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So Wrong, It’s Right

April 25, 2013 by

    What is “politically incorrect”? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself for a while. With 18 articles claiming the title, you’d think I’d have figured it out by now. But t...
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The Nexus Responds: We Appreciate You, But Times Are Tough

April 25, 2013 by

We at the Nexus would first and foremost like to reiterate our support of the Women, Gender, and Sexual Equity Department, including all of the associated groups mentioned in the above letter. To the ...
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A.S. Officers Band Together, Back Foronda as President

April 25, 2013 by

During every election cycle at UCSB, students are inundated with an immense amount of information. While standing in support of healthy dialogue as a learning process, we as the 2012-13 A.S. Executive...
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WGSE, Striving for “More Than ‘Adequacy’”

April 25, 2013 by

We, A.S. Womyn’s Commission, A.S. Queer Commission, End Fake Clinics, Take Back the Night, Voices for Planned Parenthood and The Women, Gender, and Sexual Equity Department, are extremely frustrated...
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Gents, Tame Your Man-Mane… And Let Your Inner Lion Find His Roar

April 24, 2013 by

My doves, my pets, hello. I return to you with a righteous crusade at hand. I dream a dream of perfectly mowed, or at the very least nicely trimmed, meadows in the pants of men everywhere. Yes, you yo...
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The Art and Science of Moving Lecture Along

April 23, 2013 by

I think there should be a course on lecture hall etiquette but, unfortunately, no such thing exists. That’s why, this week, I’m going to use my status as a columnist to denounce what I consider th...
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With the Nexus’ Lock-In Fee Renewal Coming Up, We Just Have To Say…

April 23, 2013 by

Among the various candidates and measures on this year’s Associated Students ballot, you will notice that the Daily Nexus is up for a biennial reaffirmation of its quarterly student lock-in fee. Wit...
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Question Authority: Sergeant Signa Fields Your Questions from Sin City

April 22, 2013 by

I don’t know what started it, but I seem to have this really serious need to express my love of cheese. Cheeseburger, cheese pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, cream cheese on bagels, cheesecake,...
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2013 Daily Nexus Candidate and Fee Endorsements

April 22, 2013 by

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 ...
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Are Atheists Islamophobic?

April 19, 2013 by and

Lately, the New Atheist movement has come under fire in the news, as is inevitable with movements such as this. Consisting of popular figures like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, New Atheism advocates...
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All Eyes on Spring Insighters

April 19, 2013 by

This last weekend, my fraternity and I spent the day directing traffic at Spring Insight, the annual event engineered by UCSB’s Office of Admissions and facilitated by hundreds of volunteers. For as...
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Terrorism, Undefined: a new scapegoat for acts of violence

April 18, 2013 by

For all their backtracking, mumbling, slip-ups and ambiguity, our political leaders have made one thing exceptionally clear: The United States does not negotiate with terrorists. The bombing of the Bo...
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Snowflakes, It’s Time to Explore Your Shades of Gray

April 17, 2013 by

This week: “alternative” sexualities and how completely normal they are. I’ve railed against the concept of binaries in thinking about sexuality before. This approach remains a sore subject for ...
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[Right Said] Reaching Across the Aisle: Bipartisanship in Today’s Politics

April 16, 2013 by

Bipartisanship is a word that is bandied around by our politicians often but rarely practiced. In some ways, to even talk about bipartisanship in American politics is a foolhardy exercise. Vitriolic e...
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[Left Said] Reaching Across the Aisle: Bipartisanship in Today’s Politics

April 16, 2013 by

Aristotle famously called man a political animal, and much has been said about what he meant when describing man as such. It could be that man is political simply because he is social. His existence r...
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