Opinion

March 5, 2010

Editorial Misses the Mark on SD Scandal

By Max Massenkoff

Your ambivalent response to such a controversial incident, coming from the helm of our campus' very own "vital forum," is disconcerting.

March 5, 2010

Vagina Talk: Loud and Proud

By Erin Allmann

When Eve Ensler was writing her award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues," she interviewed over 200 women from diverse backgrounds. These interviews began with two simple questions: "If your vagina got dressed, what wou...

March 4, 2010

Shake, Shake, Shake

By The Weatherhuman

So this Chile earthquake is really shaking things up for everyone. No pun intended, of course.

March 4, 2010

Hordes Not to Blame for All Isla Vista’s Woes

By Mark Signa

So I have this article I’m supposed to be writing, but instead, I was sitting on my butt playing a little Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. As much as I was trying to justify this as “research,” I’m n...

March 4, 2010

Vagina Monologues Educate Men and Women Alike

By Sarah Watkins

A quarter of the women who attend UCSB will be sexually assaulted. For many of those women, that sexual assault will be the reason they leave school. The impact of sexual assault on university campuses is something I thi...

March 3, 2010

I Can See Clearly Now

By The Weatherhuman

So the Weatherhuman realized that there may have been some miscommunication with yesterday's forecast.

March 3, 2010

UC San Diego Situation Requires Public Forum

By Nexus Staff

Lost in the shuffle of this impassioned debate is an important issue that should concern all Americans: freedom of speech. After Kris Gregorian, the editor in chief of a UCSD humor paper, called protesters "ungrateful ni...

March 3, 2010

Fantastic Fantasies Finish the Quarter Right

By Opinion Editor

Dark coils of hair decorate his chest, and his muscular arms grip my waist with a lusty firmness. He rips off my underwear and pushes me against the wall and... whoops! Sorry, guys. Didn't mean for you to walk in on that...

March 2, 2010

(Not) Singing in the Rain

By The Weatherhuman

The success of musicals has always been a mystery.

March 2, 2010

Health Summit Highlights Republican Obstructionism

By Michael Reynoso

One year and one month into his presidency, and after an ugly and drawn-out birth and passage of two different bills in the House and the Senate, Barack Obama finally released a detailed plan for healthcare reform.

March 2, 2010

Obama’s True Colors Show at Blair House Conference

By Steven Begakis

Last Friday, after a seven-hour long healthcare discussion between President Obama and congressional Republicans, nothing changed. The Democrats' healthcare plan still consists of nationalizing one sixth of the U.S. econ...

March 1, 2010

The ‘Human Goes to… Subway

By The Weatherhuman

Have you ever had a food craving that no meal on the planet could fulfill?

March 1, 2010

Brokenhearted Sister Offers Bitter Advice

By Igor Hiller

Ever since I let my grandpa Boris answer questions last year, my older sister, Sasha, has been pestering me asking if she could do the same thing. Well, I finally gave in, and I sent her this week's questions to answer, ...

February 26, 2010

This Boner’s Down for the Count

By The Weatherhuman

So "Boner" from "Growing Pains" (I mean, Andrew Koenig) died.

February 26, 2010

Save the Planet with Meatless Monday

By Ryan Snider

Meatless Mondays have arrived on university campuses across the nation, usually led by student groups advocating for reduced consumption of meat -- beef, in particular -- in the name of environmental stewardship.

February 26, 2010

“Fat Talk” Fosters Unhealthy Ideals

By Michael Takahara

Last week I asked the deli woman for a quarter pound of their red, white and blue potato salad. The women in line with me said, "Have you tried that?" I said, "Oh yes, it is tasty. If you like blue cheese..." "And baco...