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Open Door Policy

For as long as I've lived in the weathercave, the weatherportal has been uppity. In cold weather it blows open; in warm weather it swells and warps, making it hard to close and impossible to lock.
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Should Drugs Cost You Gov’t Grants?

In 1998 a provision was made to the Higher Education Act that would delay or deny federal financial aid based on a drug conviction. Instead of increasing educational access as the HEA has done in the ...
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Nexus Neglected to Recount Tragedy’s Entire Story

Although I respect and appreciate the Nexus' intentions in presenting its memorial to the victims of the shocking events on Sabado Tarde a year ago, readers should have been given a complete recountin...
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Beggers Can’t Be Choosers

Perhaps - just perhaps - the speaker's platform at a memorial service is the wrong place to push a political agenda.
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Here Comes the Sun

There is a mathematical equation that defines laundry output in Isla Vista. The more sun = less clothing worn.
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Living Without Vowels: There’s Nothing Strange About Being Queer

It was a hell of a weekend. I knew I was in deep when I sat listening to Susan Stryker, a male-to-female transsexual who emanated power and form as she discussed spirituality and a Stonewallesque riot...
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Sweet Victory on a Salt Lake for the ’02 Olympics

"Here we are - the center of the world."
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Anderson Is the Best, Most-Liked Candidate for SB County Sheriff

On March 5, everyone in Santa Barbara County will have the opportunity to vote for a new sheriff. This is a unique election because the current sheriff is retiring, thus leaving space for a contested ...
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Funny, We Didn’t Order AppeThai’s Discrimination Platter

February is the month of Black history, a month when we must all, as a society, recognize any prejudices that we might have against others.
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Face Off: Should the Homeles Have a Shelter Near a School?

On April 1, the Santa Barbara Homeless Day Center and Winter Shelter will temporarily relocate to Ortega Street across from the Santa Barbara Community Academy elementary school while a second story i...
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Doyle Does Not Need to Give Apology

Let me express my utter and total displeasure with the letters written in the Daily Nexus on Wednesday, Feb. 20, "demanding" that Mr. Martin Doyle apologize for his remarks made a couple of weeks ago
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Weather: Career Day

There comes a time in one
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Our Culture Should Not Accept Sexism

After five years as a UCSB student, I thought I'd seen it all. I was sure I had seen all the assholes and all their asshole moves. But of course, I was wrong.
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Now is the Time to Remember Last Year’s Grief

February 2001 was a month marked by shocking, out-of-the-ordinary, deadly, life-altering events that impacted many individuals both at a personal level and at a community level.
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