James Baron

October 27, 2008

Misleading Clery Report Embarrasses SB

By James Baron

Editor, Daily Nexus The purpose of the Clery Report is to warn students and potential students about the crime rates associated with a given school. It was named after a murdered student, Jeanne Clery. Neither she nor he...

January 24, 2008

Frimpong Defenders Ignore Court Facts

By James Baron

Eric Frimpong has been convicted of rape. This comes as no surprise to anyone with half a brain. The evidence against him was overwhelming: teeth marks consistent with his on the victim's face, witness statements (includ...

January 23, 2007

Darkside Creator Defends, Praises Stevens’ Arguments

By James Baron

Courtney Stevens ("Liberty Belle: Higher Education Fails to Pass Test," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16) is a very dangerous person. UCSB needs to come up with some way to deal with her and her ilk.

April 26, 2006

The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film

By James Baron

The Dark Side (www.thedarksideofucsb.com) wanted to show people, particularly parents of incoming freshmen, what the party scene in Isla Vista looked like. We hired someone to film the party scene last spring.

April 10, 2006

Take a Step in the Dark

By James Baron

Perhaps the name of our website, www.thedarksideofucsb.com, is just too subtle; or perhaps we are merely misunderstood. Let us reason together to clarify our mutual positions.

October 18, 2005

Root of Isla Vista Evil Not Lost on darksideofUCSB.com

By James Baron

Right Rant, Wrong Rag? It would appear that Adam Graff may have submitted his diatribe entitled "It Takes an Isla Village" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 17), to the wrong paper. Adam's comments about rude drivers, pathetic-looking ...

May 17, 2005

Student Ignorance Proves Dark Side’s Point

By James Baron

Warning: Reading can be hazardous to your stupidity. Mark Kachhi's opinion piece ("Let the Light Shine Through," Daily Nexus, May 12) was a classic -- a true testament to ignorance. After admitting that he "refused" to v...

November 12, 2004

I.V.’s Cesspool Needs Regulation

By James Baron

Recently, the Daily Nexus ran two articles that were intended to highlight police abuses in I.V. Both articles were long on conclusions and apocryphal stories but short on facts - actually, they were devoid of any facts.

February 12, 2004

Fatherly Words About Our Cesspool

By James Baron

After two and a half years and nearly $40,000 spent on an "education" for our 20-year-old daughter at UCSB, I had enough of the negative influence of UCSB on her.