Opinion

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Alum Gets Fired Up Over IV Couch Burnings

Every time I walk down Sueno, no matter what I was thinking about before, I start viciously fantasizing about yelling at kids to get off my lawn … I mean streets. You might not have noticed this, but look down next time you’re walking around I.V. See those gritty, vaguely [...]

Opinion / Politically Incorrect

When Becoming the Issue Becomes the Issue

I was digging into a new novel on the patio outside Nicoletti’s a few weeks back when a single word in a nearby conversation caught my attention: divestment. The pair — a guy and girl, both college-aged and bespectacled, sipping coffee and picking at muffins — was sitting directly behind [...]

Doc Is In / Opinion

Anatomy of an Overdose

I am dead. I was not a UCSB student; I actually went to college on the East Coast for almost two years. I died of what people call an “unintentional overdose.” I was 19. I was in a good school, received good grades and had my whole life ahead of [...]

In the Eyes of Your Campus Psychologists
Doc Is In / Opinion

In the Eyes of Your Campus Psychologists

“Mental health” — what does that even mean? Although most commonly used in conjunction with the word “issue,” the reality is that everyone sits somewhere on the mental health continuum, just like the physical health continuum. Where you are on this continuum can vary, even day-to-day. It is important to [...]

If You Like It … Put a Label On It
Opinion / Wednesday Hump

If You Like It … Put a Label On It

In college, particularly in Isla Vista, we are encouraged to despise labels. You may be lying blissfully in bed when your partner of x-months asks you timidly, “So, are we exclusive?” Don’t panic. Don’t push them away. Don’t think, “God, there’s the end of a good thing.” I am all [...]