Opinion

September 29, 2011

Berkeley Bake Sale Makes Light of Serious Societal Issue

By Jo Downes

The bake sale publicity stunt pulled by the UC Berkeley College Republicans was completely insensitive to the challenges faced by minorities who want to obtain a higher education. They basically made it impossible for mo...

September 28, 2011

Proposed Student Fees Balance Neglected University Budgets

By Opinion Editor

In a time of budget cuts and fee hikes, it’s more important now than ever to know what you are voting on this week in the Campus Election. Departments have invested a lot of time and money into making sure you at least...

September 28, 2011

Why you should you vote, you may ask?

By The Opinions Staff

It only takes a quick couple minutes to plug your votes into GOLD and the candidates, fees and amendment on the Spring Ballot are absolutely critical to your continued participation in the higher education system. The As...

September 28, 2011

The “Real World” Really Does Suck (And Not in That Way)

By Dana Olsen

Four long years ago, I was a senior in college. I don’t remember much about that year (but that’s the subject of another column entirely—perhaps Memoirs of an Old Town Tavern Addict or Long Island Iced Tea For Dumm...

September 27, 2011

Proactive Chilean Students Create a Model for Californians

By Elena Allen

American newspapers consistently portray the student protests in Chile as negative. A recent article in The Daily Californian (“UC students abroad notice the impact of recent unrest,” Aug. 17, 2011) included the foll...

September 27, 2011

Governmental Taxation Undermines Its Own Aims

By Dennis Wassem

Massachusetts senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren made big waves this week with a statement she gave regarding government services, taxation and the social contract. Mrs. Warren asserted that: “There is nobody in thi...

September 26, 2011

Progress Over Passivity: Spurring Students to Action

By Staff Editorial

The grassroots movement #occupywallstreet — a peaceful protest that began Sept. 17 in New York City — continues to draw attention to many scattered yet pertinent issues plaguing the nation. On its first day, a report...

September 26, 2011

System Could Forever Abolish Blind Course Selection

By Connor Hastings

Here’s a question: How do college students go about selecting their classes? A portion of a student’s courses are predetermined due to his or her specific major or general education requirements, but what about the r...

September 23, 2011

Fifth-Years Know Best: Get Your Ass Off the Curb, Freshman

By Chris Benham

Well … After four years of sweaty adolescent suffering you’ve made it. Congratufuckinglations, and welcome to UCSB. Welcome to a university so totally awesome that even today the occasional moron will call it “The ...

September 22, 2011

Democracy Suffers at Hands of Modern Media

By Riley Schenck

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the circus! Two eternal enemies in a desperate struggle to the death! So entrenched in their hatred for each other, each would rather have its own eye sockets gruesomel...

September 15, 2011

Isla Vista: Breeding Ground for Drunk, Arrogant Clones

By Fabian Garcia

Sagaba: To be misunderstood by the world, even by your friends at times. It means “suffering,” according to the Blue Scholars of Seattle. And yes, I am suffering, to be perfectly honest. I feel like many among me are...

September 15, 2011

Let the Good Times Roll Without It Leading to Parole

By Mark Signa

It’s hard to believe that summer is already over. It feels like we just finished the graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2011 and now it’s time to welcome the class of 2015. For those of you returning to UCSB for ...

August 24, 2011

A Letter From The Editor

By Katherine Friedman

Hey baby ‘Chos — Ima let you finish orientation, Ima let you finish, but once you’re done you gon have the best college experience of all time. OF ALL TIME. First of all, thanks for picking up the Nexus; it was a g...

August 24, 2011

Weather

By The Weatherhuman

From the depths of the Nexus dungeon, the Weatherhuman warns all ye who bike here: stay on your side of the roundabout or face the CREATURE OF ABYSMAL CONSEQUENCES AND SHIN INJURIES. The ‘human will find you. The ‘hu...

August 23, 2011

“Dos” and “Don’ts” (But Mostly “Don’ts”) of Freshman Year

By Jenna Ryan, Jana Barrett

So you’ve finally made it, eh? You’ve pillaged Target’s college dorm aisle, awkwardly reached out to your future roommate in hopes of coordinating your bedspread and outfitted your whole extended family in UCSB gar...

August 23, 2011

College: It’s Like Chuck E. Cheese’s, But Without the Poop

By Andrew Johnson

You are about to enter another dimension — a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of beer pong and handle pulls. A journey into a wondrous land of sex, drugs and dubstep. Welcome to Isla Vista. Let me address the...