Opinion

November 6, 2012

Right Said: The 2012 Presidential Election: Endorsements, Predictions, and of Course, Why You Should Get to the Polls

By Jeffrey Robin

  23 million people are out of work or underemployed. Anemic job growth is completely insufficient to even provide jobs for new entrants to the labor market, much less those already out of work. Every citizen in the...

November 6, 2012

Prop 37: Don’t Let Frankenfoods Scare You

By Patrick Allen

Like any student riding their bike to class, I am forced to see the mass of political signs along the bike paths. However one sign during this election season has caught me off guard: A sign asking voters to say yes to P...

November 5, 2012

Why A “Fucking Fag” Has Had Enough of the Homophobia in Isla Vista

By Andrew Farkash

Disclaimer: Imagining the following scenarios may require you to put yourself in the shoes of someone who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. If this makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading. I would...

November 5, 2012

Medical Know-How That Will Keep You “Regular” and Smiling Brightly

By mferris, Paula Bagalio, Kevin Cook, Betsy Reynolds-Malear

Q: I need to kick my ass in gear study-wise since midterms are fast approaching. I don’t foresee myself popping any pills, but is there anything stronger than coffee to help? And how much coffee is too much? A: Use cau...

November 5, 2012

Daily Nexus Presents Proposition Endorsements

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Proposition 30: yes This ballot initiative provides the students of the University of California system the long-awaited break from continuous tuition hikes they have endured and fiercely campaigned against in recent yea...

November 2, 2012

Stupid is as Stupid Does: Mourning the Death of Irony

By Mark Strong

It’s not often that I criticize total strangers. Most of the time, I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. Maybe that “asshole” on the 101 was driving 90 miles an hour because he just got a call saying his w...

November 1, 2012

Can You Justify Atheism Without a Scientific Understanding of the Origin of the Universe?

By Travis Vail, Zoltan Mester

Topics like the formation of the universe are always contentious because there isn’t a universally accepted theory, and they can’t all be right. For that reason, it isn’t a bad thing when someone has the humility t...

October 31, 2012

Putting The “O!” in Oral: Ladies Never Spit And Gents Never Quit

By Hayley E.

My dearest Gauchos, today we will be discussing the do’s and don’ts of oral sex. Now, I have qualms with both my XXs and my XYs regarding your respective oral habits, and this may result in being a bit of a rant. You...

October 30, 2012

The Affirmative Action Debate: Leveling the Playing Field For Future Generations

By Michael Dean

Left Said: Each of us can attest to the absurdity of college applications. We spend four years pursuing the highest possible GPA, taking Advanced Placement classes, playing sports, joining clubs, volunteering and of cour...

October 30, 2012

The Affirmative Action Debate: Moving Us Away From A Colorblind Meritocracy?

By Jeffrey Robin

Right Said: Imagine for me, if you would, the following scenario: you go to an average public high school, take an absurd amount of Advanced Placement classes, attend night classes at a community college, join every club...

October 29, 2012

MCC Council Urges Students to Strive for a More ‘Inclusive Campus Climate’

By The Multicultural Center Council

“Acts of intolerance, disrespect, bullying, or violence, especially regarding sexual orientation, race, gender, religion, or ethnicity, compromise our sense of community, our feelings of personal well-being, and our ab...

October 29, 2012

Echos From Last Week: Are You Registered? Are You Registered? Are YOU Regist….?

By Ben Moss

I am having nightmares of hidden registrars. I am at the urinal in downstairs Girvetz; they ambush me with a reminder of the Oct. 22 registration deadline. Other times, I am in line for Subway, and after the sandwich art...

October 26, 2012

Votes on Tokes: Presidential Candidates’ Stances on Drug Policy

By Michael Roe

With the approaching Presidential election in two weeks, I decided to devote this issue to the Presidential candidates and their assorted approaches on drug policy. After three debates between President Obama and Mitt Ro...

October 26, 2012

Elected A.S. Member Expresses Concern Regarding Student Fund Allocations

By Alexandria Choate

I am not sure how many students are aware of this issue at our school, but in my humble opinion, given the history, there needs to be attention called to this. In Spring Quarter 2012, The Bottom Line — TBL — tried to...

October 25, 2012

The Self-Appointed World Police Force: Re-evaluating America’s ‘Big Stick’ Foreign Policy

By Mark Strong

We’ve heard a lot in these last three Presidential Debates about foreign policy. Whether it’s our continued military presence in Afghanistan, the recent attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi or Iran’s looming nucl...

October 24, 2012

Romney, Obama and Trees: Environmentalism for the Next Four Years

By Patrick Sheehan

Four debates — three presidential and one vice-presidential — and climate change has not been mentioned once. During their debates the closest the presidential candidates got to addressing the catastrophic ecological...