Opinion

May 13, 2009

In Africa, Hope Triumphs

By Chris Stein

The bearded man pulled down his shirt to show me the bullet's entry wound. "See, right there, that's where they shot me," he said as he pointed to a lump below his left collarbone. "But they didn't shoot me again becaus...

May 13, 2009

Final Thoughts on Floatopia 2

By Tommy Curran

Before Michael Young, Ron Cortez, J.P. Primeau, Lt. Brian Olmstead and the entire Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors start slapping each other on the backs for their collective efforts to derail Floatopia 2, let's go ove...

May 13, 2009

Obama’s Health Plan Ignores Human Nature

By Steven Begakis

I was recently asked what I thought to be the logic behind Obama's push for national health care, considering the superiority of our market-based system.

May 12, 2009

Standards are for Chumps

By The Weatherhuman

Guys, why is it we drink Natty? Same goes for you, Keystone drinkers.

May 12, 2009

Do Drugs Instead of Drinking

By Jonathon Nightingale

The I.V. Foot Patrol recently lead the charge to ban drinking on the beaches in Isla Vista and, through a massive dissemination of fear, convinced everyone that Floatopia would end all life as we know it.

May 12, 2009

Gays Shouldn’t Have to Say

By Alison Nugent

I came to the height of my pessimism the other night during a conversation about coming out. Inspired by gay pride last week, I want to talk about my ideals on the process of coming out.

May 11, 2009

Much Ado about Floating

By The Weatherhuman

Man, how crazy was Floatopia 2? No, seriously, how crazy was it? I wasn’t there. What’s that you say? Why, you weren’t either? Hmm… It’s almost as though nobody actually went. Either the eme...

May 11, 2009

On S&M and His Boxers

By Igor Hiller

Reader! We've made it. We have arrived at a milestone day. This is the ninth installment of "Dear Igor." Pretty darn fantastic, if you ask me. To be honest, I never thought we'd make it this far. A name like Igor in the ...

May 11, 2009

Prop 1A Is Just More of the Same

By Shaeffer Bannigan

Proposition 1A is a Trojan horse. It promises allocations of funds for education and infrastructure upkeep in a coordinated effort to decrease the state deficit. This is unfortunately not going to happen with business co...

May 8, 2009

I Have the Answer

By Ashley Macrorie

There are two main reasons that have led me to write this article. The first is the novels of Daniel Quinn, Ishmael and The Story of B, which I highly recommend all of you who find any merit in this article to go read im...

May 8, 2009

Were Religious Text Authors Schizophrenic?

By Lillie Kasim

I was first introduced to the writings of Eckhart Tolle when my mom, who had read his book numerous times, explained to me how it changed her life for the better. She described how it allowed her to appreciate the presen...

May 7, 2009

I’ll Be Back

By The Weatherhuman

(To the tune of “The Sound of Music”) The hills are alive, with the smell of ashes With some help from the heat, and the weather sunny The hills fill my lungs, with clouds of deadly smoke But my joke likely f...

May 7, 2009

New Laws Can’t Stop This Party

By Derek Mead

As a wild-eyed freshman, I was blown away by my first experiences partying in Isla Vista. I’m sure that I wasn’t the only one, especially when considering the amount of barf that appeared in the Anacapa bathr...

May 7, 2009

Have Fun With a Farmer’s… Market

By Jimmy Fremgen

When I was in Scotland last fall, I found myself surrounded by delicious Scottish delicacies. The only problem was that most of them found their way into the ravenous mouth of a deep fryer before approaching mine. Don&#8...

May 6, 2009

Cinco de Wednesday!

By The Weatherhuman

Congratulations, guys.

May 6, 2009

To Be a Virgin

By Jenni Perez

Editor’s Note: Sex columnist Jenni Perez sat down with three virgins to discuss their sex-free lives. Below is what transcribed. Their names have been changed to protect their privacy. ON MAKING THE CHOICE Adam &#8...