Opinion

June 4, 2009

The End of a Reign

By The Weatherhuman

So this is it: the last weather of the year. I have so much to say, and so little space, so I guess I won't say much of anything.

June 4, 2009

The Last Escape From I.V.

By Jimmy Fremgen

It's that time. I've been able to put it off for almost a week now, but along with Jenni, I am finally facing my very last piece of journalism in the Daily Nexus. Actually it's my last piece of journalism ever, seeing as...

June 4, 2009

Academic Freedom Forum Failed to Address Issues

By Walter Kohn

It was not a good day for academic freedom or academic rights at UCSB. Fortunately, such days are very rare. Let us commit ourselves to keeping them that way.

June 4, 2009

Turds and Tulips

By Staff

Turds: Rash, unjust turds to the supervisors for banning alcohol on I.V. beach. Floatopia was unexpectedly large this year, but we’re still adults and hitting us with punitive measures like this shows a major lack ...

June 1, 2009

Dead Week?

By The Weatherhuman

Calling week 10 "Dead Week" is the second-most misleading thing I've been told since coming to UCSB.

June 1, 2009

Enough With the Rankings

By Adam Wenger

U.S. News and Forbes put out their own "best universities" lists each year. But what the hell do they know about a good school? And should colleges really be given numbers in the first place?

May 29, 2009

A Word to All Potential Subleasers

By Christina Lozonski

Warning: The events of this true story are so horrific, heinous and sadistic that the real identities have been concealed to protect the sad, sad victims in this malicious act of subleasing. Read at your own risk: may ca...

May 29, 2009

Public Forum Gets It Right

By Staff

In Mr. Melnick's piece ("Forum Mocks Free Speech By Ignoring Opposing Views," Daily Nexus, May 26), he asserts that this forum is "a two-hour polemical rant in support of William Robinson." I fail to see any substance to...

May 28, 2009

The Mush Pot

By The Weatherhuman

What do you think of Duck, Duck, Goose as a drinking game? It seems like the probability of spilling would be pretty high… and the rules of when to drink don’t exactly seem very clear-cut… fuck. I just ...

May 28, 2009

Doctor Derek Writes His Final Words

By Derek Mead

It's three in the morning, I'm blaquephaded off moonshine and I'm posted up in the middle of the Costa Rican rainforest. In times like this, I start to wonder how I'm going to survive the night without puking on myself o...

May 28, 2009

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

By Jimmy Fremgen

It's that time of the year again. School is wrapping up, Kobe and LeBron are each battling it out and heading toward the end of their journey and every Canadian's favorite pastime is winding down. (No, not baby seal club...

May 27, 2009

The Future of Sex

By Jenni Perez

Come June 14, I will be part of the 25 percent of the student body awarded a framed piece of paper and firm handshake that translate to, "Get the fuck out." As this day approaches, I'm becoming increasingly terrified of...

May 27, 2009

My Reflection

By The Weatherhuman

You know when there's a glass door, and right as you come up to it you get a look at your own reflection? Then you're like, "Damn, that is one good-looking reflection." Yeah, you know what I mean. Don't deny it.

May 27, 2009

Fight the Power, Ignore the Police

By Jonathan Nightingale

A couple of weeks ago, the Nexus published a column I wrote that offered the advice of "doing drugs instead of drinking." ("Do Drugs Instead of Drinking," Daily Nexus, May 12.) It was supposed to be a satirical column in...

May 27, 2009

Go Green With Environmental Studies Degree

By Ryan Sweeney

If you're a first- or second-year and still don't know what to major in, try environmental studies. At least sit in on some talks by the pioneers in the field that the university has brought in. If you're eager to make m...

May 27, 2009