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Road Rage

April 24, 2001 by Staff

A campus project choked to death in university red tape is certainly nothing new. However, sometimes the frustratingly slow pace of bureaucratic machinery manages to surpass all expectations. Case in ...
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Screenwriters Prove Pen is Mightier Than Hollywood

April 24, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

Pop quiz, hot shot, what do the following have in common: Barney's Existential Journey, Bill and Ted's Hella Cool Trip to the Library, and as much Reality TV as you can stand?
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‘Concerned Taxpayers’ Seek to Deny I.V. Inclusion in Cityhood

April 24, 2001 by Henry Sarria

Recently, at a dinner party with friends in Goleta, an interesting question was asked that left me like a deer in the headlights, trying to find an answer. What does it take to get the Isla Vista comm...
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A.S. Election Endorsements

April 23, 2001 by Staff

The Daily Nexus tells you who we think are the best candidates in this years Associated Students election.
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The Mysterious Mipple

April 23, 2001 by Staff

Life is full of mysteries. ... Who shot JFK? How do they get that cream filling into a Twinkie?
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Bush Deserves to Bathe in His Own Toxic Rain

April 20, 2001 by Brendan Buhler

George W. Bush is far too committed to Global Warming to just sit back and let it happen. He's willing to produce as much hot air as it takes. His latest emission of noxious gas was his claim that he'...
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Next Time Won’t You Sing With Me

April 20, 2001 by Staff

Given the fact that today is 4/20, the Weathercorrespondents and I have compiled the "stoner alphabet" for your numb-minded pleasure.
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Myth Shrouds the Truth Behind Sexual Assaults

April 20, 2001 by Staff

A woman reported to the UCSB police that she was assaulted in a remote parking lot at UCSB at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18. Upon further investigation, she retracted her story.
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A.S. Election Indifference

April 19, 2001 by Nathan Clarke

The onslaught of signs over the past two weeks illustrates the candidates' campaign philosophies of advertising themselves, not their theories on the future of the student government.
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Ooooh

April 19, 2001 by Staff

Spring is here, and you know what that means. Untalented skateboarders.
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Professor Attempts to Suppress Student Speech

April 19, 2001 by Staff

As I spoke out on a megaphone to the crowds of students passing by South Hall just before noon on Monday morning, you emerged from a group of men walking past me and shouted in my face to "Shut that f...
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I.V. Would Be a Cash Cow for the City of Goleta

April 19, 2001 by Staff

The numbers have just come out from the county, and they show that Goleta needs Isla Vista included in their boundaries to be a strong and healthy city.
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Fast Times in Isla Vista

April 18, 2001 by Perfect Park Monument Committee

Wednesday, April 18, is the 31st anniversary of one of Isla Vista's most tragic events - the shooting of UCSB student Kevin Moran as he was trying to put out a fire on the steps of the Bank of America...
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Cyberspace Is the Battleground for Social Reform

April 18, 2001 by David Downs

Pop quiz, brainiac: How many miles of chain-link fence does it take to protect the World Trade Organization from 10,000 angry activists?
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Isla Vista Wow!

April 16, 2001 by Staff

In a couple of months, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will nail down the boundaries of Goleta Now!'s cityhood proposal. If incorporation goes through without us, there is little chance ...
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