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Floatopia Was Fantastic…

April 6, 2009 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 l...
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Floatopia Transmitted Infections

April 6, 2009 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 a...
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On Awkward Boners and Catching His Eye

April 6, 2009 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 raun...
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Give Us Back the Facebook We Know and Love!

April 3, 2009 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, "improv...
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An Orwellian Age of Data

April 2, 2009 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 m...
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Absent Without Leave

April 2, 2009 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...
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Wallow Away With the Whales

April 2, 2009 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 po...
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Chris Farley For Commencement?

April 1, 2009 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...
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April Foolishness

April 1, 2009 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.
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Womyn Want Respect, Bitches

April 1, 2009 by Indi Gogirl

Construction Forces Famed Hobo Out

April 1, 2009 by High Handle-Bar Hobo

Freedom of Religion?

March 31, 2009 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 a...
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Alcoholism

March 31, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Fuck you, UCSB.
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Campaigns Should Not Blind A.S.

March 31, 2009 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 sw...
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On TA-Student Crushes and Bad Grades

March 30, 2009 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 Nex...
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