Editorials

April 22, 2013

2013 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

By Daily Nexus Staff

As another year of A.S. Elections have come to purview, “accountability,” “affordability,” “transparency” and “accessibility” are just some of the overtly vague keywords to once again form the pillars of ...

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...

February 27, 2013

Redefining “Publishable”: In Defense of the Position of the Week

By Tiare Hoegerman, Liv Cvitanic

A candy heart-covered nipple doesn’t hold the same sweet appeal to all who cross its path, according to a recent (mildly outraged) letter to the editor entitled “Gaucho Porn?” in the Santa Barbara Sentinel. Last we...

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 ...

November 6, 2012

Prop 37: Don’t Let Frankenfoods Scare You

By Patrick Allen

Like any student riding their bike to class, I am forced to see the mass of political signs along the bike paths. However one sign during this election season has caught me off guard: A sign asking voters to say yes to P...

November 5, 2012

Daily Nexus Presents Proposition Endorsements

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Proposition 30: yes This ballot initiative provides the students of the University of California system the long-awaited break from continuous tuition hikes they have endured and fiercely campaigned against in recent yea...

September 28, 2012

UC Employee Calls For Students’ Support During Protests

By Kathryn Lybarger

Dear Students: As the people who cook, clean and care for you and your campus, the work we do is essential to the UC’s ability to provide you with a world-class education. Our work isn’t glamorous, but the purpose of...

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...

May 30, 2012

Nexus Weighs in on Candidates for Local Office

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Das Williams: Assemblymember, 37th District Democrat Das Williams and Republican Rob Walter are competing for the position of assemblymember representing California’s 37th district, the recently redrawn region encompas...

April 23, 2012

2012 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

By Staff

After bombarding the student body with cheesy signs, flyers, blue beer and a flurry of Facebook invites, A.S. Elections are finally upon us. “Budget,” “transparency” and “involvement” are making a not-so-triu...

February 1, 2012

What Does Go On Beneath Storke Tower?

By Jana Barrett, Jenna Ryan

The Opinion page is a place of controversial thought and discourse. It is rarely the moderate thinker or the complacent observer who chooses to write in, as demonstrated by the Jan. 11 letter to the editor that led to th...

September 28, 2011

Why you should you vote, you may ask?

By The Opinions Staff

It only takes a quick couple minutes to plug your votes into GOLD and the candidates, fees and amendment on the Spring Ballot are absolutely critical to your continued participation in the higher education system. The As...

September 26, 2011

Progress Over Passivity: Spurring Students to Action

By Staff Editorial

The grassroots movement #occupywallstreet — a peaceful protest that began Sept. 17 in New York City — continues to draw attention to many scattered yet pertinent issues plaguing the nation. On its first day, a report...

August 24, 2011

A Letter From The Editor

By Katherine Friedman

Hey baby ‘Chos — Ima let you finish orientation, Ima let you finish, but once you’re done you gon have the best college experience of all time. OF ALL TIME. First of all, thanks for picking up the Nexus; it was a g...

May 24, 2011

Who Knows What Awesomeness Hides in the Mist?

By Chris Benham

I like Isla Vista in the fog. People whisper and walk deliberately. Loud music gets muted, and streetside joint smoke disappears like it never was. In the dark, even the bros take off their imitation Ray-Bans for fear of...

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 ...