Outside Opinions

May 23, 2012

Take Your Books to Davidson: The UCen Is Not a Library

By Mina Zivkovic

I am a very understanding woman and very few things get on my nerves, but one of my all-time pet peeves is people who think that it is their god-given right to have silence wherever and whenever they please. The petition...

May 23, 2012

YOLO: It’s A Noun, Verb, Adjective and Way of Life

By Jake Schurmeier

Full disclosure: I’m YOLO-ing right now. Yeah, that’s a verb in the form of a gerund. So what? I’ll probably use it as a noun later, quite possibly an adverb, but that’s not why we’re here. If you don’t know ...

May 22, 2012

Open Your Mind and Your Major: the Evolving Objectives of Higher Education

By Lindsey O’Hara

Take a second to think of all of your friends who are going through mid-college-life crises. Most of them have been to academic advising at least once this month and are on a first-name basis with their respective underg...

May 21, 2012

Second Year Takes on the ‘Slut/Prude’ Binary: a Rebuttal to Last Week’s ‘Hump’

By Lexi Cary

As I was reading Wednesday’s “Humpin’ Letter to the Editor,” I found that I quickly became incensed. Not simply because the words “skank” and “prude” always get my blood boiling, but also because, as a na...

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 16, 2012

Prude to Crude: How One Freshman Found Her Inner Freak

By Anonymous

Until college, I was the prude. The hot Asian prude, but nonetheless the prude. At my ironically slutty all-girls Catholic school, everyone tried to hide their obvious skankiness. And while my boyfriend and I had been do...

May 13, 2012

University Faculty Members Respond to Nexus’ ‘Least Useful Majors’ Report

By Emily Zinn, Ellen Anderson, Paul Berkowitz, Ann Bermingham, Laurie Monahan, Jane Mulfinger, Holly Unruh, Cristina Venegas, Kim Yasuda, Marko Peljhan

To the editors of the Daily Nexus: We would like to take a minute and respond to the May 9 article entitled “UCSB’s Least Useful Majors.” The title of this article, as well as its reliance on poorly researched data...

May 11, 2012

Keeping Isla Vista Safe Means Demanding a Shift in Police Priorities

By Jack Foster

If you take a walk down Del Playa on any given Friday or Saturday, you will without a doubt see numerous people being cited for alcohol related “crimes,” surrounded by 4-5 police officers. While this may be standard ...

May 8, 2012

California’s New “End the Death Penalty” Initiative Proves Inherently Unjust

By Jeffrey Robin

In the upcoming elections this year — the June primary and the November general — California citizens will have the chance to exercise their rather unique (and, in my opinion, rather silly) ability to exercise direct...

May 8, 2012

Seau’s Suicide Sheds Light on Necessity of Mental (Not Just Physical) Well-Being

By David Washington

In American culture, we often like to think of our favorite athletes as superheroes. The spectacular physical feats that professional athletes perform on a regular basis in front of excited crowds in the arena and at hom...

May 8, 2012

Society Must Pursue Scientific Knowledge, “Yet Remain Healthily Skeptical”

By Lucas Reddinger

In Nate Charest’s letter published on May 4, he claims that “science needs no champions.” Unfortunately, I disagree. In a world of willful ignorance and denial, scientific evidence and conclusions are often neglect...

May 8, 2012

Stealing: It Does More Damage Than You Think (And Not Just to Your Conscience) w

By Zach Healy

John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James. Throughout history there have been countless figures that decided they were going to get rich quick by unlawful means. At some point we have all fantasized about planning a ...

May 3, 2012

UCSB Student Recounts Night in Jail after BUI Arrest

By Katy Roby

The purpose of the Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Dept., according to their website, is to “utilize bike patrol and officers from the CHP and UCSB Police to provide safety and enforcement for the community of Isla V...

April 26, 2012

Should Students Have a Say in Isla Vista Politics?

By Alexandra Lototsky

Remember when the Social Host Ordinance passed? Remember how infuriated everyone was? Did you feel helpless to change anything? The thing is, we’re not helpless at all. In fact, students have so much say that groups li...

April 24, 2012

Sophia, Nadim, Betty, Lupe and Mac: The Democratic Choices for A.S.

By Nicole Leopardo

On Tuesday, April 17, the members of Campus Democrats at UCSB officially endorsed Sophia Armen for Associated Students President, Nadim Houssain for External Vice President of Statewide Affairs, Betty Aynalem for Externa...

April 24, 2012

Worry About Tomorrow Tomorrow: “The Smoke Clears Down the Road”

By David Washington

As 4/20 revelers across Isla Vista celebrated Friday (and throughout the weekend), it was a good time to appreciate the special time and place we can enjoy here. And I’m not just talking about 4/20 or UCSB’s college ...