuclear Waste Way Out West

October 15, 2002 by

I did not know exactly where I was going or what I was going to, but I did know that I had to go. What I ended up at was the Action for Nuclear Abolition Peace Camp on Western Shoshone Nation lands.
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Alas, Poor Fraternities and Sororities, I Knew Ye Well

October 15, 2002 by

Fraternities at UCSB appear to be dying. Many seem to think that UCSB's recent policy statement with greek organizations that fraternities are no longer allowed to have alcohol at their social events ...
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Have No Fear, UCSB and Isla Vista, Honest Jim Thomas Is Here

October 15, 2002 by

I read the Daily Nexus every day - I have for years. Actually, I only used a small portion of your staff editorial ("Betrayed," Daily Nexus, May 4, 2001) regarding Gail Marshall's "betrayal."
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Sign Watch: A.S. Special Elections

October 14, 2002 by

According to the A.S. constitution, campaigners have five days, or 120 hours, to remove any signage used during the election period or face a minimum fine of $10.
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Greenthief

October 14, 2002 by

The police stopped a thief down the street from my apartment this weekend. "Bikes," I thought. Or maybe computer equipment. But no. His truck was full of stolen... palm fronds.
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Lecturers: A Strike Should Not Screw Over Students

October 14, 2002 by

The reason I am writing this letter is not to tell you why I am joining the picket lines Oct. 14 and 15 but why I am not, at least not during my scheduled lecture.
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