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Making Time

February 11, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Seeing as I've been in and out of midterms these past few weeks, I've learned something really important: Sleep is overrated.
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This V-Day, Try a Three-Way

February 11, 2009 by Jenni Perez

Remember those shoebox mailboxes you made for Valentine’s Day in elementary school? Remember how you would stay up past 8 o’clock the night before, sorting boxes of candy hearts for each c...
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A.S. Needs to Get in Gear

February 10, 2009 by Jackie Lee

We are stuck in a rut. Plagued with complacency and apathy, the current Associated Students representatives, both elected and appointed, seem to be fueled by nothing more than distant opportunities an...
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Wind Power

February 10, 2009 by The Weatherhuman

Fuck this wind. Seriously.
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Don’t Miss the Big Point, Ignorant Grammar Geek

February 10, 2009 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 ha...
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Pappas May be Justified in Pursuing Voter Case

February 10, 2009 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...
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Spring Quarter Advice

February 9, 2009 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.
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Real Talk: Sex at UCSB

February 9, 2009 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 ...
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Package Will Stimulate Nothing

February 9, 2009 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 tur...
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Aching for Some Opinion Goodness?

February 6, 2009 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 t...
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Wasting Away Again in Mad Dogaritaville

February 5, 2009 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 b...
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A Busload of Fun

February 5, 2009 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 ...
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Hippie Idealism Ignores Reality

February 5, 2009 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 f...
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Scurry SB in a Sweet Surrey

February 5, 2009 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 s...
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Vision 2025 Apt to Give UCSB Bad Eyesight

February 5, 2009 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 ...
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