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365 Days, 365 Reasons to Celebrate

April 5, 2013 by Ben Moss

The calendar is too cluttered with special occasions. If you cast a wide enough net, we’re always close to a holiday or something else noteworthy. I have 19 first cousins, and they all have birthday...
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Student Returns from Convention Jazzed on US-Israeli Relations, Weary of Iran

April 5, 2013 by Abriel Brotman

Gauchos for Israel is a bipartisan group of student activists and campus leaders educated to be confident advocates for Israel on our UCSB campus. It is a pro US-Israel relations group that aims to pr...
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New “CAUCUS” Group Focuses on Unity between UC/CSU/CC Students, Aims for Empowerment

April 5, 2013 by Sam Swift

The three tiers of education in California have acted independently of one another since their very creation. Every CC, CSU, and UC has had their own slate of issues laid down and divided by th...
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Forums, Chat Rooms and Renegade Comments Sections: The ‘Wild Wild West’ of the Digital Age

April 4, 2013 by Mark Strong

Faggot isn’t what your mother might call a “dinner table word.” For most social purposes, it’s been restricted to the metaphorical basement. You wouldn’t, for instance, use it to address a p...
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Forums, Chat Rooms and Renegade Comments Sections: The ‘Wild Wild West’ of the Digital Age

April 4, 2013 by Mark Strong

Quel Your Horn With Porn: The Merits of Spending Some “Me Time” in Cyberspace

April 3, 2013 by Hayley E.

To begin, I like porn. I watch porn. As your dedicated Humptress, it is my duty to divulge this to you. You may now sigh in relief. You are now either more holy than I and abstain or one of my brethre...
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Right Said: Gay or Not, Marriage Is Already in the Dog House

April 2, 2013 by Jeffrey Robin

When I arrived in our nation’s capital for my time at UCDC this week, I had the opportunity to witness and photograph protesters outside the Supreme Court rallying in support of overturning the Defe...
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Left Said: Love of Liberty Clashes With Love of “Traditional” Families

April 2, 2013 by Michael Dean

It simply goes without saying that in a liberal democracy, two individuals of the opposite sex have a political right to marry one another before the state. The conversation on “marriage equality”...
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Dear Abby

April 1, 2013 by Dear Abby

Dear Abby, I came to college expecting freedom. Instead I landed an overbearing roommate whom I will affectionately refer to as “Big Momma.” When my momma hen is in the Coop (i.e. our double room)...
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Sgt. Signa Straddles the Junction Between Memory Lane and Memory Loss

April 1, 2013 by Mark Signa

A version of this article appeared on page 8 of the April 1, 2013 print edition of the Daily Nexus.
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Pill Your Way to An ‘A’? Because Study Buddies Come in All Shapes and Sizes … Like Small and Oblong

March 8, 2013 by Michael Roe

As the insurmountable academic stress known as dead week and finals looms like a menacing black cloud above Davidson Library, the student body of UCSB will find themselves in a time management conundr...
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North Korea: Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

March 8, 2013 by Ben Moss

You have probably already heard that about a month ago former Massachusetts senator John Kerry took office in President Obama’s cabinet, beginning his service as U.S. Secretary of State. Since assum...
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Identity Crisis Much? Obama’s Dubious Doppelgänger

March 7, 2013 by Mark Strong

Remember that radical socialist you always hear conservatives complaining about in the news? That tyrannical despot hell-bent on political reform and the redistribution of wealth amongst the masses? H...
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K.Perry Got It Right: Kiss a Girl, You’ll (Probably) Like It

March 6, 2013 by Hayley E.

We’ve all been there: It’s a party, everyone’s hammered and the girls are getting extra flirty. Suddenly, there, among the filth of the fiesta, shines a vision. Angelic vocals reach a crescendo....
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Cyberspace Classrooms and E-Professors: One Laptop Learner Considers the Merits and Downfalls of Online Classes

March 5, 2013 by Matt Conway

UCSB has recently begun to experiment with teaching online classes. Many parts of the traditional face-to-face lecture class work well online, but some do not. Knowing the difference between when the ...
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