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Thanks for Leaving

November 25, 2003 by The Weatherhuman

Oh, boy, just one more day until break. I can't wait to stuff my belly and pass out in front of the TV with Dad and Gramps.
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The Cave Diet Really Works

November 25, 2003 by

The weatherhuman believes that the mass slaughter of turkeys this time of year is a cruel, archaic tradition. I vastly prefer prime rib.
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University Balking on Green Buildings

November 25, 2003 by Edward France

UCSB had established itself as a leader in green design. Our leadership, however, is starting to ring hollow. We gained national attention by achieving Platinum LEED building certification. However, t...
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The Artful Dodger: Sins of the Inept Reporter

November 24, 2003 by Drew Mackie

I write a lot. I write for school, I write for my job, and I think my post-college plans will somehow involve newspaper journalism, a special form of writing through which one attempts to disseminate ...
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Can We Make It?

November 24, 2003 by Staff

We're crawling toward Thanksgiving break, and for many of us it will mean the first time we've been home since the year began. Which makes this a scary few days.
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Blue Traffic Lights: Neoconservatism History 101

November 24, 2003 by Drew Atkins

The term "neoconservative" has wrongly become a synonym for ultraconservative or zealously right-wing. A distinction should be made between those known as "paleoconservatives" - old-style conservative...
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Even in the Sixth Week, Strikers Deserve Respect

November 24, 2003 by Chris Holmes

There are no two words that bring a skip to my step like Bonus Buy. I'm talking about that wonderful little yellow tag you see at Albertsons when Ben & Jerry's is two for $5.
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Noseless Pop Star’s Arrest Raises Some Eyebrows

November 24, 2003 by Henry Sarria

Under our justice system we are all innocent until proven guilty. With this said, I, along with many others, can't break myself from believing that the allegations of child molestation against Michael...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Don’t Wanna Grow Up

November 21, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Tuesday, the assistant county editor and I drove up to Neverland after hearing that law enforcement officials were combing Jackson's ranch. I brought along a friend's copy of Jackson's 1979 album "Off...
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CNN Is for Jacko-ffs

November 21, 2003 by Staff

I was watching the CNN coverage of the Michael Jackson situation. I know, it's stupid, it's sensational and only an idiot would care about it. But enough about CNN.
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Schlafly Buzzes About Feminism Inaccurately

November 21, 2003 by Lisa Castagnola

I attended the much talked-about debate between Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson. Among many of the appalling opinions Schlafly conveyed, I was most offended by the way she incorrectly genera...
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Misquotes, David Crosby Mar Nexus News Stories

November 21, 2003 by Bryan D. Brown Housing Co-op Representative

I understand that Isla Vista Master Plan meetings are not exactly Woodward and Bernstein material, but I was disappointed in the last two articles printed in the Nexus as both contain egregious errors...
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12-Year-Old Hot Line

November 21, 2003 by Staff

Those 12-year-old boys have got it pretty damn easy: chasing bullfrogs down at the creek, stealing apple pies from neighborhood windowsills and playing tickle-fight until the wee hours of the morning ...
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Good Intentions Gone Awry

November 20, 2003 by Carolyn Buford

After reading two editorials and the article about the Halloween post mortem, I felt it was a good time to talk to students directly. My name is Carolyn Buford, and I am the person responsible in larg...
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Food Ain’t Free

November 20, 2003 by Staff

Made a few trips to the dump today. It's expensive to use the dump. Paying someone else to take my stuff got me thinking about the weird ways money works. There is paying for stuff you already own...
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