Opinion

January 22, 2009

Why Your Drunk Brain Is Stupid

By Derek Mead

After being forced to publicly harangue my admittedly drunk and heinous writing last week, I went on a long spiritual journey to try to reclaim a little bit of the spark that once inspired me to write at a level slightly...

January 21, 2009

Laissez Unfaire

By The Weatherhuman

You know what's bullshit? On-campus shops ripping off the students who actually go to class. Seriously guys, you can't give me a fucking five dollar footlong on campus?

January 21, 2009

Craiglist Cooks Up Fun

By Jenni Perez

Ever wonder what goes on in that vast world outside of the University of Casual Sex and Beer? You know, that Twilight Zone where people who spend more than 50 percent of their day intoxicated are considered “alcoho...

January 21, 2009

Regents Threaten UC Admission Standards

By Dana Moore

As a 2008 graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, I am bothered by the UC Board of Regents’ proposal to lower admission standards and eliminate the SAT II Subject Tests for several reasons. Most im...

January 20, 2009

I’ve got a Riddle

By The Weatherhuman

Today I've got a riddle for you.

January 20, 2009

UC Budget Control Does Not Add Up

By Jaret Ornelas

I was at the UC Regent teleconference on Wednesday in Cheadle Hall. After reading the article in the Nexus, (“UC Cuts Enrollment, Freezes Salaries,” Jan. 15, 2009) concerning the meeting, I felt there were a ...

January 20, 2009

Recycling Tips Keep Campus Clean and Green

By Andrew Dunn

On the first day of 2009 I found myself wading through a sea of empty beer cans and discarded Bacardi bottles. New Year’s Eve was indeed a party to remember, but these containers weren’t remnants from my cele...

January 16, 2009

I.V. Construction is an Eye Sore

By Nevada D. Ryan

Is anyone else as fed up with the construction around town as I am? Following a winter break that can only be described as too short, I return to our beloved party ghetto of a college town only to find the giant fucking ...

January 16, 2009

Madoff Ruling Ridicules Justice System

By David Sforza

Twenty-five years, $50 billion and a $10 million bail. In 25 years Bernard Madoff managed to create a Ponzi scheme of $50 billion, only to get off on a $10 million bail to live in his penthouse as he awaits his trial tha...

January 15, 2009

Think Shiny

By The Weatherhuman

It's official: Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple.

January 15, 2009

Energy’s Sunny Future

By Jordan Pokross

Part of Barack Obama's stimulus plan will certainly focus on financing alternative energy projects, probably the building of windmills, geothermal power plants and such. And as Orwellian the task of semi-eternal and labo...

January 15, 2009

Even Tourists Can Love the Weird Santa Cruz Culture

By Janna Bowman, Adra Bowman

Upon reading Todd Prodanovich’s surf column about the inherent “weirdness” of Santa Cruz (“Birkenstocks and Banana Slugs,” Daily Nexus, Jan. 14), we were disheartened to realize how stereoty...

January 15, 2009

Hanging Out in the SB Harbor

By Jimmy Fremgen

This week, I set out to the city for which our humble university takes its name. It’s worth the time to get to know Santa Barbara itself and not just State Street. One of the easiest — although not cheapest &...

January 15, 2009

Philosophic Ramblings of a Drunkard

By Derek Mead

January 14, 2009

Last Days in Office

By The Weatherhuman

There are just six days until Bush is out of office, guys. What the hell does one do in the last 144 hours in office anyway? Sign yearbooks?

January 14, 2009

Adultcon: Perverts Welcome

By Jenni Perez

The man taking our tickets winked. I glanced at my friend and chuckled. That’s right, Mr. Ticket-taker! Ladies aren’t perverts! Sure, I had come to Adultcon on my own accord, but I didn’t do it like eve...