Opinion

May 2, 2010

Santa Barbara Lifestyle Trumps Any Narcotic

By Chris Benham

Where do you draw the line between ordinary la joie de vivire lunacy and pure unadulterated goat-fucking stupidity? Probably somewhere around life-threatening substance abuse.

May 2, 2010

Conservative Columnist Puts Unfair Blame on Regulation

By Bo Hancock

Picking this article (“Liberal Reformers Refuse to Regulate Culprit of Crisis,” April 27, 2010) apart in detail would be a heinous and ultimately pointless waste of time, but really? You have a serious disconnect wit...

April 30, 2010

Going Dutch Proves Clutch for Thrifty Dater

By Calvin J

For the last month or so, I was somewhat into a particular girl. I took her on a couple dates which I thought went well, but a few days ago she said she was “not romantically connecting with me.” The truth sucks som...

April 30, 2010

Arizona Immigration Law is Racist and Wrong

By Ross Miletich

Ross Miletich is a second-year political science and Middle Eastern studies double major.

April 29, 2010

Gypsy Article Causes Unintended Anguish

By Drea Tran

Drea Tran is a third-year global studies and history double major currently studying abroad in Lyon, France.

April 29, 2010

CHO Provides Sublease Simplicity

By Maya Salmon

Maya Salmon is a program coordinator at the UCSB Community Housing Office.

April 28, 2010

Leftover Lovers Satisfy the Cunning Gourmet

By Opinion Editor

Imagine coming home from a night on the town. You’re hungry, drunk and totally out of food.

April 28, 2010

Stereotype Unjustly Mislabels Romani People

By David Holmes

I have NEVER read a more degrading, racist and offensive article in a student-run newspaper than Friday’s opinion article entitled “Real Gypsies Contrast with Disney Depiction,” Daily Nexus, April 23, 2010) by Drea...

April 27, 2010

Liberal Reformers Refuse to Regulate Culprit of Crisis

By Steven Begakis

The Democrats’ latest “financial reform” bill is a massive power grab that does nothing to actually solve the problems that led to last year’s financial collapse.

April 27, 2010

New Wall Street Reform Aids Average Americans

By Jamie Silverstein

New York City boasts some of the cruelest bullies in the country.

April 26, 2010

Igor Drowns In Deluge of Queries

By Igor Hiller

I don’t know what’s going on, but the last two weeks have brought a deluge of questions to my inbox. Usually, I pick the very best ones and answer them with in-depth, meaningful responses, but this time I figured, wh...

April 26, 2010

Budget Cut Reallocations Reflect Department Heads’ Priorities

By Bill Quirk

In last Thursday’s front-page article, (“Division Bundles Staff Under Budget Tension,” Daily Nexus, April 22) Dean Marshall lays out some revealing numbers about budget cuts to the Division of Humanities and Fine A...

April 23, 2010

Real Gypsies Contrast with Disney Depiction

By Drea Tran

It wasn't until I watched Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" for the first time a few days ago that I realized that -- maybe, just maybe -- I was a little bit deprived as a child.

April 23, 2010

Beer Pong Masters Follow Eleven Commandments

By Chris Benham

Madness is a terrible thing to waste.

April 21, 2010

Only Idiots Antagonize Officers

By Mark Signa

Nothing ruins your day more than cruising down the road and suddenly having red and blue lights pop on behind you. That sinking feeling gets even worse when you slow down and try to wave him around you so he can get that...

April 21, 2010