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No Matter Who Won the PAC Election, We All Come Out on Top

As one of the candidates, I must admit that my vote was for myself, but then again I could've easily voted for any of my fellow candidates since they're all good people with good intentions for our co...
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Nexus Letter of the Quarter

Call me a prude, but I was very surprised to find a large ad for the Riviera Adult Superstore in the paper.
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Conservative Medusa Wears a Miniskirt, Still a Moron

Not all conservatives may be bigoted harpies, but all bigoted harpies are conservative - at least all bigoted harpies who come to speak at UCSB for a $5,000 fee for an hour or two.
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A Return to Skepticism

Dear Tom Brokaw: Shut up and be a journalist. -The staff of the Daily Nexus.
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Entertaining the WeatherFam

The weatherfamily arrives today. Weatherdad has a conference to attend (i.e. an excuse to get in a few rounds of golf.) Weathermom wants to see the town (i.e. an excuse to spend money in overpriced bo...
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Rolling on No Wheels

"I wish they'd kill him just for that - Oodaba bin Boobee, or whatever his name is." - my Christian mother, referring to bad business after the terrorist attacks.
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Speaker Will Stand Up for America, Under-represented Conservatives

The lectures that many UCSB professors don't want you to hear will take place this Thursday night.
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It Rained Tuesday, With all the Usual and Wet Results

Rain in Santa Barbara is not a pleasant thing. We don't expect rain here - a lot of us chose this school for that very reason. That's probably why the inaugural precipitation makes us feel so cheated.
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PAC Your Vote!

Today the county is holding elections for the Isla Vista Project Area Committee. The IVPAC is the committee responsible for making recommendations for the Isla Vista Master Plan.
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I There A Procrastination Gene?

There are two ways I write a college paper. The first way is a frenzy of last minute research followed by a paper that is in no way good, but not worse than the usual bullshit. The second way is to tr...
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Living Without Vowels: The Creepy, Craky Tale Behind the UCen’s Past

Tomorrow is Halloween, and what this town needs is a good ghost story to get it in the mood. What follows is a tale of the darker side of UCSB, one of our community's own little urban legends.
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A.S. It Is: Get Involved With the I.V. Community; Read to a Child

Asthe sun gently falls into the sea and the city of I.V. transforms into a chaotic version of "Animal House," local children run for cover.
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A Hollow Game of Politics

Twenty 3rd District residents, collected from a pool of wealthy North County farmers to the UCSB's College Republicans, served Marshall with notice of their intent to kick her out of office with a spe...
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You have the right to sit on the curb, sucka

There sure were a lot of people dressed up as mean cops this weekend. I had no idea the costume was so popular. The mean cops had talent too – they never drank, or danced, or even cracked a smil...
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A.S. President Doesn’t Have a Clue About Grad Student Housing

Did you know that many graduate students (especially TAs) have to pay more than half their monthly salary in order to afford housing in the community?
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