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Pimping and Pandering in Sports Media

April 26, 2001 by

Only the scars of last weekend are left. Or rather, forming. Forming on my right middle finger and on my sunburned, blistering left arm.I'm not surprised.
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Students Should Back Bush’s Tax Cuts for Rich

April 26, 2001 by

For too long, the former Democratic president Bill Clinton did nothing but tax, tax, tax us until the Republicans stopped him.
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Landlords Want Goleta to Exclude I.V. From City

April 26, 2001 by

It looks like Venoco, the big oil giant, will be included in the city of Goleta. It will be very easy for Venoco to pour money into Goleta City Council campaigns and advance its own interests.
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No Bike Racks at Beach Leads to CSO Impounding

April 26, 2001 by

Put in a bike rack for people who use the beach, and until that time, CSOs should not be cutting locks and leaving people stranded!
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Weatherstealth

April 25, 2001 by

For the past two nights, the Weatherposse and I have executed stealth missions (photos coming soon to the Nexus website) to erect my A.S. popularity contest signs all over campus.
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Consumers, Not Producers, Are the Key to Undoing Globalization

April 25, 2001 by

Protesting the WTO, the multinational conglomerates (i.e. The Gap, Inc.) and the plague of environmental destruction wrought by industry, though ideologically honorable, is futile.
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Lewd Acts of Five Men Terrorize Woman in I.V.

April 25, 2001 by

My anger quickly turned to sheer rage when three of these males jumped on the front of my car and began licking my window, making obscene sexual gestures and banging their fists against my vehicle.
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I’m the Coolest Kid in School

April 24, 2001 by

All those other assheads running for A.S. president are apparently trying to turn this school-wide popularity contest into some kind of political election.
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Abortion Opresses Women

April 24, 2001 by

As a pro-life feminist, I speak in a voice rarely heard amid the din of American politics. A world of soundbites and slogans, it has little time to explore the complexities of pro-life feminism, but t...
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Road Rage

April 24, 2001 by

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

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

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

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

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

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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