Opinion

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

Survival Dreams Glimpse Human Evolutionary Horizon

By Kevin W. McCarty

Albert Einstein, smart guy that he was, once wrote, “I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

April 8, 2011

Drinking Columnist Weighs In On Floatopia Debate

By Chris Benham

Floatopia. Oh yeah, baby, this is a hot-button issue.

April 7, 2011

Police Enforce Social Host Ordinance

By Cori Lantz

It’s happening. Students are being issued citations for the Social Host Liability Ordinance

April 7, 2011

Isla Vista Beach Ban Spurs Student Rejection of Stringent Regulations

By Chris Alexander

My name is Chris Alexander, and I want to let the student population know about a protest to stop the barricading of our beach access as a means to prevent Floatopia.

April 7, 2011

Associated Students Keeps It Local

By Rhandy Siordia

As students we not only love enjoying our beautiful beaches, but we also have the right and privilege to enjoy them. This privilege has again been stripped from us as a result of Floatopia 2009.

April 7, 2011

Recreation Center Affiliates Express Appreciation for Clarification

By Adam Schneider

Daily Nexus Editor: Thank you for the article “Renovations Up in Air on Spring Ballot” in yesterday’s Nexus.

April 6, 2011

Disciplined Religious Chastity Captivates the Promiscuous

By S.F.

The life of an exchange student is a constant influx of new experiences, knowledge, food, ideas and people — basically whatever you can put into your mouth, grab by the hand or both.

April 5, 2011

No Floatation Without Representation

By Benjamin Parish

Each year the discussion about Floatopia reminds me of the ironic paradox that is Isla Vista: a majority of left-leaning students living under the semi-despotic rule of the I.V. Foot Patrol and Santa Barbara County.

April 5, 2011

Civic Organization Gets Floatopia Off the Ground and Out to Sea

By David Kornahrens

I would like to say I know how to throw parties and get crazy. After all, I am part of the party that brought booze back by repealing Prohibition in 1933.

April 4, 2011

Do What Ye Will, An Ye Harm None But Haters

By Online Editor

Why do you do what you do? How do you do it so well? I’ll venture to say it’s because you’re addicted to a certain feeling. We all are.

April 4, 2011

Inflammatory Hyperbole

By Scott Englund

I write to protest the advertisements for Monday’s workers’ rally. While I am sympathetic to their cause, equating a U.S. state governor to Adolf Hitler is a ridiculous hyperbole.

March 31, 2011

Major, Unpleasant Consequences Ensue From Minor, Unaddressed Citations

By Mark Signa

Welcome back from Spring Break! I’m sure you had a great week of living the wild life and have some fond memories to look back on. That’s what Spring Break is all about.

March 30, 2011

Sex Columnist Kisses a Girl and Likes It: The Beauty of Exploration

By S.F.

Doctor, here are my symptoms: I am confused, I’m questioning my identity and ability to reason and my genitals are swelling up like an ocean wave at the sight of a hot chick.