Outside Opinions

October 26, 2011

Explore Beyond the Vortex of Drunkenness: Break Out of I.V. and Into the Wild

By Harrison Gibson

Not to be completely obvious, but we live in a unique environment. Isla Vista crams around 12,000 students into two square miles filled with endless Snappa, fine eateries, carnal pursuits and good ol’ fashioned America...

October 26, 2011

Halloween: Keep It Local, Keep It Safe and Avoid Peeing-in-Public Tickets

By Tim Benson

Students of UCSB,   Halloween 2011 is quickly approaching. For you freshmen, you’re probably chomping at the bit to finally get to experience Halloween in Isla Vista … and for you seniors, you’re probably over...

October 20, 2011

“I’ll Take One Hairless Alpha Male, Please.”

By Opinion Editor

I can’t help but feel that finding the right man for me is like ordering off of a menu. I’m picky about a lot of things but food and men are the top two. When I go to a restaurant I have the freedom to order onion so...

October 19, 2011

“Democracy Is Nothing Without the Voices of the 99 Percent”

By Opinion Editor

I found Steven Begakis’ letter in Monday’s issue of the Daily Nexus regarding the Occupy Wall Street protests thoroughly enjoyable and refreshing. I feel that I must commend Mr. Begakis for his eloquent letter and en...

October 17, 2011

Selfish Protestors Unfairly Victimize the Honest Business Man

By Steven Begakis

The Occupy Wall Street protesters are a mindless rabble of envious deadbeats. When they aren’t doing drugs and breaking laws, they’re busy defecating on police cars and marching on the private homes of businessmen, w...

October 14, 2011

A.S. Employee Explains Events, Expresses Frustration

By Opinion Editor

The Daily Nexus has written several defamatory articles regarding my actions with one of the student employees that I supervise. I will point out that the reporter never contacted me to ask if these were indeed actions I...

October 10, 2011

A.S. President Urges Student Body to Read Beyond the Headlines

By Harrison Weber

As your Associated Students president, it is my duty and honor, among a myriad of other responsibilities, to serve as the liaison between my undergraduate student peers and our formal association. In practice, this is an...

October 10, 2011

Steve Jobs’ Lasting Legacy: A World Fraught With Opportunity

By Jake Schurmeier

From Facebook, via a personal computer, I learned of Steve Jobs’ tragic passing. The irony of the information’s medium was not lost upon me or the Internet community. After the initial shock, understanding the meanin...

October 7, 2011

Demonizing Ronald McDonald Misses the Mark

By Opinion Editor

For the first time in human history, we are living in an age of countless bounty. Excess. We have access to everything and anything, good and bad. You and I are the small fraction of humanity alive today that gets to liv...

October 4, 2011

“No-Otter” Zone Stunts Population, Prompts Public Hearing

By Opinion Editor

Have you ever been to Monterey or Santa Cruz and seen those cute little otters hanging out near the beach? I have and, until recently, I never thought twice about why we don’t see otters like that in Santa Barbara or L...

September 30, 2011

Wise Society Seeks to Mitigate Harm, Maximize Benefits

By Opinion Editor

Dennis Wassem’s opinion piece  “Governmental Taxation Undermines Its own Aims” in the Sept. 27, 2011 edition of the Nexus attacked the “narrow worldview” of the “disposition and abilities” of government th...

September 29, 2011

Berkeley Bake Sale Makes Light of Serious Societal Issue

By Jo Downes

The bake sale publicity stunt pulled by the UC Berkeley College Republicans was completely insensitive to the challenges faced by minorities who want to obtain a higher education. They basically made it impossible for mo...

September 27, 2011

Proactive Chilean Students Create a Model for Californians

By Elena Allen

American newspapers consistently portray the student protests in Chile as negative. A recent article in The Daily Californian (“UC students abroad notice the impact of recent unrest,” Aug. 17, 2011) included the foll...

September 27, 2011

Governmental Taxation Undermines Its Own Aims

By Dennis Wassem

Massachusetts senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren made big waves this week with a statement she gave regarding government services, taxation and the social contract. Mrs. Warren asserted that: “There is nobody in thi...

September 26, 2011

System Could Forever Abolish Blind Course Selection

By Connor Hastings

Here’s a question: How do college students go about selecting their classes? A portion of a student’s courses are predetermined due to his or her specific major or general education requirements, but what about the r...

September 22, 2011

Democracy Suffers at Hands of Modern Media

By Riley Schenck

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the circus! Two eternal enemies in a desperate struggle to the death! So entrenched in their hatred for each other, each would rather have its own eye sockets gruesomel...