Opinion

February 10, 2009

Don’t Miss the Big Point, Ignorant Grammar Geek

By Rebeccan Bachman

Daily Nexus humour columnist Dylan James did a push-up for every grammatical mistake his editor fixed in his opinion column ("Grammar Nazi Joins Word Reich," Daily Nexus, Feb. 3), but I'm afraid he has one push-up to go.

February 10, 2009

Pappas May be Justified in Pursuing Voter Case

By Ryan P. McNicholas

The recent coverage of the continuing situation of the Pappas-Farr candidacy for 3rd District supervisor has been a little skewed to one side. We are so quick to vilify Mr. Pappas and say how wrong he is when all he is d...

February 9, 2009

Real Talk: Sex at UCSB

By Michael Takahara

Sports writers are saying that Super Bowl XLIII is the greatest ever. My emotions rose and fell like a rollercoaster while watching the record 100-yard interception by a 245-pound linebacker returned for a touchdown. I j...

February 9, 2009

Spring Quarter Advice

By The Weatherhuman

Don't know whether you can weather this weather or not? Yeah, me neither, but dumb English jokes aren't going to make it better.

February 9, 2009

Package Will Stimulate Nothing

By Shaeffer Bannigan

It started at some $150 billion figure and then grew over the months to its current standing of something like $825 billion. It is a sum of money targeted toward various efforts to create jobs and turn this nation's econ...

February 6, 2009

Aching for Some Opinion Goodness?

By Staff

The Daily Nexus has picked up a new blogger! Hop on over to www.dailynexus.com/dnb to check out political blogger Blaise Vanderhorst's first post, on how to fix California's downward spiral. While you're there, check ou...

February 5, 2009

A Busload of Fun

By Staff

Remember how yesterday I said Michael Phelps’ weed smoking would impact the children and stuff? Turns out it happened quicker than I expected. Apparently some cops found 9,210 pounds of weed in an abandoned school ...

February 5, 2009

Wasting Away Again in Mad Dogaritaville

By Derek Mead

Last Thursday I was skidding down Del Playa Drive with some very BUI-deserving friends, when one hellraiser of a babe came streaking past us waving a 40 of King Cobra in the air and acting generally batshit crazy. Obviou...

February 5, 2009

Hippie Idealism Ignores Reality

By Staff

Chris Par’s “Try Out Green Utopia” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 2) is a prime example of the drivel that infests our campus like a stubborn mold. I will only briefly address this article for fear of dignifying it...

February 5, 2009

Scurry SB in a Sweet Surrey

By Jimmy Fremgen

Just imagine it: You're coasting down a hill, wind in your hair, sunset over you shoulder as you whiz down the road with five of your friends. No, it's not the pitch for a cheesy Super Bowl ad (I've seen better, and fran...

February 5, 2009

Vision 2025 Apt to Give UCSB Bad Eyesight

By Elaena Stanitsas

The Ocean Road Project and the Long Range Development Plan, a.k.a. “Vision 2025,” are bad for the community, the environment and the university itself. In the article about the Ocean Road Project (“Offi...

February 4, 2009

In Bed, the Bad Ones Win

By Jenni Perez

More often than I should, I’ll appease the hormonal monster rumbling inside me and watch re-runs of Sex and the City. While most of the time it’s just fun to bask in its girly triteness (Prada bags and gay B....

February 4, 2009

American Hero

By Staff

I know this is kind of old news, but I feel it's important for you all to know. Michael Phelps, American hero and holder of a million Olympic golds, has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Well, not so much pe...

February 4, 2009

Senior Looks Downtown For Restored Dignity

By Kevin Wilkins

I woke up in my own bed once in a span of four days. I wish I could tell you I was out raising my likelihood of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, but in all honesty I wasn’t. Where was I? Face up on my cou...

February 4, 2009

In Gaza, Defining Collateral Damage

By Saleh Abdulla

The concept of collateral damage is morally unacceptable.  Such a vague term serves only one purpose — to diminish the perception of a tragedy involving real people. By disavowing the human element of a traged...

February 4, 2009

Lack of Student Jobs Shrinks Safety Net

By Jesse Reynolds

Santa Barbara is an expensive town with a high cost of living that everyone is familiar with. So for those us who support ourselves, it requires a lot of work to stay afloat. Luckily, we have the tourist industry and the...