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Showering in Good Company

September 26, 2002 by

You don't really wanna shower alone, do you?" I never saw myself asking this question of a gorgeous girl without getting slapped in the face. Her reply? "Let's go."
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Fatkid Reclining: Spread a Little Anguish to the World, One Pathetic Loser at a Time

September 26, 2002 by

Hi. My name is Alex Benowitz-Fredericks, and I am mean to freshmen. The basic excuse here is one of basic pecking-order cruelty. But that's just an excuse.
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Tranquility Lies Just a Single Free Tibet Away

September 26, 2002 by

Despite 50 years of destruction and persecution that have claimed 1.2 million lives and totaled 6000 holy monasteries, the Tibetans still have an undying light in their eyes.
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Last Call

September 20, 2002 by

Over the summer, UCSB's Greek system adopted a new set of alcohol regulations for its houses, moving toward a semidry policy that forbids any of the raging Greek parties I.V. residents can so fondly r...
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The Village People

September 20, 2002 by

Welcome back, everyone. I would especially like to take this opportunity to welcome all of this year's freshmen to Manzanita Village.
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Run Over

September 20, 2002 by

The Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking handed over a recommendation to Chancellor Yang this summer, calling for the instatement of weekend and night parking fees.
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Homecomings and Shortcomings

September 20, 2002 by

When I arrived in Siena this June, I spoke barely a word of Italian and knew virtually nothing about the place I had chosen to spend my summer.
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Red Tape: New School Year Brings New School Year Resolutions

September 20, 2002 by

I was all set to write an informative column this week, when at the last minute someone stole my idea for the staff editorial (See upper left). Bastards.
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Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

September 20, 2002 by

There seem to be three broad categories of signs: the vitally important, the theoretically useful and the utterly useless.
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Missing Car Turns Up at Towing Company; Police Suspected

September 20, 2002 by

Perhaps it's just my naivet
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Hungry, Hungry Opinion

August 28, 2002 by

The Opinion page is a hungry beast, and without you, it would be nothing. It dwells here in the middle of the Daily Nexus, five days a week, ranging from an anorexic to a plump four-page spread.
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Please, Allow Me to Introduce Myself

August 28, 2002 by

I am the Weatherhuman - a faceless, genderless entity whose job it is to defend the populace, or at least make them laugh until it doesn't hurt anymore.
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CC to UC Ain’t Nothing but a Heartbreak, Baby

August 28, 2002 by

Of all the transfers I have made in Santa Barbara, such as transferring a 12-pack of Natural Ice from the liquor store to my stomach, or transferring myself to the beach, the transfer from SBCC to the...
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Living Without Vowels: Welcome to Fantasy Isla Vista

August 28, 2002 by

I've worked summer Orientation for the past two years, and I could bet my paltry paycheck on the fact that a good number - if not the majority - of freshmen made their way down to I.V. at night to sne...
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Drink Your Way to a Higher Education in the UCSB Residence Halls

August 28, 2002 by

Now, we don't know about you, but here at the Nexus we prefer our fish kippered, so here's the official Life in the Dorms Drinking Game.
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