Opinion

November 17, 2008

Burgle Bums Are No Fun

By Mark Signa

Halloween may be behind us, but like that overly spicy taco from the questionable food van parked down the street, there are still some lingering after effects that some may be hesitant to talk about. But that’s wh...

November 17, 2008

Registered Voters Do Rock the Vote

By Jaclyn Feldstein

In regards to “UCB Gives Concert to Berkeley,” pulished on Nov. 13; there would be no shame in losing a voter registration competition to UC Berkeley, indeed it is what should be expected. UC Berkeley has alm...

November 17, 2008

Courts Protect Citizens From Bigotry and Hate

By Ethan Hartsell

I was deeply disturbed by Zac Gates’ letter to the editor titled “I Voted Yes on Prop 8 and I Am Not Ashamed,” (Daily Nexus, Nov. 14). Gates is entitled to his opinion, but his justifications were falla...

November 14, 2008

Seek a Different Outlet

By Lillie Kasim

I'm sitting at a restaurant with my five good friends from freshman year reminiscing about our crazy stories from the dorms when the topic of our old friend Brittany comes up. She lived down the hall from us and later ad...

November 14, 2008

One New Voicemail…

By Staff

So in day-to-day life, the ‘human has been known to double as an investigatory journalist. Recently, this secret life has brought you the news of the flannel epidemic here at UCSB, but now I’ve discovered som...

November 14, 2008

Ballot System Is Fundamentally Flawed

By Eric Massie

For the last week, I have been reading the numerous angry responses to the recent passage of Proposition 8 in California, and I am frankly amused at how misdirected much of the anger has been. It is not that there are no...

November 14, 2008

I Voted “Yes” on Prop 8 And I Am Not Ashamed

By Zac Gates

Editor, Daily Nexus, I voted "Yes" on Prop 8. Sue me. By proclaiming my vote, you'd think I'd just thrown a newspaper in a trash can instead of a recycling container, based on the reaction of others here at UCSB. Crazy,...

November 14, 2008

Administrators Should Target Bikes, Not Boards

By Neil Murphy

Editor, Daily Nexus, Regarding the proposition to ban skateboarding at UCSB that seems to rear its ugly head every half-decade or so, I am assuming that the intention behind this proposition is to reduce the frequency o...

November 14, 2008

Few Differences Between Obama, Dems in Congress

By Steven Attewell

Editor, Daily Nexus, Steven Begakis’ column (“Obama at Odds With Far Left,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 13) is shockingly ignorant and misinformed about any differences between President-Elect Obama’s campa...

November 14, 2008

Obama Healthcare Hinders the Sick

By Blaise Vanderhorst

Now that the election is settled, all that remains to be seen is what promises are fulfilled by our new god-emperor of hope. One that I sincerely hope he does not fulfill is his promise regarding health care. As someone ...

November 13, 2008

Get Crunk Through Cinema

By Derek Mead

With winter’s freezing 50-degree temps and drizzly moistness fast-approaching, soon only the most hardcore of lightly toasted hoe cakes will be cruising the I.V. streets in miniskirts. For all of you ombrophobes, a...

November 13, 2008

No Pass

By The Weatherhuman

So the pass/no pass deadline is coming up tomorrow, and the ‘human is going to take the cowards way out with 16 non-GPA-ruining units. That doesn’t mean the road ahead is going to be easy, though, by any mean...

November 13, 2008

No Fun in North Delhi

By Erica Miller

KAAABAM! I jump a foot in the air as another earsplitting blast goes off in the residential street beneath my apartment in North Delhi in the middle of the night. A series of resounding cracks that sound like machine gun...

November 13, 2008

Obama at Odds With Far Left

By Steven Begakis

Barack Obama has made history as the first African-American president of the United States, something we can all take pride in. But Obama’s opportunity to bring historical change has only just begun. The president-...

November 13, 2008

Life is Taxing When Students Are Taxed

By Husayn Hasan

“No taxation without representation” was declared by the 13 American Colonies under British rule. “Don’t tax our student fees without consulting us first” is what we, the students, should be...

November 12, 2008

Yes… Yes… Yes!

By Staff

Care to play a little game, compliments of Google? Type the words "screaming sex" into the search box, then sit back like a retired trucker at a Reno slot machine and listen to that jackpot clink: HOT amateur girls SCREA...