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Buis’ Bits: DeLay-ed Response

Editor’s Note: Kyle Buis is taking the week off to celebrate the 74th anniversary of Al Capone’s conviction for income tax evasion. Filling in for him will be former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas….kind of. After reading about what a blatantly leftist opinion page you poor college students have to suffer through, I knew […]

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Buis’ Bits: A gamble not worth taking

Don’t get too comfortable with your classes this semester. Chico State just might be reclaimed by the people who say they had it first. Butte County supervisor Jane Dolan mentioned last Tuesday that the Mechoopda Indian Tribe has the right to take back the land Chico State sits on. She later said it was “hyperbole.” […]

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Buis’ Bits: Assume nothing

September is still mostly summer. There is no reason on this earth that the flu should be dancing around like this. However, Murphy’s Law says one thing: If something can go wrong, it will. In addition, it happens at the worst possible time. Another important lesson is to never assume because you make an “ass […]

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No chance for Nader

ven though you can’t see, I’m on my knees begging. Please, for the love of God, don’t vote for Ralph Nader. I know he sounds like a great guy, and he made an impact in 2000, but this is the 2004 version and sanity isn’t standard in this model. While Nader was supported by the […]

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Stand-ups take on tough crowd

Never provoke a comedian. It doesn’t matter if the show started late or if the microphone wasn’t on — or when it was turned on, it was too loud. Comedians are like mountain lions–corner them and they will leap for the throat. When their ears could take no more of a shrieking microphone, some of […]

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Singling out one man’s top 20

Radio playlists suck. Almost every radio station uses them like gospel, when they”re really just toilet paper music companies pay for. Now, with services like iTunes and Napster 2.0, the chains on music fans have been loosened. Listeners pick their songs and leave the trash where it belongs. No longer are you confined to albums. […]

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