Opinion
I truly sympathize with you. After the state cut $813 million from the University of California budget, hordes of disgruntled faculty and students began screaming over furloughs, program cuts and tuit...
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Hey, while you were busy whining about how Where the Wild Things Are was your absolute most favorite childhood book ever and how the movie ruined it, your registration window for Winter opened, and cl...
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In a recent New York Times interview, you shared your view that "being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: There are many people under you, but no one is lis...
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Bonjour! That's the French word for the beginning of this column. Last weekend, I was invited to a petite soirée, and ever since, I've been feeling very Français. Being French is difficile, ...
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This routine is getting old. Any time I have left over from pulling all-nighters, slaving away for next to nothing and napping to the soundtrack of chickens is spent drinking, yet my body still has no...
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There is an old adage that says, "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got." The Regents and the state legislature have been following this model for years, but reac...
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After losing my appetite for the chili burger I concluded that UC Alert is one service I can do without -- and f**ck texting too!
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Did you all read that "investigative journalism" piece aptly titled, "Taconomics" in our fellow paper the other day?
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Steven Begakis' recent article "Military Culture Overrules Rights of Individual Soldiers" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 20, 2009) is a pile of steaming bullshit. He implies that when you join the military you ch...
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The truth is there's no evidence or study showing that openly gay servicemen have a negative effect on the military. Most western nations, like Britain, Canada and Israel, have been allowing gays to s...
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University of California President Mark Yudof's open letter to students was condescending and full of useless platitudes and vague promises. The only message that came across clearly was that the chai...
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Midterms have a way of sneaking up on me that makes me want to throw myself off the DP cliffs and land on a bicycle spoke.
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We thought we'd share some tips about how to protect your stuff, or at least get compensation when it is stolen or damaged, whether due to theft, rain, fire or another unexpected disaster.
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Seeing as I have been here for the past month, I have come to find a pizza stand where I can buy a slice, as large as half a Domino's pizza, that is only 3 euro; I can openly drink a beer in the stree...
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If I didn’t catch the swine flu at the thrift store today, I must be superhuman. Against my better judgment, I tried on hats from a bin, old people shirts — old people smell included ̵...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
