Hump Lacks the Raciness College Students Desire
I’ve wanted to write to the Nexus for a long time, but have always procrastinated the thought into oblivion. I have a problem finishing, and I think you are the solution, Nina. Your first column detailed explaining to various family members the new job.
UCSB Anticipates Tutu’s Future Lecture
In preparation for Nobel Prize-winning, anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s lecture next week, UCSB Arts & Lectures will screen the documentary “Long Night’s Journey Into Day” for free this Sunday.
Filthy Commie Bastards
Provided you’re not perversely nostalgic for Joseph McCarthy’s reign of blacklisting terror, you probably won’t gain much in the way of an ideological epiphany from George Clooney’s new drama, “Good Night, and Good Luck.” You might learn a thing or two about gleaning a sharp, compelling bit of moviemaking from a somewhat isolated historical event.
Minors Unfit to Decide if Abortion is Best Option
This letter is in reply to Courtney Weaver’s article (“Proposition 73 Endangers Women,” Daily Nexus, Oct. 25). Many women have abortions to rid themselves of a problem. I am in complete agreement with this, as the law states that women have a right to choose.
UCSB Suspends Law & Society Major
The Law & Society Program may place a moratorium on new major declarations for Fall 2006 in order to shrink its unusually high ratio of 750 students to just five faculty members, said Kathleen Moore, Law & Society program chair.
Travelin’ Songs
Looking for live music this Saturday to start your partying on the right note? Need some rock to help shake off that troubling hangover? Well, look no further, because it’s time for a ride down Route One Eleven this Halloween weekend.
Couple Funds School of Ronald Reagan
Thanks to a recent multi-million-dollar donation from a Goleta couple, Santa Barbara will be home to a new school dedicated to training local college students in the conservative politics of former President Ronald Reagan by summer 2006.
Grow Up
If you’re nostalgic for the awkwardness of your teenage years – the social pressures, the joys of living under the same roof as your parents and the looming deadlines of college applications, all while trying to figure out who you are, what you want to do with your life, and why everyone seems out to destroy you – then may I suggest to you “Thumbsucker.”
Rogue Wave | Descended Like Vultures | Sub-Pop
The Rogue Wave’s as-yet-unreleased latest album, Descended Like Vultures may not be the next Imagine. For that matter, it may not even be the next Transatlanticism, but such is the all-too-often-faced quandary of pop music today.
Deerhoof | The Runners Four | Kill Rock Stars
The Commercial Review: The Runners Four is the hottest new album on the racks this month! Deerhoof is back with their same old sound, but this time around they challenge their listeners with a much mellower tone and a sonic and lyrical depth that showcases their maturation as an indie rock band.