Opinion Editor

January 8, 2014

2014: Year of the Hump

By Opinion Editor

This year, make some resolutions that you'll actually want to keep.

October 31, 2013

An Out-Of-Towner’s Guide to I.V. Halloween

By Opinion Editor

To out-of-towners: If you're gonna party here, do it right.

September 30, 2013

Working Beneath Storke Tower: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at our Editorial Process

By Opinion Editor

Ever wondered what happens to the op-eds that you guys write in? Here's a sneak peek at what we do here at the Nexus Opinion desk.

August 28, 2013

The Ins and Outs of UCSB

By Opinion Editor

Dorms A good rule to live by: Don’t do your neighbors! There are literally thousands of people at this school who you can have whatever sort of freaky interactions you want with. The only people you are pretty much gua...

August 26, 2013

The Freshman Fifteen(s): How to Conquer UCSB, from Classroom to Keg Stand

By Opinion Editor

The Daily Nexus staff rounded up some essential tips for surviving your freshman year from academics to partying.

April 25, 2013

The Nexus Responds: We Appreciate You, But Times Are Tough

By Opinion Editor

We at the Nexus would first and foremost like to reiterate our support of the Women, Gender, and Sexual Equity Department, including all of the associated groups mentioned in the above letter. To the passionate and inspi...

April 10, 2013

Deltopia Revisited: What Can We Learn?

By Opinion Editor

Red cups. Abs everywhere. Pulsing music. Nothing but sunny skies dotted with the occasional water balloon. This year’s Deltopia was no exception to the celebration’s repertoire. We all partook, Nexites too, and the v...

January 7, 2013

Student Crossword Enthusiast Has 99 Problems and They’re All Down or Across

By Opinion Editor

There are a concerned and heretofore voiceless set of students on campus whom on behalf of which I intend to write you. We are the students showing up early to lecture halls, the bus stop waiters, the lunch time readers ...

October 1, 2012

“Is It Just An Itch?” [and Other Questions Only a Medical Professional Should Answer]

By Opinion Editor

Q: Sometimes my breasts simply hurt. Is there anything to worry about or is this normal? A: Don’t worry, but do come in for a breast exam to be sure what you’re feeling is normal. Hormonal changes from a woman’s mo...

August 1, 2012

Pass the Torch Already: Confronting Today’s Generation Gap

By Opinion Editor

The first result of a Google search for “millennial generation” is a Wikipedia article. The second result is a statistical analysis of Generation Y’s marital status and participation in the workforce. Three results...

June 7, 2012

Girls Gone Wild: Opinion Ladies Bust Out of UCSB

By Opinion Editor

As a senior on the precipice of graduation, I’ve done a lot of things I never imagined I would do. I completed the Great American Challenge and dated a frat star. I embraced the I.V. hippie-grunge and became Opinion Ed...

May 30, 2012

Thrusting to the Finish: Seniors Knock Boots Before Riding Into the Sunset

By Opinion Editor

It’s that time of the year again. June gloom slowly creeps up, with the calendar bitching at you to get your life together while your hands desperately shove tequila shots down your throat in an attempt to shut your br...

May 16, 2012

As Conservatives Try to Silence Young Voters, Students Fear A Growing Trend

By Opinion Editor

If you pass through the Arbor on your way to or from class, you may have seen the signs: “Please Don’t Take My Vote, Mr. Pappas.” In 2008, Steve Pappas lost the election for County Supervisor to Doreen Farr and, di...

May 1, 2012

Respect Your Elders: Keep the Legacy Alive (Beneath the Sheets and Beyond)

By Opinion Editor

Alumni Weekend came as quickly as an undersexed 35-year-old with a full-time cubicle job as soon as he spots something fertile. Like a dark, ominous cloud — holding not refreshing showers, but a disturbing concoction o...

April 25, 2012

Where to Turn When BROing and HOing Have Lost Their Appeal

By Opinion Editor

Most unfortunately, in order to speak of this next topic, I will have to address something fetid and repulsive. I’m going to talk about an aspect of intercourse that is often lost, forgotten, feared, denied and even de...

April 12, 2012

What Do You Think About the Annual Customary Celebration of Easter?

By Opinion Editor

As if singing songs, holding hands, and swallowing millennia-year-old dogma in the name of Christ’s gift of salvation every Sunday weren’t enough, Easter — the made-up day of Jesus’s cloud-mounting giddy-up to he...