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Gauchos Bite on Environmental Lies

April 9, 2002 by Bruce A. Carter

UCSB students are being manipulated and used by members of some radical environmental organizations.
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Weatherticket 2002

April 9, 2002 by Staff

Its popularity contest season again. Associated Students candidates spent Sunday night littering campus with illegible campaign materials.
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Living Without Vowels: We Must Take Time to Reflect on the Past

April 9, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

UCSB received its own chilling reminder of the Holocaust on Monday as the names of those who died in the holocaust echoed through Storke Plaza.
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Thomas Deputizes Politics

April 8, 2002 by Staff

Sheriff Jim Thomas has decided to end his career with a bang - a big bang, right upside Gail Marshall's head. Sadly, it looks like Gail's offering up her cranium for the blow.
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National Geographic

April 8, 2002 by Staff

I emerged from the weathercave Saturday evening to replenish my meteorological supplies and found myself immersed in a foreign land.
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Crappy Lease Agreements

April 8, 2002 by Dallas Atkins

LESSEE'S OBLIGATION OF MAINTENANCE OF THE PREMISES: ... Lessee shall be responsible for any damages to leased premises during the term of the lease and for actual costs of all drain, toilet and dispos...
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The Red Tape: Big Bad Websites Can’t Give Cookies to Children – Can I Be 12?

April 8, 2002 by Josh Braun

I am about to turn 12 - online anyway. You see, although I'm 21 years old at the moment, I stumbled across some information about online marketing that has put me in touch with my inner child.
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My Big Idea for UCSB is All Wet

April 8, 2002 by Brian Hampton

So I had an idea. It wasn't an original idea, but it was about something that this campus needs and does not officially have: professor evaluations that students can look at when deciding what classes...
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If Life Seems Jolly Rotten, You’ve Forgotten to Laugh, Smile and Sing

April 8, 2002 by Chris Montes De Oca

Some days life isn't going that well. You fail your math final and have to repeat the class, you get dumped, you lose your bike lock or, even better, you get in a bike accident. Then, when you think t...
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UC Pulls Out of Israel

April 4, 2002 by Staff

The University of California system has decided to cut short its education abroad program in Israel due to increasing security and safety issues for students - and it's a damn shame.
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To Access the Daytime Menu, Press One

April 4, 2002 by Staff

The RBT menu has a new addition. "Press four to hear a frog croak," offers the monotone.
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The Unholy Land

April 4, 2002 by Staff

The violence between Israelis and Palestinians is horrific and the United States must do everything in its power to bring about peace. At this stage of the conflict, it does no good to blame one side ...
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Nexus Columnist Shouldn’t Use Bad Taste to Prove Point

April 4, 2002 by Kathryn Colby

I protested abortion on Monday. And so did other pro-lifers. Cops came. I was prayed for. I was thanked. I was told to calm down. I was pissed.
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UC Ruined My Year By Pulling Israeli EAP Program

April 4, 2002 by Jarad Bernstein

As I sit here in my Jerusalem dorm room, overlooking the Old City, I can only express seething anger at the University that has made my life miserable for the past two days.
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Filipina Student Objects to Insensitive April Fool’s Article

April 4, 2002 by Christine Apa

I am writing in reference to the article in the April Fool's Day edition of the Nexus entitled, "U.S. army nukes the Philippines." I am outraged by the pure insensitivity and the lack of humor in this...
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