Cannabis 1A: Introduction to Smoking

Gather ’round, my bleary eyed friends. Put down that lighter and clear the smoky haze from in front of your eyes. Or, alternatively, pick up that joint, find some fire, puff away and read on. The weed guru is in.

UCSB Academic Programs Compete at National Level

Congratulations on deciding to push your tiny, colored, plastic automobile down the path marked “college,” instead of the shorter “straight to career” path. In The Game of Life, you’ve just placed yourself a few rolls of a die closer to the “Millionaire Tycoon” square.

GEs: Finish or Forget’em?

When I went off to college three years ago, my brother gave me two words of advice: Don’t get “the clap” and get your GEs out of the way as quickly as possible.

UCSB Services Inform, Advise Students

Now that you’re taking the longer and more arduous “college path” on this flimsy playing-board called the Game of Life, there are a number of spaces across campus worth landing on to help you make it to “Millionaire Estates.”

Offbeat Courses Round Out Schedule

As the class of 2012 will soon find out, UCSB is a place to learn many more things than just what’s on your Major Requirements sheet. UCSB students can take advantage of a course list with more options than a game of Battleship to learn more about almost any subject their little hearts desire. So, let the Daily Nexus provide you with a brief overview of some the most interesting and scandalous classes at UCSB.

Santa Barbara Provides Access to Beaches to Suit All Tastes

While UCSB may be most famous for its… Nobel prize winning faculty… the campus is equally well known for something most everyone can enjoy: the beach. Situated so close to the ocean you could throw a soccer goal into it (see: “UCSB Men’s Soccer NCAA Champions,” Daily Nexus, 2006), students living on or off campus have a myriad of options when it comes to planning a day at the beach.

Isla Vista Events Embody Local Scene

Welcome, freshmen, to Isla Vista, the beachside beer-bubble community that will play host to the majority of your exploits and misadventures over the next four years. Compared with her various college town peers, I.V. may have earned herself somewhat of a wild child reputation. But this hussy has heart, and what makes I.V. great is the palpable sense of community among its spirited student population.

Travel With Ease in New Game of Life

In your first year at UCSB you will no doubt face obstacles that seem near impossible — transportation, however, will not be one of them. Getting past Go in the greater Santa Barbara area is an easy task, even for those who must reluctantly give up their beloved car.

Clubs Strive to Get Gauchos Involved

Like the playing pieces vying for that Boardwalk property, Gauchos come in all shapes and sizes. And while no one has ever seen an iron or a thimble biking across campus, UCSB has so many clubs and organizations, even an inanimate metallic wheelbarrow could find the right one.

GOP Ship Doomed to Sink

The Republican Party is on the verge of a steep and protracted descent into irrelevance, and it’s going to take a mix of current party leaders and young upstarts dedicated enough to right the sinking ship.