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A Pro-Life Stance Should Hold All Life as Precious

May 17, 2001 by Staff

The thing that gets me so mad about Christians, and pro-lifers, is that they only seem to see certain kinds of life as precious, and they see the rest as theirs to use, abuse and exploit.
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Ding!

May 17, 2001 by Staff

The bus scares me. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could easily wind up making a 45-minute commitment to State Street.
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No Sanctity in the Sanctuary

May 17, 2001 by Nicole Calmels

How many times has a friend or family member joked, "You just go to UCSB because you want to live in paradise, right?" So while we're all busy enjoying our paradise on the Pacific, is anyone paying at...
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Recognize Recent Wins Before Talking Football

May 17, 2001 by Staff

My question is why don't we start by appreciating the teams we have before we add new ones? Let me be the first to say congrats to both teams!
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Up in Smoke – U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision To Ban Medical Marijuana Usurps the Rights of California’s Chronically Ill

May 16, 2001 by Staff

The ruling has been made and D.A.R.E. would be proud. On Monday, our nation's highest court unanimously said "no" to marijuana.
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Boozin’

May 16, 2001 by Staff

Fat people can drink a lot.I'm not basing this argument on simple logic, or even the cruel stereotypes surrounding those drunken porkchops wearing mu-mu's at the Orchid Bowl.
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Graduation Is the Time to Find Yourself – Then a Job

May 16, 2001 by Flynne Hustein

Are you sick of hearing the dreaded question, "What are you going to do after you graduate?" I think this is a sore subject that many soon-to-be graduates share.
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The UC Regents Must Reject RE-28, Repeal SP-1 and SP-2

May 16, 2001 by Staff

We, the students of the University of California, have been fighting for the repeal of SP-1 and SP-2, which eliminated Affirmative Action, since their inception in 1995.
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The Supreme Court Brings the Drug War to Patients’ Bedsides

May 16, 2001 by Staff

In the end, the Court's decision represents the triumph of power over reason and process over justice.
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A Student’s Translation of the Gauchoholic Party Platform

May 16, 2001 by Staff

Yes sir, the Jockoholics are off to a fine start.
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I.V. Is Better Off Excluded

May 15, 2001 by Michael C. Warnken

If I.V. really wanted to be part of the city of Goleta, they should stop backing spineless politicians like Gail Marshall.
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Neighborhood Watch

May 15, 2001 by Staff

As I returned home from the Weatherdesk last night, the lights from the Weathermobile lit up a parked car on the street. Inside, I could see a bare-breasted blonde girl in the back seat.
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Nexus Fails to Recognize Center’s Potential Good

May 15, 2001 by Staff

One only has to walk into the I.V. Teen Center on a weekday night to see how badly I.V. needs a community center.
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Design Review Committee Backs Bikepath Concept

May 15, 2001 by Staff

I write to correct a misunderstanding, repeated in the Daily Nexus, that the campus Design Review Committee is opposed to the Broida bikepath ("Road Rage," April 25).
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