Gauchos Ride Past ‘Stangs

For the second time this season, Cal Poly gave UCSB all it could handle on the basketball court. And, for the second time this season, the Gauchos came out on top.

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

I was shaking my head throughout Steven Begakis’ “Sex and Morality Should Mix” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 12, 2009). His first mistake is assuming all instances of pre-marital sex involve “drunkenness and free love.” What about every sober, consensual, perhaps even monogamous instance of premarital sex? Do those people not deserve the knowledge of how to […]

Local Opposition Zaps Lightning Music Fest

Lightning in a Bottle – the local three-day music and art festival once dubbed the ill-begotten child of Coachella and Burning Man – is still without a home after a permit seeking permission to host the festival outside Los Olivos was denied.

SD Tourney Mistreats Gauchos

There goes the undefeated season.

After four straight wins on opening weekend that had them on cloud nine, the UCSB softball team was dragged back to earth last weekend by a Murderer’s Row of ranked opponents at the Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego.

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

Time and again I am amazed at the drivel published in the Nexus. Mr. Begakis, your latest article was a disgusting display of evangelistic moralizing, condescension, logical fallacy and wanton ignorance. Hell, you even likened the logic of sex education to adultery. You appear confused; allow me to explain a few things… First of all, […]

Class Cracks Into Earthquakes

Starting this spring, a new class will shake up the traditional catalog of course offerings at UCSB.

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

I’ll let you off easy because you’re a freshie, but you could not be more wrong about the aims of safe sex education. First of all, sex is awesome. Enough said. Second of all, the one thing you always hear after every lesson in safe sex is that ABSTINENCE IS THE SAFEST AND BEST WAY […]

Missed Matches Leave SB Perfect

Rain was king against UCSB men’s tennis this weekend as matches against UC Berkeley and Santa Clara — two of three on the schedule — were cancelled. The weather, however, could not stop the #58 Gauchos from taking their first Big West win, defeating unranked UC Davis 5-2.

Laying the Smackdown on Loyola

UC Librarians Deserve Fair, Competitive Wages

UC Librarians Deserve Fair, Competitive Wages Editor, Daily Nexus University of California libraries are at the heart of the research and teaching missions of the University, and UC librarians and staff make them work. UC librarians select library resources, catalog library resources so that they can be found in the library’s database, help students with […]