Opinion

April 23, 2009

Does Floatopia Deserve Such Fury?

By Darwin Bondgraham

Vice Chancellor Michael Young wrote a commendable appeal to UCSB students (“Floatopia,” April 22, 2009). Given the first Floatopia’s impact on the ocean and shoreline earlier this month, Young goes on t...

April 23, 2009

Does Floatopia Deserve Such Fury?

By Michael Morea

After reading Vice Chancellor Michael Young’s recent mass e-mail regarding the Floatopia 2 situation, I find myself conflicted. On one hand, I agree with him on the hypocrisy of some UCSB students, who tout their e...

April 23, 2009

Does Floatopia Deserve Such Fury?

By Josh Stenslein

Ever since the amazing event that was Floatopia occurred, many people in the community have been quite upset with the students of UCSB. Professors, politicians and local community members have been outraged by our antics...

April 22, 2009

Be Sexy and Green

By Jenni Perez

Our consumer culture affects even our most basic needs. We drive to Wal-Mart and pay 2000-fold to have someone encase our tap water in a plastic bottle. We import apples from New Zealand, while fruit from our neighbors&#...

April 22, 2009

Sandwiches and Vaginas

By The Weatherhuman

I love the service sector. Seriously, the shit you guys have to put up with late at night in Isla Vista really ought to earn you a fucking medal.

April 22, 2009

A Joint Rolled Is a Body Buried

By David Sforza

There is a new blood diamond in international politics. This new product is enjoyed by 25 million Americans on a regular basis. It has led to the death of 6,300 people in one country alone last year. In one city, 1,600 h...

April 21, 2009

The Weather Platform

By The Weatherhuman

Vote Weatherhuman! I'm running on a platform of embarrassing A.S. for all the stupid shit it pulls and bringing it down from the inside.

April 21, 2009

Tweet, Pay Attention to Me

By Adam Wenger

Last Saturday was as typical as any other one this year. I was slightly hung over, worn from a night's worth of dancing, drunken and impromptu wrestling and other shenanigans, and I found myself lying on my living room c...

April 21, 2009

This Earth Day Think About What You Eat

By Kevin G. Vielbaum

Much of 21st century agriculture occurs in fields far removed from the urban areas they feed. The visualization of food itself has, in large part, been transplanted from the farm and juxtaposed upon billboards, airbrushe...

April 21, 2009

Nexus Fails to Factually Cover Any Relevant News

By Faris Shalan

I am increasingly frustrated by the consistently irresponsible reporting by the Daily Nexus.

April 21, 2009

PIKE Might Very Well Deserve Punishment

By Justin Mead

I'm a little confused by Aaron Wyse's column "Fight Night KO'd for Wrong Reason" (Daily Nexus, April 15). Now, having not been present for the incident of violence he discusses, I really can't offer any fact or evidence ...

April 21, 2009

“Green” Tips from the Nexus Staff*

By Staff

1. Never wash your clothes. Just wear them in a cycle like they did in ‘Nam. 2. Stop using condoms and you stop wasting so much rubber. It’s simple economics. 3. Don’t buy any textbooks or readers. 4. T...

April 20, 2009

A.S. Is Not News

By The Weatherhuman

The Weatherhuman hereby endorses the Weatherhuman for A.S. President.

April 20, 2009

Happy Holidays

By Jon Nightingale

Hello, my fellow students. My name's Jon Nightlyinhale, I mean, Nightingale, and I've recently been appointed to the esteemed position of the Daily Nexus drug columnist. So let's talk about what this means for you as a r...

April 20, 2009

On the “Next Level” and Not Wanting Babies

By Igor Hiller

Hello, reader. I gotta say, our relationship is going great. I write my advice column, you pick up the paper and read it - it's perfect. Almost. I say almost because it's been feeling a little one-sided recently. Why hav...

April 16, 2009

Blast From the More Recent Past

By The Weatherhuman

Due to a grossly incompetent, underweight, allegedly male opinion editor who shall remain nameless, today's weather comes to us from the past. Like, yesterday.