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Show Some Appreciation for the Dedicated Plover Lovers

Over 40 docents are teaching beach walkers how they can coexist with the snowy plover, first by actually showing them the plovers through spotting scopes so these tiny, so-cute birds are visible.
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The Key to Successful Laziness Lies in a Great Deal of Hard Work

If working for the Daily Nexus has taught me anything, it's how to use my time in the most efficient manner possible.
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Bush Is Just a Mad Man With a Loaded Gun

President Bush toured Europe last week in an attempt to gain support for his war on terrorism.
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Don’t Let Alcohol Keep You From a Safe and Responsible Graduation

STAR stands for Students Teaching Alcohol and other drug Responsibilities and is a peer group who's motto is to promote moderate drinking and support those who choose not to drink.
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Living Without Vowels: Wal-Mart Taught Me Everything I Need to Know

For most of us, we're rolling up our sleeves to spend the summer slaving away for a few shiny nickels and dimes. Summer jobs, however, are a learning experience in themselves.
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Thus Spoke the Weatherhuman

Once again, the old Weatherhuman is graduating to join the great pantheon of weatherbeings in the sky, and the torch is being passed to me.
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Chancellor Yang Deserves Students’ Respect, not Criticism

I am writing in response to the article concerning Chancellor Yang (Reader's Voice, "Chancellor Yang Should Give a Dang About All UCSB Students," Daily Nexus, May 23).
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Weekly Column Lets Others Know It Affects Them As Well

I truly appreciate the "It Affects Me" column on Wednesdays. I think that rape does affect everyone, even if some folks don't realize it.
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He Said, She Said: Those Damn Lies We Tell Are …

It's the white lies that get you. Not the white man's lies - that's a list of lies far too long for this little space. It's the other white lies, the ones you think are morally forgivable.
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MSN Porno

Oh, the perils of checking on'es mail. Either due to inattention or clumsy typing, I accidentally tapped myself in a downward spiral of porn.
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The United States Is Doing More Harm Than Good in Israel-Palestine Conflict

The U.S. has given Israel the green light to take revenge collectively on the whole Palestinian population, from house demolition and tank bombardments to endless sieges and inhumane curfews to the ho...
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The Only Thing a Red Cup Means Is That I’m Thirsty

Residents of Isla Vista need to be informed on the definition of what truly is alcohol.
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Environmental Studies Needs Some Cleaning Up

I would like to be informed as to what is going wrong with the environmental studies major. I am a transfer student and have been an ES major since the 2001 Winter Quarter. So far, I have been very di...
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Turds and Tulips

We Dish Out a Round of Foul-Smelling Feces and Fragrant Flora
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