Religious Leaders Clash on Validity of Gay Marriage

Reverend Peter Buehler of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara will not marry gay and lesbian couples.

For Buehler, the matter is a religious one – an issue to be left to scripture, not legal documents. And in Santa Barbara, the good reverend is not alone.

Athletic Department Report: Part II

It’s not unusual to hear fans of UCSB athletics complain about the choking nature of certain teams, or the fact that we don’t have a football team. However, if you listen closely, you’ll hear a lot of people talking about another issue: facilities. The battle for control of the stadiums, courts, pools and fields on campus is a complicated one, and ultimately it’s pitted the two main sporting bodies on campus against each other.

Future of the TV Promises Snores

Remember when “Seinfeld” was the top-rated show on television? Remember when the “Friends” finale captivated a nation? I hope you do because, as our society moves forward, it’s hard to imagine sitcoms like those two being as successful in today’s TV world as they were. I’ve spent some time in the last six months talking about the past, and I’ve talked a lot about the present, but what about television’s future? Where does it go from here?

Best of the Fest

Some may say that making film students crack open their piggy banks for the sake of shooting 16-mm films is ludicrous (take note, kids: Shooting on film is damn expensive). And yes, the newly formed IVDV Festival was a great success, pointing out how an up-and-coming generation of filmmakers are embracing cheaper, more visually limitless digital technology.

UCSB Hosts Forum on Myanmar, China

With Myanmar and China ravaged by natural catastrophes and plagued by a combined death toll of over 140,000 and counting, academics and leaders of relief organizations gathered on campus yesterday to evaluate the current global crisis.

The Trailer

The QB can’t help but think that all the bureaucratic problems surrounding the construction of bathrooms at CU would be solved right away if Chancellor Yang would be forced to give the trailer a try.

Equality Requires Unbiased Thinking

I have always denied that the world is round.

Before you wonder how I ended up in college, allow me to elaborate by regarding spherical circularity as multidimensional instead. Different facets converge to form a unifying element. In this case, we can take that as globalization; in other words, the imperialist Americanizing of the earth. In response to a dominating idea that this country needs to be uniformly assimilated, I propose an alternative view of unity. The problems in this country in endeavoring for “equality” are rooted much more deeply than we think, while problematic societal issues remain unaddressed.

Charles in Charge

UCSB students and community members were treated to quite the epic literary event whenCharles Simic graced Campbell Hall with an engaging performance that was organized by Arts & Lectures on Thursday, May 22. Simic is the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States, and has also won a Pulitzer Prize, among other prestigious awards, for his poetry and essays. The poet discussed his illustrious career and his latest work, That Little Something, a collection of poems.

Nexus, Pappas Missing from Important Community Events

Editor, Daily Nexus,

Congratulations on your endorsement of Steve Pappas. It makes sense. Where was Pappas last Wednesday night when Doreen Farr sat through a three-hour Redevelopment Agency/I.V. Project Area Committee meeting less than two weeks before the election? Where was Pappas when she stuck up for Isla Vistans, telling the Board that the I.V. Master Plan was just an outline and that community input is still vital?

Nine Inch Nails Gives Fans The Slip

On May 5, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor announced that the band’s latest album, The Slip, was available as a free download, an act that’s about as charitable as donating a blank CD to your roommate. Sure, it’s worth taking, but even at 44 music-filled minutes, this album is definitely missing something, at least until listeners tweak it with their own personal touches.