Opinion
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 p...
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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 ...
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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,” “xenophobi...
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“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 ...
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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, bec...
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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 othe...
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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 tha...
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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. Man...
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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 flirt...
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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 hypocrit...
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Maybe I just don’t get it, but as a longtime reader of the Nexus’ drug articles, I still find myself at a loss as to what the paper or frequent drug columnist Kevin McCarty is actually advocating....
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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...
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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 th...
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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; th...
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The fight for the right to use hemp and laugh at one’s rulers has been happening constantly for centuries. The desire for a central authority to control and regulate the natural interconnectedness o...
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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
