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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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Israeli EAP Program Too Risky for UCSB Students

April 4, 2002 by John Corbett

The University of California should be applauded, not criticized, for suspending the study abroad programs in the Middle East until the level of violence decreases.
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Red Tape: The Cutting Edge of Adventure

April 3, 2002 by Josh Braun

Ahh, the sights and sounds of southwest Utah: the babbling streams, the venous walls of crimson rock towering above the desert floor, and the Traveler-model Swiss army knife blade protruding from my h...
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Parking Structure

April 3, 2002 by Staff

The combination of responsible attendance and new bikes, double U-locked with the promise that they will remain in their owners' possession, clog and clutter most of the lots.
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Circumcision Cuts Close to the Bone

April 3, 2002 by Sarah Kent

Being a sex columnist, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the range of topics that randomly pop up when I'm in a crowd. But I have no idea where the word "circumcision" came into anything I said. H...
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Cut the ‘Animal House’-Style Sexism in April Fool’s Issue

April 3, 2002 by Nina Crowley

As a parent, even one with a pretty weird sense of humor, I think "Young Voices: Who I Did on Spring Break '02" (Daily Nexus, April 1) is not funny. In fact it could be construed as dangerous.
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Leafs and Leavings

April 2, 2002 by Staff

It's time for the quarterly tulips and turds to be dished out.
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Exhibitionists

April 2, 2002 by Staff

I went looking for a warm patch of sand in Mexico to wile away the Spring vacation and wound up one night in Papas 'n' Beer. I found myself staring, along with a sizable portion of the sizable crowd, ...
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