Opinion

October 12, 2011

When Early Morning Stealth Fails, Awkwardness Prevails

By Elizabeth Brooks

If you haven’t had the sheer terror of waking up in a bed that’s not your own, with your first thought being, “I need to get the fuck out of here,” then you haven’t lived. No, I kid, I kid. Bravo. For those of ...

October 11, 2011

Progressive Taxes Mitigate Financial Woes

By Geoffrey Bell

Left Said: “Nothing can be said to be certain, except love and war.” — Benjamin Franklin “All is fair in death and taxes.” — Anonymous proverb Wait a minute. Something tells me I didn’t quite get that right...

October 11, 2011

Comprehensive Reform Necessary to Reduce Debt

By Jeffrey Robin

Right Said: As President Obama pontificated to the nation last month about how Stimulus II would renew our economy and restore the middle class he claims has evaporated, he made it abundantly clear that Congress should p...

October 11, 2011

Media Wrongly Portrays ‘Occupy’ Protests As Aimless

By Riley Schenck

“We are the 99 percent.” As you may or may not know, for almost a month now there have been thousands of people occupying a park near Wall Street in New York City as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Thi...

October 10, 2011

A.S. President Urges Student Body to Read Beyond the Headlines

By Harrison Weber

As your Associated Students president, it is my duty and honor, among a myriad of other responsibilities, to serve as the liaison between my undergraduate student peers and our formal association. In practice, this is an...

October 10, 2011

Steve Jobs’ Lasting Legacy: A World Fraught With Opportunity

By Jake Schurmeier

From Facebook, via a personal computer, I learned of Steve Jobs’ tragic passing. The irony of the information’s medium was not lost upon me or the Internet community. After the initial shock, understanding the meanin...

October 7, 2011

Demonizing Ronald McDonald Misses the Mark

By Opinion Editor

For the first time in human history, we are living in an age of countless bounty. Excess. We have access to everything and anything, good and bad. You and I are the small fraction of humanity alive today that gets to liv...

October 7, 2011

Lagoon “Very Impressed” With Length and Girth of Storke Tower

By Matt Renner

Sources have confirmed that the Lagoon and Storke Tower “hooked up” for the first time this past Saturday night. The two were seen canoodling outside a party at their mutual friend Campbell Hall’s house. Friends of...

October 6, 2011

UCSB Environmentalists Expose Sustainability’s Sexier Side

By Opinion Editor

Well, I’m glad that you ignored the title of this article informing you that this is not the Wednesday Hump and that, unfortunately, you’re an entire day late for the article you were truly hoping to peruse. Perhaps ...

October 6, 2011

If Not Adam and Eve, Who Were the First Humans to Conceive?

By Cameron Moody, Brian Gallagher, Connor Oakes

This Week’s Question: If not Adam and Eve, who were the first humans to conceive?   This question doesn’t really seem relevant to our readership, as I doubt most of the people interested are bible-literalists, s...

October 4, 2011

“No-Otter” Zone Stunts Population, Prompts Public Hearing

By Opinion Editor

Have you ever been to Monterey or Santa Cruz and seen those cute little otters hanging out near the beach? I have and, until recently, I never thought twice about why we don’t see otters like that in Santa Barbara or L...

October 4, 2011

How to Maintain Your Health and Dignity on the Bike Paths

By Kevin Ferguson

Whether you’re a sparkly new freshmen on your sparkly new bike or an unkempt fifth year on a bike that’s just as grizzly, you’ve probably never read that annoying little bike etiquette booklet that came with it …...

October 3, 2011

Ronald McDonald: The Deadliest Clown in America

By Riley Schenck

Think about this next time you sink your teeth into some deliciously fattening Mickey D’s: Medical school researchers at Harvard University estimate that artificial trans fats cause up to 228,000 heart attacks annually...

September 30, 2011

Wise Society Seeks to Mitigate Harm, Maximize Benefits

By Opinion Editor

Dennis Wassem’s opinion piece  “Governmental Taxation Undermines Its own Aims” in the Sept. 27, 2011 edition of the Nexus attacked the “narrow worldview” of the “disposition and abilities” of government th...

September 30, 2011

Sgt. Signa Spills All The Jelly On MIP’s and Noise Violations

By Mark Signa

As the first full week of school winds down, I have to admit, it has been pretty fun for me.  Believe it or not, my week probably has not been that much different than most of your week.  Let’s see, I attended a grea...

September 29, 2011

Holy Crap! Welcome Back to Another Year of Godly Debate

By Opinion Editor

For all of you Nexus readers, Ask an Atheist is a safe haven. An opportunity to ask what it really means to be an atheist, a rationalist, or a skeptic. We listen to everyone, no matter your beliefs, and offer the chance ...