Opinion

January 13, 2009

Make Friends With Molly

By Alex Coffman

As we wade through college it’s easy to build a comfortable niche with familiar friends. As bored eyes explore the new faces in the lecture hall, one should be open to new people. Let me introduce you to my good fr...

January 13, 2009

One-Wheeled Sin

By The Weatherhuman

There's a new disturbing trend on campus, and I'm pretty sure you all know what it is: unicycling.

January 13, 2009

A Bookstore Swindle?

By Adam Wenger

As the only on-campus source for textbooks, overused “Scarface” posters and bad acoustic guitars, the University Bookstore plays a major role in the life of many students. Knowing perfectly well that its ink ...

January 13, 2009

No More Mr. 10:47

By Audra Kosh

Do you go to lecture and find yourself only thinking about when the class will finish? I think every student would say that, at one time or another, he or she has been in this position. So, what’s the big deal? Lec...

January 13, 2009

A.S. Resolution on Gaza Manipulates Their Power

By Maya Liss

In response to the article “A.S. Addresses Israeli Conflict,” (Daily Nexus, Jan. 8, 2009), the resolution being brought to A.S. Legislative Council is absolutely NOT maintaining “neutrality.” The ...

January 13, 2009

Hamas Terror Threatens Any Peaceful Solution

By Steven Begakis

This is in response to Quinn Sullivan’s article, “Consider the Two-State Solution,” (Daily Nexus, Jan. 12, 2009). You are indeed correct to acknowledge that Israeli civilians, who have suffered thousand...

January 12, 2009

Consider the Two-State Solution

By Quinn Sullivan

Anybody who has read Shakespeare knows the world is a complex place. How could Othello have known that Iago was plotting against him? But then he goes and kills his wife, wounds Iago, kills himself, and if thatâ&#83...

January 12, 2009

No Friday Paper?

By The Weatherhuman

So, I bet a lot of you were wondering on Friday, "Where the hell is the Nexus? How can I get through another painful day of class and/or work without that beautiful amalgamation of important news and insightful commentar...

January 12, 2009

Emergen-C PINK Tour Misleads Female Students

By Elizabeth Downing

Last fall, a sorority on campus sponsored an organization called the Emergen-C PINK Tour (Breast Health and Wellness Team) and this team/trailer was set up in front of the library for the day. I stopped by, spoke with th...

January 12, 2009

Israel’s Efforts in Gaza Could Lead to Peace

By Maya Liss

Israel’s resort to military means in Gaza should come as no surprise. Israel has been bombarded by thousands of rockets for the past eight years, especially since their unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005. I...

January 9, 2009

Counting Down the Gaza Crisis

By Ari Soloman

The blaring alarm sounds! You have only 15 seconds to find cover. 14… How far are you from a bomb shelter? Will you be safe here if a rocket falls next to you? 13… This is the sad reality that 15 percent of I...

January 9, 2009

Chalk Up This: Campus Censorship

By Alyssa Anderson

UCSB is a “Free Speech Zone.” Technically. Or is censorship being practiced, especially in regard to the recent chalking around campus? All right, so perhaps writing political statements in chalk in front of ...

January 8, 2009

Black and White and Dead All Over

By Staff

So, we're kind of out of money. The headline and accompanying art might be a little dramatic, but with an awful economy, rising cost of newsprint and ink and declining revenue from advertisements, we're in a tough situat...

January 8, 2009

Fourthmeal?

By Staff

We're only a week into 2009, and I've already gotten my first angry Facebook wall post, from none other than A.S. President J.P. Primeau. Turns out A.S. made a profit from advertisements on those obnoxious notebooks I wa...

January 8, 2009

Israel Must Protect Itself

By Alan Levine

The current Israel-Hamas conflict took form in 2001, when Hamas began to fire rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, not at military targets, but at random. They would often hit open fields, but as their capability impr...

January 8, 2009

Escape the Isla Vista Bubble

By Jimmy Fremgen

I'm just back from Scotland and settling into my old routine. I moved about six feet to the apartment next door, applied for my old job and last, but certainly not least, returned to this little opportunity: writing the ...