Opinion

April 14, 2009

Miramar Decision Is Environmentally Unsound

By Mark Massara

Congratulations to Santa Barbara on approval of the new $300 million dollar Miramar Resort complex, which will hang out over the narrow, sandy Miramar Beach and be permanently protected by a ghastly boardwalk bulkhead se...

April 13, 2009

40 Days and 40 Nights

By The Weatherhuman

I hope you had a happy Easter and, more importantly, a happy end to lent. How'd those 40 days go?

April 13, 2009

Chats With Iran Won’t Work

By Shaeffer Bannigan

For those of you who haven't heard, Iran has turned its nuclear power plant program -- established, ironically, by the U.S. in the 1950s -- into a nuclear bomb program. The country had concealed its nuclear activities fo...

April 13, 2009

Boris on Boys, PMS and Dinner

By Igor Hiller

Last weekend, I went home for my Grandpa Boris' 85th birthday party. When it came up in conversation that I was an advice columnist, Grandpa insisted that he answer the questions this week because "you wouldn't know good...

April 9, 2009

There’s No Excuse to Trash the Beach

By Quentin Gee

Regarding the Daily Nexus' recent story on Floatopia's threat to the environment ("Floatopia Threatens Environment," April 9, 2009), and Josh Taylor's column ("Don't Trash Our Trade" Daily Nexus, April 9, 2009), I think ...

April 9, 2009

Sexual Assault Affects Us All

By Staff

This week marks Students Stopping Rape's annual "It Affects Me" campaign, an annual opportunity for students to reflect on how sexual assault impacts their lives and score a free T-shirt. Female students rarely, if ever,...

April 9, 2009

Bowling Gone Wrong

By The Weatherhuman

Seriously Zodo’s? Were you even trying? I imagine some evil rival bowling alley might have paid for that ad in your name just to fuck up your reputation… if, in fact, there were a rival bowling alley around h...

April 9, 2009

Unearth Your Inner Futsukayoi

By Derek Mead

Early in the morning in Kobe, Japan, I witnessed my friend puke in an alley behind our hotel while our host yelled "Futsukayoi!" over and over. Multiple mornings over this past, particularly heinous weekend, I noticed ma...

April 9, 2009

Don’t Trash Our Trade

By Josh Taylor

Let's talk about Isla Vista. Let's talk about UC Santa Barbara. Let's point some fingers at all the horrible things we do. How we destroy our beaches with events like Floatopia. How we destroy our streets with Halloween....

April 9, 2009

Home Grown

By Jonathan Nightingale

The United States is currently stuck in a failing war against its own people in the so-called War on Drugs. Of course, the best way to win this war is to "just say no" to saying no and continue to use certain substances ...

April 9, 2009

Ooh and Aah at SB Museum

By Jimmy Fremgen

I stood completely surrounded. Staring me down from just four feet in front of me was a mountain lion, behind me was a small pack of gray wolves and to my left was a family of ravenous and silent but deadly striped skunk...

April 8, 2009

Weatherhuman for Mayor!

By The Weatherhuman

Damn you, JMike! Every year about this time, when A.S. elections are rolling around the corner, I embark on an awesome journey to become the next A.S. President.

April 8, 2009

Selfless Acts Make for Superior Sex

By Jenni Perez

Spring Break rocked my world. Sure, it was chaste, due to the fact that my man’s penis opted to head south of the border rather than south of my panty line, and sure, I was bitter knowing that my grandma’s mi...

April 8, 2009

Beach Trash Lingers After Fun of Floatopia

By Dwayne Hauschild

While I am not a current student at UCSB, and I am not even a frequent reader of the Nexus, I felt compelled to write you regarding this weekend’s Floatopia event. It sounds like a great, debaucherous event that ha...

April 8, 2009

PIKE Leadership Misses the Point in Crime Case

By Winston Chou

It is cruelly emblematic that PIKE leadership likens the negative reputation their fraternity has garnered in the assault of Thanh Hong to the slurs that accompanied it. PIKE, racial slurs have done far more than to empo...

April 7, 2009