Opinion

January 19, 2010

Global Warming Naysayers Find Support From Science

By Steven Begakis

In most areas of science, it is considered noble to be a skeptic of a given theory, unless that theory is man-made climate change. According to Al Gore, "The debate [about climate change] in the scientific community is o...

January 15, 2010

Curves Crush “Above Average” Hopes

By The Weatherhuman

To be the best, you have to kill the rest.

January 15, 2010

Historical Hemp Enthusiasts Disprove Lazy Stoner Theory

By Kevin W. McCarty

There is a common myth going around that cannabis makes a person less productive. People are affected by substances in different ways; to say that smoking pot lessens enthusiasm and vigor for life is nonsense.

January 15, 2010

Legislators to Blame for Underfunding of the UC

By Robert Williams

This quarter I am teaching Art History 6B, a lower division survey course. In the past, it has been taught in Campbell Hall, and has enrolled between 650-750 students. This year, owing to budget cuts affecting our TA all...

January 14, 2010

Housing Office Offers Tips for New Lessees

By Maya Salmon

Many of you are fully immersed in the 2010 Housing Hunting Season. The UCSB Community Housing Office has gathered the following list of items after discussions with Isla Vista property managers and students as some of th...

January 14, 2010

Rule of Thumb

By The Weatherhuman

New rule of thumb: Don't pick your nose after touching a jalapeno.

January 13, 2010

Pillow Talk

By The Weatherhuman

You know those second week of school days?

January 13, 2010

High Grading Standards a Mark of Quality Education

By Audra Kosh

The Wednesday, January 6, 2010 article "Students Fail to Pass Calculus" by Jordanne Pascual gives plenty of attention to professor Akemann's grading scale and the logistical impact of failing a high percentage of student...

January 13, 2010

Sext Messages Signal Next Generation of Booty Call

By Opinion Editor

Hello. My name is Kera, and I'm a drunk dialer. It's been a rough seven weeks, two days and about 13 hours, but I'm finally cured. If it weren't for the support of my sponsor, Sext Message, I might be stuck in a ditch ri...

January 12, 2010

State’s Future Depends on Student Success

By Saffron Zomer

"Because our future economic well-being is so dependent upon education ... we can no longer afford to cut higher education." Those words were spoken by Gov. Schwarzenegger last week during his annual State of the State a...

January 12, 2010

Obama’s Opportunity for Children Left Behind

By Evan Wagstaff

No Child Left Behind, proposed by George W. Bush at the outset of his presidency, introduced "standards-based education reform" to school systems throughout the nation. The irony, of course, is that the lowest performing...

January 11, 2010

NBA Misses the Mark in Arenas Case

By Jonathan Browning

It is time that the NBA gets real. In the eyes of the NBA, it is okay to make millions off of its athletes. It is okay to sell its name and its street-ball game to the world. It is okay to blare rap music in the midst of...

January 11, 2010

An Insult Misspelled Is an Insult Wasted

By The Weatherhuman

Have you ever had someone pass you a note that said, "Your stupid"?

January 11, 2010

Little-Known Legends Come to Life in Library

By Igor Hiller

I sometimes find myself meandering through the library, browsing books, leafing through magazines, making sure to avoid the masturbators on the fifth floor, you know, the usual stuff.

January 8, 2010

Look to Old Traditions for a Trippy New Take on Christmas

By Kevin W. McCarty

Each time Christmas break ends, I feel more tired of the holiday. As a kid, I thought Christmas was great: Heavy Tahoe snow, tons of presents and rare family visitations made it a pretty magical time purely from the conf...

January 8, 2010

Letters to the Editor

By Staff

Political Columnists Miss the Mark in Terror Debate Your “Left Said/Right Said” excels in offering the disappointing shallowness that college newspapers are so predictably famous for. I’m referring to t...