Opinion Editor

September 29, 2011

Holy Crap! Welcome Back to Another Year of Godly Debate

By Opinion Editor

For all of you Nexus readers, Ask an Atheist is a safe haven. An opportunity to ask what it really means to be an atheist, a rationalist, or a skeptic. We listen to everyone, no matter your beliefs, and offer the chance ...

September 28, 2011

Proposed Student Fees Balance Neglected University Budgets

By Opinion Editor

In a time of budget cuts and fee hikes, it’s more important now than ever to know what you are voting on this week in the Campus Election. Departments have invested a lot of time and money into making sure you at least...

May 25, 2011

Ignore Social Stigmas: Wear Your Number With Pride

By Opinion Editor

Your number. No, not your phone number, your number. It’s not something you can touch or see. Materially, it doesn’t exist. But oh is it ever there. Haunting you, reminding you of the good, the bad and the regrettabl...

May 25, 2011

Rigid Two-Partied Government Wastes Time, Energy

By Opinion Editor

Can you think of two separate words that perfectly divide and encapsulate the beliefs, preferences and characteristics of 300 million different people? No? Well then, how lucky are we that our country’s government has ...

May 23, 2011

The Real World: Ready or Not, Here It Comes, Seniors

By Opinion Editor, Chris Benham

A while ago, when I was a much wilder and uncivilized version of the gentleman scholar that I am today, I found myself stranded in Lima, Peru for two weeks. I’m not particularly sure how or why, because Lima is not by ...

May 20, 2011

Atheists Deem Doomsday Pile of Prophetic Nonsense

By Opinion Editor

This week’s question: “How do you feel about the ‘Rapture’ this Saturday, May 21?” There is a group of people who believe that this Saturday is the Rapture and that October will be th...

May 20, 2011

Ignorance Exacerbates Homelessness Intolerance

By Opinion Editor

If you live in Isla Vista you are undoubtedly familiar with the large presence of the homeless population. We bike by them everyday, yet few of us take the time to truly get to know their stories. Many of the homeless in...

May 18, 2011

Cyber Stalking Sucks the Sexy Out of One-Night Stands

By Opinion Editor

Remember the good ol’ days? A simpler time of land lines, missed connections and face-to-face breakups. When a drunken booty call came from the sound of pebbles ricocheting off your window and flirting didn’t involve...

May 18, 2011

Imprisonment for Profit Leads to Giant Flaws in U.S. Justice System

By Opinion Editor

Private prisons are jails or detention centers where individuals are confined by a third party that has been contracted by local, state or federal government agencies. Unethical, baseless and hypocritical justifications ...

May 18, 2011

Puff Piece for Pot Fails to Deliver Adequate Argument

By Opinion Editor

May 18, 2011

Prefontaine Plan Key to Slimming America’s Waistline

By Opinion Editor

The six-fingered man from “The Princess Bride” once said, “If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.” This principle still holds true today but has now been amended to: “If you have you...

May 16, 2011

The Pointlessness of Pot Persecution

By Kevin W. McCarty, Opinion Editor

The fight for the right to use hemp and laugh at one’s rulers has been happening constantly for centuries. The desire for a central authority to control and regulate the natural interconnectedness of living creatures s...

May 12, 2011

Stringent Laws Designed to Serve Communities and Minimize Bias

By Opinion Editor

Ahhh, spring in Isla Vista! There is nothing like cruising down Del Playa Drive and enjoying the cool breeze under the warm sun as I listen to the waves crashing upon the cliffs.

May 10, 2011

Left Said:Student Backlash Plays Into Horowitz’s Hand

By Opinion Editor, David Kornahrens

If you browsed a bookstore, you would quickly run across books warning of liberal academia’s orthodoxy over us brainwashed students. One such website is CampusReform.org, whose stated purpose is to “revolutionize the...

May 10, 2011

Right Said:Horowitz Provokes Diverse Discourse

By Opinion Editor, Benjamin Parish

What does it mean to be political? Media and other “very important people” tell us it means to disagree civilly over public policy and politically correct narratives. However, when these constraints confine politica...

April 28, 2011

Cops Are Elected To Keep Order, Not Create Chaos

By Chris Benham, Opinion Editor

Sometimes I fear for the Bear Flag Republic. I was walking through our beloved Isla Vista around midnight. It was a weekday and the streets were quiet. The air was warm and peaceful, pregnant with the reek of the juicy, ...