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Door-to-Door Peddlers Mean Risky Business for Students

January 27, 2004 by

I was recently asked about people selling products door-to-door. It's one thing if it's a local group from the area's schools or local organizations, but buyer beware!
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Blue Traffic Lights: Just a Little Nutty, Howie?

January 26, 2004 by

On the surface, it makes little sense: He spent more time and money campaigning in Iowa than any other candidate, and his organization - staffed by an army of dedicated collegians - was by far the lar...
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Tap Cola

January 26, 2004 by

It was on this date in 1945 that a city in Michigan became the first to put fluoride in its tap water. I mention it because the 'human drinks tap water like it was, uh, water, and I like to brag about...
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Don’t Buy Into the Common Misconceptions About Rape

January 26, 2004 by

In light of the article "Rape or Race Coverage?" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 22), we thought this would be a good opportunity to dispel a very ubiquitous myth about rape and sexual assault. Cordaun Dudley's ar...
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Cleaning Up CalPIRG’s Name Mouhibian’s Column Soils the Reputation of Student Group

January 23, 2004 by

In the Jan. 15 issue of the Daily Nexus, Alec Mouhibian expressed a rather ignorant and distorted view of the Public Interest Research Groups (the PIRGs) as "totalitarian and anti-human rights" ("Camp...
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Full Moon Fleecing

January 23, 2004 by

I ran into the Wolf at the store yesterday. I was on my guard, as I always am when around him.
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Theft Of Nexus Copies Angers Even the Gaucho Free Press

January 23, 2004 by

Casually reading the Nexus on Thursday of last week, I was made aware of the newspaper's theft. If one has read my work of the past two years, one might assume that I didn't give a damn that "the comp...
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Rape or Race Coverage?

January 22, 2004 by

Undoubtedly you have heard about the sexual battery case that occurred in Santa Rosa Hall last Saturday. The police and faculty went to great lengths to spark what they deemed awareness on campus. Wha...
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Stay Hot in the Cold

January 22, 2004 by

What has fuzzy feet and bare legs and looks funny riding a bike? The UCSB females who have embraced the Ugg boot and miniskirt look.
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You Can Only Say Bush Sucks In the Free World

January 22, 2004 by

It made my head spin, but an epiphany came to me: We're one of the few nations that will allow such analysis and opinion in response to a speech by our leaders. Don't dare try this in North Korea, Ira...
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Check Out Buttny’s Record and Decide for Yourself

January 22, 2004 by

After a few hours in Isla Vista, the other candidates for 3rd District supervisor have said what they'd like to do. Here's what I've already done and will keep doing.
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Nexus Thieves Silence Student Voice, Threaten Free Society

January 22, 2004 by

It was an uppercut to the crotch to learn that once again, a contingency of the UCSB population felt compelled to commit the heinously anti-American act of stealing newspapers en masse, attempting to ...
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Anger at Policy Is Natural in the Democratic Process

January 22, 2004 by

Political discourse is a reflection of opinion and on many issues, opinions are rooted in emotion. Expressing anger with the president is fine and, indeed, a time-honored American tradition. Being ver...
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What’s Your Problem? January 22, 2004

January 22, 2004 by

"I'm very concerned about Braille buttons on drive-up ATMs." "My only problem is figuring out how to get to SOhO tonight." "My problem is that I'm not creative enough to think of a problem."
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Say Hello to My Little Friend

January 21, 2004 by

Intrigue and confidence are elusive in the bedroom. Sometimes difficulties arise when people attempt to steer away from the shy, boring, missionary position with the lights off.
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