Hey Amazon, Bring Back our Bookstores
Komal Surani confronts the case of the disappearing bookstores.
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Opinion
Legalizing Psychedelics is the Key to Safe Tripping
Carley Weiler argues the pros of the federal legalization of psychedelics.
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A Beautiful Contradiction: The Freedom Dividend
Annabel Li discusses how presidential candidate Andrew Yang's view of UBI has influenced how she views the policy.
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Everybody Should Count: Citizenship and the 2020 Census
Surya Swaroop shares her strong feelings about a citizenship question being added to the census.
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Hugh Hefner: American Hero?
Melanie Ziment argues that we should be holding our cultural leaders to higher moral standards.
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Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Paradise
I want to take this time to give you some practical advice that I wish someone would have told me when I first came to UCSB.
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Why Skinny Feels Heavy
Anna Zhou shares her struggles being comfortable in her own skin and declares self-care to be the new skinny.
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U.S. Soccer’s Megan Rapinoe: The Hero Our Democracy Deserves
Opinion editor and newly converted footy fan Harper Lambert on how the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup lent her a new perspective on patriotism.
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In Disney Live Remakes, the Magic is Lost
Joshen Mantai assesses the recent deluge of Disney live-action remakes.
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Floating Doctors Sunk All Doubts
Siavash Ghadiri shares how his experience helping doctors abroad helped to solidify his desire to become a dentist.
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And Then I Saw the Ted Bundy Movie
After watching Netflix's Ted Bundy biopic, Jordan Curiel reconsiders her previous stance.
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Why I Hate the Phrase “Ladies First”
Miya Herzstein explores the limitations of gendered phrases like "ladies first."
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Hey Vegans: Meat Shaming Isn’t the Move
Resident vegan Paige Holloway calls upon other vegans to change their approach.
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The Customer is Always Right … Right?
Drawing from his experiences as a student worker, Grant Jamison studies customer behavior.
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Should Past Mistakes Define a Person’s Future?
Social media posts are often perceived as private and impermanent. Reflecting on two recent news items, Joshen Mantai insists that they are anything but.
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