Opinion

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Concerned Alum Speaks Out Against SB’s Gang Induction

LTE- Gang Injunction   In 2011 Police Chief Sanchez, along with Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, filed a civil legal action against 30 Santa Barbara residents who are allegedly members of the Santa Barbara Eastside and Westside gangs. The injunction proposed that these individuals not be allowed in certain [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

UC Spokesperson Challenges Claims Against “Digital Education”

Patrick Sheehan’s May 3 Op-Ed, “From the Makers of Massive Budget Cuts: A Digital Education,” is based on the incorrect assumption that the University of California Board of Regents and administration are pursuing online education as a solution to $900 million in state funding cuts. The regents support the exploration [...]

Emily Zhang / Daily Nexus
Opinion / Politically Incorrect

Eternal Optimism and Pessimism, Both Impediments to Human Progress?

There is a world in which the Newtown massacre, the Boston Marathon bombing and the collapse of the Bangladesh garment factory last month never happened. This is a world without war, famine or genocide, without car accidents or teenage pregnancy or even burnt toast, and though it might seem improbable [...]

Call of the Wild: Farewell, Four Walls
Opinion / Wednesday Hump

Call of the Wild: Farewell, Four Walls

As a man once said, “Yeah, it’s fun.” I enjoy public sex for the same reasons I enjoy scary movies — the thrill of it. There’s a damn good chance someone is going to see your ass bobbing up and down in the lewdest of ways. You’re at your most [...]

Letters to the Editor / Opinion

Gaucho de Mayo: Beyond Shots and Sombreros

I know Cinco de Mayo is approaching when sombreros are being sold on campus, when supermarkets begin to dress their aisles in sarapes and when themed parties begin to overflow the streets of Isla Vista. On the surface, these things may appear to be a celebration of Mexican culture and [...]