Opinion

February 25, 2010

Charlie Brown, Sir

By The Weatherhuman

Rainy days always seem to bring out the Charlie Brown Syndrome in professors.

February 25, 2010

Keep Mold Spores Outdoors With Housing Advice

By Maya Salmon

Do stachyobotrys, penicillium, aspergilus, paecilomyces or fusarium ring a bell? Probably (and hopefully) not, but when you see the white, black, green or gray stuff growing on your walls or bedding, you won't doubt that...

February 24, 2010

The Other Palin

By The Weatherhuman

So does anybody else find it amusing that Bristol Palin is going to guest star on a show about teenage mothers?

February 24, 2010

Students Must Hold Rove Accountable for Actions

By Nathaniel Padgett

Karl Rove, a documented war criminal and outspoken opponent of gay rights, is speaking in Campbell Hall this Thursday. The UCSB College Republicans persuaded A.S. to help fund the visit with $12,933 of student money. A.S...

February 24, 2010

Don’t Let Whoopsies Ruin Whoopie

By Opinion Editor

Did you know there are over 21,000 students enrolled at UCSB? That's 21,000 chances to meet someone you can converse with, flirt with and sleep with. The series of events along our condom-lined path to pleasure are prett...

February 23, 2010

Thank You for Flying

By The Weatherhuman

So breaking news, guys. And by breaking I mean shattering.

February 23, 2010

Master Political Operatives Necessary for Both Parties

By Steven Begakis

Those who criticize Karl Rove usually do so either out of ignorance or partisan hypocrisy. As students prepare to hear "the architect" speak at UCSB, they should remember that Rove, like any strategist, was one of many p...

February 23, 2010

Merchants of Corruption Do Not Deserve to Speak

By Michael Reynoso

This Thursday our campus will again play host to a vile icon of the right, someone perhaps not as unhinged as Horowitz but no less of a monster: Karl Rove.

February 22, 2010

How to Write a Proper Paper

By Igor Hiller

While students readily come to me for advice about sex and relationships, there are some things that they are too ashamed to admit they need help with. And it's not penis abnormalities, because I get plenty of those ques...

February 22, 2010

Drama-Charged People

By The Weatherhuman

Drama, drama, drama.

February 22, 2010

Regents Must Embrace Corporate Responsibility

By Jack Ucciferri

Your money is being used to support destructive and discriminatory business practices and there is something you can do about it. It’s true: in 2008 the UC Regents voted, on your behalf, against 47 resolutions that...

February 19, 2010

Dear Hippies: Please Take a Bath and Shut Up

By Zac Gates

Hippies are annoying. And they smell. Has it ever occurred to you -- as some dreadlocked scallywag is screaming "WAR CRIMINAL" or "DOWN WITH OLD SPICE" -- that it's very hard to find someone who actually cares?

February 19, 2010

Alanis On the Matter

By The Weatherhuman

So, bad timing. Planning everything out with your friends or whoever, only to find out that the days you made your great plans for also happen to be the only times your best friend can visit or that your favorite band is...

February 19, 2010

Take Steps to Prevent Reckless Drunk Driving

By Lisa Shapiro

I had a wake up call about the fragility of life this weekend when I found out that a friend of mine was killed by a drunk driver early Friday morning at Brown University. It seems like at least once a year a really bad ...

February 18, 2010

Common Sense Curbs Craigslist Hocus Pocus

By Mark Signa

P.T. Barnum is credited with the saying, "There's a sucker born every minute." Ironically, it turns out he never actually said that. Instead, in an attempt to discredit him, another circus owner accused him of saying it...

February 18, 2010