Opinion

April 7, 2009

The Ideal Spring Kickoff: Floatopia

By Joshua Allen

Is Floatopia the Halloween of Spring Quarter? If it wasn't before, it is now. Floatopia is officially the first weekend of Spring Quarter at UCSB, reportedly drawing over 12,000 people for one day of Miami-style beach pa...

April 6, 2009

Floatopia Was Fantastic…

By Staff

We came in to the office yesterday, all tanner/pinker than when we left on Thursday, laughing about the drunken events that made up Floatopia 2009. But we were left wondering about the mess that was left behind. Is this...

April 6, 2009

Floatopia Transmitted Infections

By The Weatherhuman

So I'm back from my one-day hiatus, and while I can't divulge the details of my mysterious disappearance, just know that it involved several transsexual hookers, a Bolivian jail, a whole lot of blow and what I believe wa...

April 6, 2009

On Awkward Boners and Catching His Eye

By Igor Hiller

As the Notorious B.I.G. so famously said, "Mo Igor, mo problems." This week is no different. Okay, sit back, relax, put your hand in your pants, and enjoy, because this first question is a little raunchy.

April 3, 2009

Give Us Back the Facebook We Know and Love!

By Anonymous

It's that time of year when students all across campus are distressed: Facebook has changed its layout again. But this time, Facebook is completely, 100 percent biting off of Twitter. The new, "improved" homepage that is...

April 2, 2009

An Orwellian Age of Data

By Jason Becker

During the late 1980s, a researcher at Centre Européen de Recherche Nucléaire, Dr. Tim Berners-Lee, developed the early model of what we now know as the Internet. It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that the We...

April 2, 2009

Absent Without Leave

By The Weatherhuman

Don’t you just hate it when you’re working on a group project, and you really need something from someone right before it’s due; say for instance, you – being an esteemed Nexus night editor &#8211...

April 2, 2009

Wallow Away With the Whales

By Jimmy Fremgen

Standing at the rail on a boat next to a forty-foot animal, you begin to feel a little bit inconsequential. There is something about standing next to an animal that outweighs you by more than 3,000 pounds that is extreme...

April 1, 2009

Chris Farley For Commencement?

By Theo Tansgood

Editor’s Note: This article and all others included in today’s print and online issue are falsely formed for the sole purpose of the Daily Nexus’ April Fools Issue and do not reflect any form of truth o...

April 1, 2009

April Foolishness

By The Weatherhuman

Today's the big day: the day when you get to put in action that evilly genius plot you've masterminded over the last month to get your roommate back once and for all.

April 1, 2009

Womyn Want Respect, Bitches

By Indi Gogirl

April 1, 2009

Construction Forces Famed Hobo Out

By High Handle-Bar Hobo

March 31, 2009

Freedom of Religion?

By Megan Laffey

Growing up in America, I have always been thankful for all the freedoms we have, especially our freedom of religion. I know in many other countries people are attacked daily for their various faiths and religious views. ...

March 31, 2009

Alcoholism

By The Weatherhuman

Fuck you, UCSB.

March 31, 2009

Campaigns Should Not Blind A.S.

By Steven Wolfson

It seemed like any other ordinary Wednesday afternoon as I frantically typed up a resolution in the A.S. main office.Â A committee discussed how many items to purchase for an event, doors swung open and shut an...

March 30, 2009

On TA-Student Crushes and Bad Grades

By Igor Hiller

Hey there. It’s me, Igor, your friendly neighborhood advice columnist. If you have a tribulation a-brewing, write to me at opinion@nexus.com, or drop your question in the opinions box in the Nexus office under Stor...