Inside Isla Vista’s Mess

June 26, 2002 by

Of the different properties Val walked me through, this house was the dirtiest. All the other properties fluctuated between slightly messy, a little dust and a small hole here and there, to sparkling ...
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Living Without Vowels: Wal-Mart Taught Me Everything I Need to Know

May 28, 2002 by

For most of us, we're rolling up our sleeves to spend the summer slaving away for a few shiny nickels and dimes. Summer jobs, however, are a learning experience in themselves.
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Living Without Vowels: I.V., Use Your Indoor Voice

May 21, 2002 by

While the ordinance can put a damper on my celebration plans, it actually is a decent way of regulating the problems caused by parties gone bad.
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Living Without Vowels: Same-sex Schools Are Sure to Save Society

May 14, 2002 by

Thankfully, our good, born-again Christian President Bush decided that a return to Victorian sensibility is just what this nation needs. His first target: public schools.
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Living Without Vowels: Shut Your Mouth and Let Me Speak

May 7, 2002 by

You can agree that Attias did what he did. But God help you if you're not out chanting for blood. If you should mention that Attias doesn't deserve to die, kiss a pound of your pink flesh goodbye.
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Living Without Vowels: Homo Is Where the Heart Is

April 30, 2002 by

Coming out of the closet to the parents is like trying to tell a joke. You need the right timing, the right tone and delivery.
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Living Without Vowels: A.S. Plays ‘Hungry, Hungry, Drippos’

April 24, 2002 by

College elections are like a group of children playing a board game. The rules are simple but the outcome relies on chance since the players lack the mental ability for any kind of strategy.
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Candidates

April 19, 2002 by and

If you ask Maggie Stack what the most important thing an Associated Students president can do, she says, "Go to committee meetings."
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Policy Endorsements

April 19, 2002 by and

Sports and activity facility fee
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Living Without Vowels: Academic Writing Needs an Enema

April 15, 2002 by

I returned to the theory book in my lap and immediately felt disappointed with myself. I had fallen victim to the glorious illusion put forth by the devious nature of academic writing.
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Living Without Vowels: We Must Take Time to Reflect on the Past

April 9, 2002 by

UCSB received its own chilling reminder of the Holocaust on Monday as the names of those who died in the holocaust echoed through Storke Plaza.
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Living Without Vowels: Pro-Lifer Knows How to Use Dead Babies to Get People Yelling

April 2, 2002 by

The aborted fetus on the sign the girl held looked like a wild panther had mauled it and then crammed the carcass in a blender to make smoothies for its cubs. I turned to my friend and told him I was ...
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Living Without Vowels: Is a Ph.D Worth the Trouble of Going Down on Your Knees?

March 4, 2002 by

Ah, week nine, how I love thee. With you comes the deluge of final papers, homework assignments and late nights filled with caffeine and frantic reading, trying to catch up with the syllabus the profe...
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Living Without Vowels: There’s Nothing Strange About Being Queer

February 26, 2002 by

It was a hell of a weekend. I knew I was in deep when I sat listening to Susan Stryker, a male-to-female transsexual who emanated power and form as she discussed spirituality and a Stonewallesque riot...
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Living Without Vowels: Sure They All Have Mustaches, But Which One’s Butch?

February 19, 2002 by

Jim Thomas, Santa Barbara County's sheriff for the past 12 years, will be leaving office in 2003. His intentions have turned political, running against Marshall in an election this summer and relying ...
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