Opinion

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...

February 4, 2009

Good Samaritans Make Isla Vista Special Place

By Arash Safari

Last Thursday I took a break from studying to go grab lunch. The place I wanted to eat charged fifty cents for credit card purchases under $10, and being as cheap as I am, I went to the nearby ATM to get cash. By the tim...

February 3, 2009

Grammar Nazi Joins Word Reich

By Dylan James

Dateline: Jan. 20, 2009. Washington, D.C. Motor vehicles chafe the streets while eager pilgrims weave in and out of parked cars. The air is solid ice, the frosty chill permeating even the thickest winter coats. Towering ...

February 3, 2009

Cops Cannot Stop Quality Entertainment

By Jacob Shpall

It’s the end of the month, and the cops can’t seem to scribble out tickets fast enough. I’ve seen them waving down bikers in Isla Vista and perched along the bike paths on campus, ready to pounce on ska...

February 2, 2009

The Soccer Streaker’s Story

By Jay P. Hayes

On the night of Nov. 5, at Harder Stadium I was arrested and hauled to the Santa Barbara County Jail for public intoxication while wearing nothing more than a tuxedo g-string and handcuffs. I started drinking at 2:00 p.m...

February 2, 2009

3-D Super Bowl

By The Weatherhuman

I hope you all busted out your 3-D glasses for those Super Bowl commercials, because they were awesome.

February 2, 2009

UC Money for Education, Not Extra Frills

By Philip Arcuni

Sometimes we Gauchos â€" surrounded by pristine beaches, a party scene that could muddle the mind of a rocket scientist, spoiled by warm weather in the middle of winter and surrounded by a young, tanned and nu...

February 2, 2009

Try Out Green Utopia

By Chris Par

Nobody was put on this earth to be a waiter. People were not born to work, yet we have no choice. A humanâ€™s right to be alive is oppressed by money. Without money to buy those items necessary for survi...

February 2, 2009

Steve Pappas: You Didn’t Win, So Man Up and Accept the Loss

By Emmaline Nguyen

I feel like every day I’m reading something about Steve Pappas: he’s attempting to overturn the results of the 3rd District Supervisor race; he’s subpoenaed the university; he wants all of the informati...

February 2, 2009

University Need to Adhere to Fact-Based Perspectives

By Ari Soloman

This past Monday, Jan. 26, I was surprised that the presentation on the “Crisis in Gaza” failed to uphold UCSB’s academic integrity and quickly turned into a forum of anti-Israel rhetoric. One has to wo...

January 29, 2009

Capitalism Not All To Blame for Economic Woes

By Jordan Pokross

At this moment - at the culmination of an age of unfettered capitalism and the dawn of an era of government activism - we are begged to consider the constitution of our financial markets. I think we can all agree that ca...

January 29, 2009

Wage Complaints Came at the Wrong Time

By David Sforza

On Jan. 26, 2009, 50,000 people in the United States were laid off. On Jan. 27, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on UCSB's campus asked for a $6,000 raise per employee as unemployment hit ...

January 29, 2009

UCSB Professors Perpetuate Liberal Bias

By Ross Nolan

There is something very disturbing happening on this campus. I believe that some of our professors are using their prestigious positions as academics to pass off biased and partisan political positions as objective truth...

January 29, 2009