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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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‘Compassionate Conservatism’ Is a Farce

April 16, 2001 by Henry Sarria

Do the Republican party faithful, who subscribe to the tenants of the right side of the aisle, see "compassionate conservatism" as part of the program, or is the term nothing more than an oxymoron for...
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Cockfights

April 16, 2001 by Staff

Most "important" holidays have two sides: the story adults believe and the story children believe.
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Justice Is Neither Blind Nor Cheap if You Lack Privilege

April 16, 2001 by Ted Andersen

Frank was charged with burglary and dubbed "the hot prowler" of Winter Break (a hot prowler is a burglar who is seen while committing the crime). There was only one problem: He didn't steal anything.
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The Intro

April 16, 2001 by Staff

I have the social skills of a leper. A dead leper.
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The Truth About Private Violence

April 16, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

She's lying on the floor, broken. Her left wrist is fractured in three places and a bead of blood is beginning to trickle down from one nostril to her upper lip.
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A.S. Will Serve Students Better With Student Services Fee Raise

April 16, 2001 by Staff

I know what you're thinking: What does A.S. do for me and why do they need even more of my money?
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Take Back the Night Provides a Forum to Examine Rape Culture

April 16, 2001 by Tara Goddard

Every year we hold Take Back the Night here at UCSB. And every year, after the event, one of the organizers has to write a hurt and angry letter to the Nexus about the stupid, cowardly acts of seeming...
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Professor’s Campus Activism Is Appropriate Form of Expression

April 16, 2001 by Staff

Professor Armbruster's transparency about his point of view and his involvement in campus activism should not make students fear disagreeing with him anymore than students should fear voicing an opini...
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PLO/Israeli Violence is a Two-Sided Dilemma

April 16, 2001 by Staff

If the PLO is a terrorist organization for defending and fighting for their land and homes, then Israel's occupation and destruction of Palestinian homes and communities is no less terrorist in nature...
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Campus Crusade Aims to Spread Word of God

April 13, 2001 by Lucas Dalgleish

This is a response, directed at those individuals who possibly take offense at, or are offset by, the yellow shirt-wearing Christians seen around campus this weekend.
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I’ll Hang Out With You … For a Fee

April 13, 2001 by Staff

Seeing that the Weathergraduation is in June, this is my last sorority rush, and I'll admit that I'll miss them ... but only for their comic value.
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