Opinion Editor

April 23, 2026

CTRL ALT DELETE Your Privacy

By Opinion Editor

Lucy Miller fears declining cookies and wearing a tinfoil hat isn’t enough anymore.

February 27, 2025

An Ode to the Out-of-State Struggle

By Opinion Editor

When I flew back to school from my home in Colorado to start my sophomore year, my sister began to cry in the plane seat next to me. As we gazed over the Pacific, preparing to land in sunny Santa Barbara, she looked at m...

May 31, 2024

Best Of 2024

By Opinion Editor

The best of everything IV has to offer, right in one place

November 1, 2022

Stories from the staff: Fantastical fears

By Opinion Editor

Whether commonplace or unexpectedly unique, irrational fears are just that — irrational. Staff writers share their irrational fears.

October 16, 2022

Outside Opinions: Vote YES on Prop. 1

By Opinion Editor

Joan Hartmann and Gregg Hart make the appeal for voting YES on Prop. 1 this coming month.

May 26, 2022

Stories from Storke: 2021-22 Senior Reflections

By Opinion Editor

Graduating Nexus seniors reflect on their time under Storke Tower.

May 20, 2022

Reaching for the Stars, the TMT Project Fails Those Below

By Opinion Editor

The Mauna Kea Protectors at UCSB critique the UC's involvement in the Thirty Meter Telescope project, urging divestment.

April 28, 2022

The Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Migrant Essential Workers in California

By Opinion Editor

A research team at the UCSB Center for Publicly Engaged Scholarship breaks down four things you need to know about being a migrant essential worker in California during the pandemic.

January 27, 2022

Stories from Storke: Return to Virtual Learning

By Opinion Editor

The Opinion Staff reflects on another quarter of virtual learning.

December 2, 2021

Letter From the Opinion Editors: Moving Forward

By Opinion Editor

Opinion Editors Emily Kocis and Toni Shindler-Ruberg reflect on the history of the Opinion section and the Nexus, and what that means moving forward.

October 28, 2021

Spooky Stories from the Staff

By Opinion Editor

The Opinion Staff share their best spooky stories in honor of Halloween.

October 21, 2021

Ask AJ: Halloween Horrors

By Opinion Editor

AJ answers all your pressing questions about Halloween festivities and dealing with midterm stress.

October 7, 2021

Ask AJ: Barely Functional Fall

By Opinion Editor

AJ breaks down some fall fallacies.

May 27, 2021

Focusing on Faith: Reflections on the Jewish American Experience

By Opinion Editor

The Jewish writers of the Opinion Staff reflect on their Jewish American identities to commemorate this year's Jewish American Heritage Month of May.

May 8, 2021

Reckoning With Race: Opinion Staff Writers Reflect on AAPI Heritage Month

By Opinion Editor

Members of the Daily Nexus' Opinion Staff reflect on issues of identity for this year's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month of May.

April 24, 2021

Breaking the Silence: Opinion Staff Writers Speak Up After 2021’s Day of Silence

By Opinion Editor

After honoring this year's Day of Silence, the Daily Nexus Opinion Staff's LGBTQ writers reflect on the systemic silencing they've experienced and continue to face.