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We Can’t Afford High Rents for Grad Students

November 27, 2001 by Edward Collins

Higher rental fees incurred by graduate and undergraduate students slow their academic progress and discourage them from applying to UCSB.
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Red Tape: We’ve All Got Tickets for the Attack of the Clones

November 26, 2001 by Josh Braun

U.S. politicians have generally agreed, to the point of grandstanding at times, that cloning a human would be an unconscionable and unethical act. They just never got around to outlawing it.
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Jesus Mutants!

November 26, 2001 by Staff

My home town is full of mutant people! Obese mutants! Acned mutants! Jesus mutants! Mutated Mutants! Witness to such perverse genetic disaster require months of trauma counseling among Santa Barbara&#...
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Sands Beach Closure Leaves Room for Plovers and People

November 26, 2001 by Darlene Chirman

A rope-and-post fence will delineate a 1,300-foot long area, to direct people around the roost on the wet sand. This will protect 90 percent of the roost area. The majority of the beach is still avail...
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Free of Goleta, We Can Label Our Town Isla Vista With Pride

November 26, 2001 by Temmo Korisheli

Well at least one good thing may come out of the recent Goleta cityhood vote.
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Don’t Get Spoon-fed News About the War in Afghanistan

November 21, 2001 by Drew Atkins

When people cease to point out our government's faults, usually because they fear the response from others, they give up control over their government's actions.
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It Was Only 10-3

November 21, 2001 by Staff

Here at the Nexus, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. In the traditional Nexus sloshball game against A.S., held last weekend, there was much that was deserving. For example: although th...
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There’s No Beating Around the Nuclear Secrets, Bush

November 21, 2001 by David Downs

Let us all give thanks this week. We don't live in a nuke-worthy city, we're not on any government dissident lists, we will remain blissfully ignorant of how jacked up the world is becoming.
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Stop Your Complaining and Whining; Back Up Your Beliefs

November 21, 2001 by Loren Williams

I've heard variations on "America - love it or leave it" far too often recently. It's amazing that people can claim to be patriotic and simultaneously be so ignorant of the values for which our countr...
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Foot Patrol Doesn’t Deserve the Flack that People Give It

November 21, 2001 by Tara Minassian

"Fucking Pigs" and the like are the words screamed from various parties on DP as the cops walk down the street. How do they react? They laugh it off.
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Show a Little Consideration When You Park Your Automobile

November 21, 2001 by Rachael Prewett

We've all seen what a bitch it is to park in I.V. I know it's horribly difficult for the car-dependent to drive up and down the street looking for a legal parking space.
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WeatherDefiniton

November 20, 2001 by Staff

The Turkey Drop noun. 1 the cutting of one's losses in mid-November.
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A.S. It Is: The SAT Flunks Out When it Comes to Diversity

November 20, 2001 by Eneri Rodriguez

The SAT I has been proven to be culturally biased; its ability to predict the success of a college student is almost insignificant.
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Living Without Vowels: Meet the New Boss in Afghanistan, Same as the Old Boss

November 20, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

The Northern Alliance isn't your typical Boy Scout troup either. Their treatment of women hasn't been much better than that of the Taliban. Also, they've been devouring the care packages dropped by Am...
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Red Tape: That Kind of Muzak Don’t Soothe the Soul

November 19, 2001 by Josh Braun

Try as I might, I couldn't place it. Then without warning, it happened. The orchestra on the PA system began playing Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence."
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