Opinion

February 19, 2009

Board the Bus, Leave the Profanity Behind

By Staff

The following events are true and happened between 5:40 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Feb. 18.

February 19, 2009

Mini Golf Yields Mini Fun

By Jimmy Fremgen

While the enraptured crowd watched, I stepped up to the ball and knelt down to read the green. A bump on the right, a ditch on the left and a windmill all factored into the calculations. Taking careful note of wind speed...

February 19, 2009

Pennies Blow

By The Weatherhuman

Looks like the penny has a whole new look - the U.S. mint just released four brand new designs to commemorate Honest Abe's 200th birthday.

February 19, 2009

Overconfidence Undermines Education

By John Greely

Something has been irking me as of late, and I get the feeling that I’m not alone here. It seems like, especially in classes related to the humanities, a vocal few dominate class discussion by espousing arrogant, n...

February 18, 2009

Drink It Up or Spit It Out: The Fellator’s Dilemma

By Jenni Perez

“Swallow it down, what a jagged little pill… it feels so good, swimming in your stomach.” Back in 1995, when twirling my sundress to the Weekly Top 40 was the meaning of my 8-year-old life, I unsuspecti...

February 18, 2009

Hello Goodbye

By The Weatherhuman

OK, so you know that thing you do when you pass someone on the way to class? Like, someone you don't really know on a first-name basis but have met a couple times before? Yeah, you give them that head nod thing and make ...

February 18, 2009

Breaking Up Before Holidays

By Adam Wenger

Shit! In four days it’ll be our two-year anniversary together and you’re going to expect a nice gift from me. I’m going to have to stop everything else in my life and focus on you. Or focus on us, anywa...

February 18, 2009

Breaking Up Before Holidays

By Nicki Arnold

So you’re in a relationship. It was everything you’d ever dreamed of: the bee’s knees, cloud 9, blah blah blah, cliché bullshit. But notice the tense on that: was. You’re tired of it now. The...

February 18, 2009

Octo-Mom

By Staff

February 17, 2009

President’s Lay

By The Weatherhuman

So how bout that day off? I hope you used it as productively as I did, sitting inside wishing I could muster up the energy to brave the downpours and actually do something with my life.

February 17, 2009

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

By Colleen Becket-Davenport

I am appalled by Steven Begakis’ opinion article “Sex and Morality Should Mix,” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 12, 2009). As a Sex and Relationships Intern, a member of the group sponsoring Sexual Responsibility We...

February 17, 2009

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

By Lisa Nicholson

I was shaking my head throughout Steven Begakis’ “Sex and Morality Should Mix” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 12, 2009). His first mistake is assuming all instances of pre-marital sex involve “drunkenness and...

February 17, 2009

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

By Marc Duquette

Time and again I am amazed at the drivel published in the Nexus. Mr. Begakis, your latest article was a disgusting display of evangelistic moralizing, condescension, logical fallacy and wanton ignorance. Hell, you even l...

February 17, 2009

Surprise! Sex Can Be Both Safe and Great

By Mike Novak

I’ll let you off easy because you’re a freshie, but you could not be more wrong about the aims of safe sex education. First of all, sex is awesome. Enough said. Second of all, the one thing you always hear af...

February 12, 2009

UC Librarians Deserve Fair, Competitive Wages

By Anna DeVore

UC Librarians Deserve Fair, Competitive Wages Editor, Daily Nexus University of California libraries are at the heart of the research and teaching missions of the University, and UC librarians and staff make them work. U...

February 12, 2009

No Valentines for Clinton

By The Weatherhuman

Valentine’s Day is this weekend! So is President’s Day! I propose we combine the two and all send Obama a Valentine. Or George W., if you want. Hell, you can even send one to Carter if that’s what you&#...