Jake Feder

June 4, 2019

Hot Takes with Jakey Fades

By Jake Feder

What is a hot take? I like slangit.com’s definition: “A hot take is a term that refers to a controversial opinion. It is referred to as ‘hot’ because it goes against the majority of opinions and can rile people u...

February 1, 2018

Nice! UCSB Introduces 10 Edgy Classes for Spring Quarter

By Jake Feder, Vianna Mabanag

Here it is! The long-awaited *super easy* GE course list from UCSB. Everyone and their Aunt Trish loves taking a nice, juicy general education course. It’s a beautiful way to lighten the load of an otherwise shit-in-yo...

September 28, 2017

College Ends as Institution After Students Collectively Decide They’re ‘Not Down’

By Jake Feder

The Twitter-sphere, Facebook-sphere, Instagram-sphere and Snapchat-sphere were all set ablaze this past Sunday morning as the world caught wind of a ground-altering development somehow collectively set in motion by colle...

March 6, 2017

Isla Vista Starbucks Implicated in Incorrect Order Scandal

By Jake Feder

Late last Sunday night, the Associated Press caught wind of a developing Starbucks-related fiasco in the lesser Isla Vista area.

January 12, 2017

Local Gluten-Free Crossfit Trainer Takes Vow of Silence, Leaves Scientific Community Uprooted

By Jake Feder

In what will certainly go down as a cornerstone development of the 21st century, scientists at the University of Science in Siberia met Monday morning to discuss the unthinkable.

January 8, 2017

Top 7 Internships For College Students in 2017

By Jake Feder

Internships. The elusive, ever ethereal precursors to one’s midsummer night’s dream job on Mount Olympus with froyo on tap.

November 7, 2016

Landmark Measure to Turn Entire Campus into Bike Lane Passes

By Jake Feder

It is still relatively unclear to most as to what initially spurred the groundbreaking initiative to even be placed on the 2016-17 ballot.

October 5, 2016

Summer Tour Guide Spotted Still Walking Backward

By Jake Feder

Greyson Phillips has not stopped walking backward since his last University-sanctioned campus tour well over a month ago.

July 8, 2016

What Will These Photos of Clouds Reveal About Your Personality?

By Jake Feder

Reveal new truths about your deepest self through the most accurate personality quiz known to mankind as of ten minutes ago.

March 9, 2016

Essential New Vocab for Staying Fresh with the Youths

By Jake Feder

Bae is hella af when you're fleeking in the trap!1!

February 26, 2016

You Think You Know Kanye?

By Jake Feder

February 18, 2016

In-N-Out to Shut Down Nationwide, Relief Efforts to Follow

By Jake Feder

In-N-Out’s co-assistant branch manager of business relations, Chip Skylar, headed a press conference Monday to break the news that In-N-Out would be closing all of its 300-plus locations, effective immediately.

November 11, 2015

The Comprehensive Roommate Breakdown

By Jake Feder

The term “roommate” is a funny one. Per the perennial linguistic powerhouse, dictionary.com, it is simply defined as, “a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.” I wo...

October 27, 2015

Elections on Elm Street

By Jake Feder

Halloween is only a hop, skip and jump away, so here at the Daily Nexus, we’d like you to join us in conducting a bit of a thought experiment. Imagine that, just for a second, only evil individuals ran for president. N...

October 20, 2015

Netflix and Chill: Halloween Edition

By Jake Feder

Ladies and gentlemen, and those who feel they fall somewhere else on the gender spectrum (we are all-inclusive here at the Daily Nexus), grab a Mike’s Hard Lemonade and stay awhile — October is upon us. That means it...

July 5, 2015

Social Media Madness

By Jake Feder

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was scrolling down my explore page on Instagram when I stumbled upon a profile that would change my life forever. The profile’s description read, “You can’t get an STD if ...