Outside Opinions

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 13, 2011

Golinger Presents Propaganda, Not Engaging Discourse

By Manuel Gallardo

On May 10, I attended an event held at the MultiCultural Center featuring Venezuelan-American editor Eva Golinger who spoke on “21st Century Socialism.” Golinger is an adviser to Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s leader, an...

May 12, 2011

Regardless Of The Occasion, It Is Best To Just Beat It

By Literary Delicatessen

Masturbating is part of my everyday life. I’ve got that thing down to a science. I don’t even need to be horny to beat off. I’ll do it just because I’m bored and there’s nothing good on TV.

May 12, 2011

Life Without Depth, Dynamics Results in Dead-End Future

By Jake Schurmeier

For as long as I can remember — and yes, I’m counting those intermittent college nights that might be a bit fuzzy — I’ve been conditioned to believe that all good things come to those who wait; that those infinit...

May 9, 2011

Funding Horowitz With Student Funds Seen As Discriminatory

By Ethan Schwartz

I didn’t attend the A.S. Legislative Council session because, frankly, I don’t care for the organization or any other political/religious student group on this campus. I think their ideological self-segregation is an...

May 6, 2011

College Republicans Question A.S. Legislative Council’s Integrity

By Steven Begakis

Freedom of speech is under assault at UCSB, and what happened at Associated Students Legislative Council last night should send a chill down the spine of every student interested in free and open debate on campus. Colleg...

May 4, 2011

Patriotism Shows Different Colors From the Outside Looking In

By Riley Schenck

When I heard the news of Bin-Laden’s death early Monday morning Spanish time, I felt what most Americans probably felt at the news: excitement and relief, knowing that justice had been served to a man who had taken...

May 3, 2011

Chalk Slogans Create Straw Man

By Scott Englund

I call attention to the various chalk protests we see on our campus walkways. Some decry an unjust imbalance between defense spending and spending on education. These chalk slogans are classic examples of the logical fal...

May 3, 2011

Prevention Replaces Justice as Priority One

By David Kornahrens

Osama bin Laden is dead, shot in the head during a courageous military operation in Pakistan led by U.S. Naval Special Operations Forces. The news was applauded at home by raucous Americans outside the White House, at a ...

May 3, 2011

Destroying Murderous Ideology More Important Than Killing Leader

By Cameron Jones

News of the death of al-Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden hit me unexpectedly with the same surreal feeling as the tragic events of 9/11. More than 10 years since the initial attack on the twin towers, I watched President...

April 28, 2011

Passive Aggression On Facebook Stagnates A.S.

By Opinion Editor

Tucked away in the corner of the Associated Students Main Office is the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA). If you don’t know where that is, I won’t hold it against you. Being a caseworker in the PR Dept. of the OS...

April 28, 2011

Negligent Government Spending Prohibits Prosperity

By Tom Watson

Recently Standard & Poor’s issued a warning that the U.S. debt rating could be downgraded due to excessive spending, debt and deficits. The investment community is questioning our government’s ability to maintain...

April 28, 2011

Student Food Collective To Serve Isla Vista Affordable Food

By Brian Gallagher

UCSB students have long yearned for a smarter and more sensible way to eat, but getting healthy and delicious food at affordable prices seems like a pipe dream. What we need is a way to “go green” without consequentl...

April 25, 2011

Bag Ban Would Break Corporate Inertia and Beach Pollution

By Opinion Editor

Over the past three years, the nonprofits Save the Mermaids, Surfrider, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and LoaTree have been working to bring the issue of single-use plastic bags in large retail stores before the city counc...

April 22, 2011

Human Logic Incapable of Disproving the Existence of God

By Paul Jones

The “Ask an Atheist” column in last Friday’s edition of the Nexus featured Connor Oakes, Tyler Santander and Cameron Moody, who put forth a variety of arguments positing that suffering in the world disproves the ex...

April 15, 2011

Facts, Not Faith

By Jo Downes

Dear Editor Begakis, While it is true that students should stop being apathetic about troubling issues they have the ability to change — but seem to think they cannot change — there is a problem with the rest of your...