Opinion

June 20, 2012

One Stacked Library: The Post-Finals Realization That You Have Been Dating Davidson

By Matt Renner

As planned, Davidson Library will under- go a significant expansion and renovation over the course of the next two years. Construction begins this summer and will be completed sometime in 2014. Current underclassmen and ...

June 7, 2012

Girls Gone Wild: Opinion Ladies Bust Out of UCSB

By Opinion Editor

As a senior on the precipice of graduation, I’ve done a lot of things I never imagined I would do. I completed the Great American Challenge and dated a frat star. I embraced the I.V. hippie-grunge and became Opinion Ed...

May 31, 2012

The Last Big Bang: ‘Ask an Atheist’ Reflects on How It All Began

By Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

When I was a second-year, I attended a meeting of Scientific Understanding and Reasoning Enrichment (SURE) and met, among others, a guy named Cameron Moody. Moody was the one who had the big idea to write a column in the...

May 30, 2012

Nexus Weighs in on Candidates for Local Office

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Das Williams: Assemblymember, 37th District Democrat Das Williams and Republican Rob Walter are competing for the position of assemblymember representing California’s 37th district, the recently redrawn region encompas...

May 30, 2012

Thrusting to the Finish: Seniors Knock Boots Before Riding Into the Sunset

By Opinion Editor

It’s that time of the year again. June gloom slowly creeps up, with the calendar bitching at you to get your life together while your hands desperately shove tequila shots down your throat in an attempt to shut your br...

May 29, 2012

Student Responds to “Anti-Steve” Voter Fraud Allegations

By Rachel Kim

Do you believe everything you read or hear? With the elections coming up, it is important that we utilize our powers of independent thinking and critical reasoning. In the Daily Nexus and on campus, students have accused...

May 29, 2012

“Why Are You Here?” One Volunteer’s Experience in El Salvador

By Danny Sheinson

Using shovels, hoes and pickaxes, we dug ditches in the smoldering heat. We were somewhat out of our element, donned in work pants, gloves and wide-brimmed hats, on Don Israel’s farm in the small village of Ciudad Rome...

May 25, 2012

‘Electrosceptic’ Wow-ed by Gartner’s Performance, Despite the ‘Bleeps’ and ‘Bloops’

By PiersFibige

Electronic music seems to be taking over the airways, but I have never been able to understand the allure behind it. In fact, I hate it, and I always have. Whether it is house, techno, dubstep, trance or techno-house-ste...

May 24, 2012

Protagonist Finds Solace in Gordita Crunch Wrappper

By Matt Renner

Recently, I took a trip to Taco Bell. I was craving my usual cheesy Gordita Crunch, but the real reason I wanted to go was to try the new Doritos locos taco. This new item combines the satisfying heartiness of a taco wit...

May 24, 2012

The Origins of Sin: a Review of Religious History

By Steven Begakis

In his column “Why Religion May Be a Matter of Ideology, Not Theology,” Mr. Schenck claims that the Christian concept of sin originated in Old English etymology. But here’s a reality check: the Jewish religion had ...

May 24, 2012

The Difference Between Cynicism and Skepticism

By Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

I (an agnostic atheist) often find myself being dismissed as either “a skeptic,” “a cynic,” or both, as though those are both naughty words. In fact, not only are the two not interchangeable, but they are also no...

May 23, 2012

Take Your Books to Davidson: The UCen Is Not a Library

By Mina Zivkovic

I am a very understanding woman and very few things get on my nerves, but one of my all-time pet peeves is people who think that it is their god-given right to have silence wherever and whenever they please. The petition...

May 23, 2012

YOLO: It’s A Noun, Verb, Adjective and Way of Life

By Jake Schurmeier

Full disclosure: I’m YOLO-ing right now. Yeah, that’s a verb in the form of a gerund. So what? I’ll probably use it as a noun later, quite possibly an adverb, but that’s not why we’re here. If you don’t know ...

May 23, 2012

The American Story : Founding A Secular Government in A Religious Society

By Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

It’s not easy to pin down what acolytes of the Christian Right mean when they assert that our nation is founded on “Judeo-Christian principles.” Who, exactly, are these “founders?” No consistent answer is given...

May 22, 2012

Coming Out on Top: The Down-Low on Bending the Straight Line and Pegging the Sexually Confused

By Anonymous

If you ever feel like risking your immortal soul, it is my suggestion that you peruse Craigslist’s casual encounters. The activity is quite enjoyable, especially if you are as demented as me and my close friend and tur...

May 22, 2012

Open Your Mind and Your Major: the Evolving Objectives of Higher Education

By Lindsey O’Hara

Take a second to think of all of your friends who are going through mid-college-life crises. Most of them have been to academic advising at least once this month and are on a first-name basis with their respective underg...