Opinion

September 17, 2009

Dear Igor

By Igor Hiller

Oh, man. I'm so excited. I can hear you asking, "Why, Igor? What's with all this excitement?" It's because this article marks a whole new year of hard-hitting advice columns that will blow you so hard and so far away you...

August 26, 2009

The Reason

By The Weatherhuman

So you're coming to UCSB, hmm? I bet it's because we have one of the best Religious Studies programs in the country. Maybe it's because our library has 2.7 million volumes.

August 26, 2009

Question Authority, Within Reason

By Mark Signa

Hello, and welcome to UCSB! As you start your college experience at UCSB, I am sure you're in for a great time. I'm sure you have heard that UCSB and Isla Vista are like no other places on earth. Without a doubt, that's ...

August 26, 2009

Forbidden Freshmen Fun, Think Outside the Dorm Room

By Chris Alexander

The time is here again for the dorms to fill up with new students and for the gaggle of coeds to come flocking back to I.V.

August 26, 2009

Follow This Advice or Die, No Joke!

By Igor Hiller

Hi, my name's Igor, and I'm the Daily Nexus advice and humor columnist. This will not be a humorous column.

August 4, 2009

I’m Going to Vegas, Baby!

By The Weatherhuman

I'm afraid that once your friends turn 21, the only thing Facebook is really used for is to tell your friends that you went to/are going to Las Vegas.

August 4, 2009

“Drinkability” We Can Believe In

By Admin

All this talk about whether Sgt. James Crowley is racist or whether he "acted stupidly" in incarcerating Harvard professor Henry Gates is distracting from an issue that really matters: beer preference.

August 4, 2009

Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

By Jamie Silverstein

The untimely death of legendary infomercial pitchman Billy Mays has underlined the disillusionment of the American consumer; without Billy to tell us what to buy, the choice between spending on useless material goods and...

August 4, 2009

Debate on Health Care Reform Legislation

By Admin

Government-run health care is the most cold-hearted, iron-fisted and authoritarian form of health service in existence, and the depth of deception intended to hide that fact is on display throughout the health care debat...

July 15, 2009

Sweet, Slightly Expired, Revenge

By The Weatherhuman

Fed up with your roommate? Seeking sweet, subtle revenge? Well before you dust off that can of rat poison, I offer you a more clever, albeit less legitimate suggestion: Offer to do their grocery shopping, and do it at Ke...

July 15, 2009

GOP Needs Creative Rebranding to Survive

By Jamie Silverstein, Admin

Democratic politician Adlai Stevenson once characterized the GOP as a group that "has to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century."

July 15, 2009

Republicans Must Stick to Core Values

By Steven Begakis, Admin

With the election of Barack Obama, American pundits are once again prattling over the fate of a weakened GOP.

June 23, 2009

Natural Selection

By The Weatherhuman

So how bout them skateboard paths, eh? Pretty neat. Also, they’re just in time for the summer newbie rush. That means unsuspecting young’ns and their equally oblivious (and less mobile) parents will be in for...

June 23, 2009

Berlin Homeless Inspire American-Style Altruism

By David Lee

As a student studying in Berlin for the year, I'm fighting that tired stereotype Europeans hold of the United States of America: that Americans are heartless and lack compassion.

June 23, 2009

Dubious Election Divides Iranian People

By Blaise Vanderhorst

There's an old saying that goes, "May you live in interesting times." It's more of a threat (or curse) than a blessing, and sadly, it has come true for our generation.

June 4, 2009

Gotta Go, Isla Vista…Can I Borrow Your Shirt?

By Jenni Perez

Oh, Isla Vista... you devil, you. You always blow my mind. Need a light, baby? Another pillow? Before you turn over and snore, you sex beast of a town, there's something I want to tell you.