Opinion

April 18, 2011

Left Said: Taxation Exercises Tactfulness

By David Kornahrens

The U.S. Federal Government is not a family household. The U.S. Federal Government should not “tighten its belt” during a recession. This is because, unlike the average family household, the Federal Government has ob...

April 18, 2011

Nexus Reaffirmation Protects Newspaper Content

By Daily Nexus Staff

This spring, all of the Nexus’ student-approved lock-in money is up for reaffirmation — no increase, just the same wonderful three bucks and change that keeps us going today. We ask that this April, you reaffirm our ...

April 18, 2011

Hemp to Potentially Replace Reliance on Fossil Fuels

By Kevin W. McCarty

Humanity stands at a crossroads. For nearly two centuries, human civilization has seen its every facet transformed by the machinery of industrial development. During this period of rapid expansion, we have beheld the gr...

April 15, 2011

Existence of Evil Contradicts Ominipotence of God

By Cameron Moody, Tyler Santander, Connor Oakes

This week’s question: “The existence of suffering is often pointed to as a argument against the presence of a loving god, but how can one have a world in which humans are free without some of those choices being for ...

April 15, 2011

Casual Sex in Isla Vista Visits Lovers With Loneliness

By Chris Benham

Sex is crazy. I know. That statement is about as obvious as a polar bear. But hang on. What I’m about to say might not be. I think about sex a lot. I think about it when I wake up. I think about it in the shower. I thi...

April 15, 2011

Facts, Not Faith

By Jo Downes

Dear Editor Begakis, While it is true that students should stop being apathetic about troubling issues they have the ability to change — but seem to think they cannot change — there is a problem with the rest of your...

April 12, 2011

Apathy and Cynicism Crumble in the Throes of Truth

By Steven Begakis

There is a consensus among students at UCSB that our university suffers from a spirit of apathy.

April 12, 2011

Wisconsin Republican Offers Financial Resolve

By Benjamin Parish

Whether you were born in America or immigrated here, you live in one of the greatest societies mankind has ever devised.

April 12, 2011

Conservatives Ignore Unemployment Woes

By David Kornahrens

Only two years after the Great Recession, Americans are still struggling to regain lost jobs, lost benefits and sunken mortgages.

April 12, 2011

Candidates for Associated Students President Encourage Activism

By Stanley Tzankov

It is that time of the year again. While many may think them irrelevant, the Associated Students elections are more significant than merely choosing next year’s student leaders.

April 12, 2011

Candidates for Associated Student President Encourage Activism

By Marcus Rochelle

Why should you be a part of Disassociated Students?

April 12, 2011

Candidates for Associated Student President Encourage Activism

By Harrison Weber

Next year, the UC system will experience $1 billion cuts to a budget that is already a shadow of what it once was.

April 12, 2011

Campus Involvement Offers An Outlet For School Spirit

By Jenna Ryan

I have long been amazed and infatuated with the school spirit at UCSB. Not the fanatical, body-painted sport culture characteristic of ASU or USC, but rather the subliminal, relaxed — but intense — passion for our ca...

April 11, 2011