Narrowing Options Do Not Alleviate Narrowed Minds
Editor, Daily Nexus, Jordan Pokross wrote to the Nexus (“Dude Dishes on Respect for Women,” Daily Nexus, April 25), telling us “girls” that we need to stop wearing bikinis in Isla Vista and abandon our “expensive hairdos” in order to achieve equality. Wow, thanks, Jordan. I never realized that narrowing our options would actually help […]
Money Plays Zero Part in Confirming Religious Belief
Editor, Daily Nexus, I am a proud progressive and a proud Roman Catholic. Therefore, it was with a suspicious interest I read Jeff Dulgar’s column (“Liberals Sideline ‘In God We Trust,’” Daily Nexus, April 29). That suspicion was confirmed when I saw how audaciously Dulgar advocates using faith in God as a political tool for […]
Crona Remains in SB Jail; Waits for Extradition Order
Although he was arrested two months ago on charges that he escaped a Michigan prison in 1972, a recent UCSB employee is still in local custody and refusing to be extradited.
Tornado Shelters
I’ve been thinking about this one for a while, and finally it’s a slow enough news day to write about it.
Waves Take Season Series Lead
With a chance to improve its postseason resume, the UCSB baseball team failed to take advantage during a home contest against #13 Pepperdine, falling 7-3 yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The loss was the Gauchos’ (29-14 overall) third in their last five games, and the squad fell behind in the season series against the Waves (27-13) 2-1, who defeated UCSB 14-3 in Malibu on April 2. The final meeting between the two clubs comes next Wednesday in Malibu.
Indie Oh No
As I sat in a camping chair on Saturday afternoon, mute from heat exhaustion, a pale, skinny teenager wearing a pair of tiny white underwear bounded up to our tent. “Hey, do you have any Sour Patch Kids?” he asked breathlessly. “I need them to drop acid on.”
Death Carries a Yellow Abdomen
Google claims I’m doomed to a self-destructive and self-defeating path. That, or I’ll find the death and rebirth I’ve apparently been searching for. But I’m pretty sure I don’t intimately know anyone who’s a Scorpio. Have I cut myself off from something? Is sex that important to me? As important as weed?