Opinion

February 5, 2010

A.S. Scandal Draws Web Response

By Daily Nexus Readers

The ongoing scandal over Associated Students' alleged use of student fees to fund a raucous weekend retreat has provoked quite a response on the internet. In addition to the Facebook group "Hold Associated Students accou...

February 5, 2010

Chatty Cathy

By The Weatherhuman

Now, the Weatherhuman hasn't been in a chat room for awhile, but does anyone remember a/s/l?

February 5, 2010

Arab Student Calls for Respectful Dialogue

By Faris Shalan

I am an Arab and an activist. I am also a humanist and a pacifist. For four years on this campus, I expressed my Arab identity through several student organizations, including Students for Justice in Palestine.

February 4, 2010

A.S. Abuses Require Personal Recompense

By Sarah Mack

A.S. members need to grow up and figure out how to act their age. They are adults and do not deserve to be babied. If they want to use money that you and I give the university to buy booze and spend their weekends in a $...

February 4, 2010

Suck on This

By The Weatherhuman

So I just realized, why, when you're trying to insult someone, do you call them a "cock-sucker"?

February 4, 2010

Officer Potter Dispels Doubts

By Mark Signa

I have to admit, I'm not much of a Harry Potter fan. Don't get me wrong. The movies are fine, but I just can't understand how the plot is any deeper than a NASCAR race. Lots of zipping around in circles, some drama, occa...

February 3, 2010

Lack of Transparency Signals a Lack of Respect for Student Body

By Nexus Staff

This type of behavior on the part of elected officials is unacceptable. Associated Students is not just some private club, although these events imply an attitude to the contrary. They are an elected body charged with re...

February 3, 2010

An Attempt at a Shout Out

By The Weatherhuman

With limited space today, the Weatherhuman would like to make a quick shout-out to a fan. C.A., whose full name I will not share for reasons of anonymity that I myself understand, you’re ridiculously kind in your a...

February 3, 2010

Simple Soundbites Pervade Politics on Both Sides

By David Sforza

In the 21st century, small parts of the American public have worked very hard to put together a strategy to smear the current president. They compare him to Hitler, display him as a monkey, say he's trying to kill grandm...

February 2, 2010

Buyer Beware: Obama’s Fiscal Plans Sell Public Big Lies

By Steven Begakis

In analyzing propaganda techniques, the Office of Strategic Services once remarked, "People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it."

February 2, 2010

Long Week Bullshit Nonsense

By The Weatherhuman

Oh, Tuesdays. Is it that time already? Are we really only barely past Monday slump and not even to the Wednesday hump?

February 2, 2010

Obama Gets Fiesty in Agenda-Affirming Speech

By Michael Reynoso

President Obama has had, at best, mixed success in his first year in office. There were several accomplishments of note in his freshman year, including the passage of legislation expanding health care for uninsured child...

February 1, 2010

Budget Woes Rain on UCSB’s Parade…

By Staff

Everyone knows the University of California is facing a major budget crisis. What people may not know, however, are the specific ways these issues are affecting UCSB. The Nexus asked faculty, staff and students to tell u...

February 1, 2010

Who Am I?

By The Weatherhuman

You know, no one tells you how dangerous being the Weatherhuman can be.

February 1, 2010

Cuts Hurt Departments on Many Levels

By John Majewski

The budget cuts have hurt the History Dept. at every level. The furlough has meant a significant salary reduction for both staff and faculty, which has especially been hard on those families struggling with the high hous...

February 1, 2010

Intellectual Communities Threatened as Funds Dry Up

By Sharon Farmer

One of the intangibles that the current budget cuts threaten to destroy is the sense of community and common mission that has helped to make UCSB a great center of teaching and research.