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No Fuss Means No Parking

May 15, 2002 by Staff

The Special Advisory Committee on Parking held an open forum to collect opinions about a plan to raise the cost of day parking, and instate weekend and night fees. Twenty people showed up and not one ...
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The Stinky Underarm of Campus

May 15, 2002 by Staff

Warm weather has descended upon an unsuspecting Santa Barbara. Nowhere is this more apparent than the poorly ventilated corridors of Davidson library.
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My Friendly Advice for I.V’s Bimbos, Bozos and Dealers

May 15, 2002 by Cory Anthony

First is a little hint for the ladies (and possibly even some fellas): Wear clothes that fit. Pull up the ol' size zero shorts, suck up the gut, button, zip and breath.
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Trampin’ It Up

May 15, 2002 by Staff

What's more charitable than a bunch of drunk meatheads hitting each other? A bunch of drunk meatheads employing their drunk "sisters" to bounce up and down nearly naked on a trampoline.
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Harsh Politics Harbor Sexism, Racism and Homophobia

May 15, 2002 by Ivan Perez

Ana Rizo and Eneri Rodriguez, your external vice presidents for local affairs and for statewide affairs respectively, recently had their offices robbed and vandalized by some racist, supremacist, gree...
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Forcing Grad Students to Buy UCSB’s Insurance Demeans Us

May 15, 2002 by Randolph Scherp

These ideas come in response to the issue of the graduate student health insurance hike under discussion at present, being voted on by the Graduate Students Association representatives.
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It Affects Me: Part 6: Friends Survive Together

May 15, 2002 by Imani Rupert Muriel Philips

Eva called me about a week ago. When I realized who it was, I didn't really even want to talk to her. I felt I had put so much effort into helping her, but her ignorance and denial were really startin...
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Despite What the Nexus Says, Students Had a Voice on Parking

May 15, 2002 by Shawn Landres

I am writing in response to your editorial on parking, the Daily Nexus criticizes A.S. reps for not attending the most recent Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking public forum.
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Well Blow Me Down, Oral Sex Is Just a Tool to Avoid Guilt Trips

May 15, 2002 by Sarah Kent

You'd be surprised at the topics that pop up around my grandmother's dinner table sometimes. We were discussing my cousin - a man slut if there ever was one - and his new girlfriend.
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May 15, 2002 by Staff

Hey Undergraduates, Shut It. TAs Need Parking More Than You

May 15, 2002 by Brian Norton

TAs are poor and are more important than students. That's right, I said it, you know it's true.
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Laundry Merry-Go-Round

May 14, 2002 by Staff

My crotch is damp right now. Yesterday, I spent $8.75 of the froggypopfund to entertain my clothes at the Laundry Fun Center (“the laundromat” to the fucking idiot). I poured in some deter...
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Hot Time in the Ol’ County

May 14, 2002 by John Scherrei

At a recent meeting of the Fire Chief's Association of Santa Barbara County, chiefs from several agencies and departments discussed the upcoming fire season and what we might expect.
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Living Without Vowels: Same-sex Schools Are Sure to Save Society

May 14, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

Thankfully, our good, born-again Christian President Bush decided that a return to Victorian sensibility is just what this nation needs. His first target: public schools.
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The Red Tape: Student Vocabularies are Shit

May 13, 2002 by Josh Braun

As a general rule, I try not to cuss - not in my speech, not in my columns. Am I perfect on either count? Fuck no. But today, I'll make an exception to prove a point.
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