Opinion

October 25, 2010

Marathon Running Takes First Place in To-Do List

By Adam W. Bloom

Have you created a list by now? Those things you want to accomplish by the time you are 30, 50 or 100 years old? I like to keep some things written down that remind me of the goals I’ve developed over time.

October 21, 2010

Daily Nexus Editorial Staff Yields Cautious Endorsements

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Daily Nexus editorial board has closely scrutinized potential candidates, measures and propositions to provide our readership with voting choices that can begin to heal our ailing economy and lead to social and civic...

October 21, 2010

Prudent Freshman Avoids On-Campus Eye Contact

By Danielle Cizek

As a new freshman I have learned many things in my first month of college.

October 21, 2010

CHO Offers Helpful Tips to Avoid Halloween Hell

By Maya Salmon

The Community Housing Office (CHO) is no stranger to the fact that Isla Vista and Halloween are virtually synonymous.

October 20, 2010

Former Editor Returns to Liberate UCSB’s Libido

By S.F.

Modern sexuality as we know and enjoy it is the result of — nay, an evolving process rooted in — a long history of repression.

October 19, 2010

Measure S Drains Private Capital

By Benjamin Parish

California keeps falling more and more into debt, from the UC to pensions, and now prisons. Our state has consistently refused to live within its means.

October 19, 2010

Measure S Secures Civil Rights

By David Urzua

Measure S is a local ballot measure that allocates state funding as well as a half-percent sales tax to build a new jail facility in Santa Maria.

October 18, 2010

Prop 19 Puts the Pipe (and the Power) in Your Hands

By Kevin W. McCarty

ATTENTION: If you have changed houses since your last time voting, you must re-register today, or else it might be your fault if weed doesn’t become legal in two weeks.

October 18, 2010

Nexus’ Conservative Bias Botches Election Article

By Geoffrey Bell

Wednesday’s front-page article, “SB Clubs Render Election Info,” was unquestionably biased and quite simply a poor piece of journalism.

October 18, 2010

Mr. O’Reilly Has Finally Gone Too Far

By Nicholas Dineen

Bill O’Reilly. The man’s name alone stirs up a medley of emotional responses among many people: hatred, admiration, frustration, fear, gratitude and more.

October 18, 2010

Arts and Lectures Events Make for Lasting and Unique Memories

By Adam W. Bloom

When the lights came on in Campbell Hall that night, I remember thinking, “You have got to be kidding!”

October 18, 2010

I Met Her at a Club

By The Weatherhuman

According to Urban Dictionary, Toot it and Boot it can mean two things:

October 15, 2010

Four Chic Trends of Autumn Wear

By Claire Wei

Thanks to Mother Nature, Santa Barbara weather has stabilized to chilly fall temperatures… which means, dear readers, time to dust off those luxurious coats and tough boots!

October 15, 2010

Isla Vista: Party Capital of the World

By Chris Benham

There is something special about those first few weeks of school, when 20,000 of our nation’s finest get compressed into this magical square mile we call home.

October 14, 2010

The Perks of Being a Freshman

By Zachary Cabin

I feel like I have the same conversation with everyone over a hundred times a day. “Hi, I’m Zac. I live in Santa Catalina (let’s call it what it is… FT), in the North Tower, on the ground floor. I’m a biology...

October 14, 2010