Opinion

May 25, 2011

Ignore Social Stigmas: Wear Your Number With Pride

By Opinion Editor

Your number. No, not your phone number, your number. It’s not something you can touch or see. Materially, it doesn’t exist. But oh is it ever there. Haunting you, reminding you of the good, the bad and the regrettabl...

May 25, 2011

Rigid Two-Partied Government Wastes Time, Energy

By Opinion Editor

Can you think of two separate words that perfectly divide and encapsulate the beliefs, preferences and characteristics of 300 million different people? No? Well then, how lucky are we that our country’s government has ...

May 24, 2011

A.S. External Vice President Urges Students to Reserve Judgement

By Opinion Editor

Yes, I know. A.S. looks bad — real bad right now. But I promise that is going to change. Amid resignations, accusations of extortion, disqualifications and what looks like flat out partisanship, I promise you, the stud...

May 24, 2011

Who Knows What Awesomeness Hides in the Mist?

By Chris Benham

I like Isla Vista in the fog. People whisper and walk deliberately. Loud music gets muted, and streetside joint smoke disappears like it never was. In the dark, even the bros take off their imitation Ray-Bans for fear of...

May 24, 2011

Supporters of Multiculturalism Demonstrate Hypocrisy With Criticism of Western World

By Benjamin Parish

I’m not an immigrant or a minority; I’m unfamiliar with that experience. However, I am familiar with American culture. Please resist branding me with the choice terms of “racist,” “xenophobic” or “nativist,...

May 24, 2011

Immigrant Assimilation Defines, Fortifies American Values

By David Kornahrens

“Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them … I [am against] curtailing the existing rights of white men, even though born in diffe...

May 23, 2011

The Real World: Ready or Not, Here It Comes, Seniors

By Opinion Editor, Chris Benham

A while ago, when I was a much wilder and uncivilized version of the gentleman scholar that I am today, I found myself stranded in Lima, Peru for two weeks. I’m not particularly sure how or why, because Lima is not by ...

May 23, 2011

Christianity Instills Hope, Promotes Social Progress

By Daniel Phillips

In last Friday’s (May 13) edition of the Nexus, opinion columnist Cameron Moody made some strong claims against Christianity, which I feel compelled to address in the interest of presenting the other side of the argume...

May 20, 2011

Atheists Deem Doomsday Pile of Prophetic Nonsense

By Opinion Editor

This week’s question: “How do you feel about the ‘Rapture’ this Saturday, May 21?” There is a group of people who believe that this Saturday is the Rapture and that October will be th...

May 20, 2011

Ignorance Exacerbates Homelessness Intolerance

By Opinion Editor

If you live in Isla Vista you are undoubtedly familiar with the large presence of the homeless population. We bike by them everyday, yet few of us take the time to truly get to know their stories. Many of the homeless in...

May 18, 2011

Cyber Stalking Sucks the Sexy Out of One-Night Stands

By Opinion Editor

Remember the good ol’ days? A simpler time of land lines, missed connections and face-to-face breakups. When a drunken booty call came from the sound of pebbles ricocheting off your window and flirting didn’t involve...

May 18, 2011

Imprisonment for Profit Leads to Giant Flaws in U.S. Justice System

By Opinion Editor

Private prisons are jails or detention centers where individuals are confined by a third party that has been contracted by local, state or federal government agencies. Unethical, baseless and hypocritical justifications ...

May 18, 2011

Puff Piece for Pot Fails to Deliver Adequate Argument

By Opinion Editor

May 18, 2011

Prefontaine Plan Key to Slimming America’s Waistline

By Opinion Editor

The six-fingered man from “The Princess Bride” once said, “If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.” This principle still holds true today but has now been amended to: “If you have you...

May 17, 2011

Increased Offshore Drilling Avoids Issues

By David Kornahrens

Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. have worked together and passed laws increasing offshore oil drilling leases available to the oil industry. Correspondingly, President Obama has ordered the Dept. of the Inter...

May 17, 2011

Gasoline Prices Reflect Government Ploy

By Benjamin Parish

Gasoline prices are getting out of control. These prices don’t need to be where they are, and they aren’t because of some conspiracy between oil companies, other individuals or other countries; they exist because you...