Opinion

November 6, 2008

Readers React to Prop 8 Passing

By Steven Morris

Editor, Daily Nexus, I’ve always believed in live and let live, but this is unacceptable. What the hell is wrong with 52% of California voters (and voters in many other states)? I know my home of Orange County prob...

November 6, 2008

Readers React to Prop 8 Passing

By Rebecca Hernandez

Editor, Daily Nexus, This is in response to the recent staff editorial in the opinion section titled (“Passage of Prop 8 Shames CA,” Daily Nexus, Nov. 5) Embarrassed to be called a Californian? I think not. Y...

November 6, 2008

Return Marriage to Its Roots

By Jonathan Swift

I come before you with a modest proposal. As Proposition 8 has passed and California has declared marriage as the legal recognition to the consensual partnership between a male and female, it has me worried. Partnership ...

November 6, 2008

Thank God for Prop 8

By True McKee

Jesus and his proponents have finally saved us from the evils of gay marriage, thanks to the passing of Prop 8. Proposition 8 passing is far and away the most pressing matter within California these days, as anybody with...

November 5, 2008

Passage of Prop 8 Shames CA

By Staff

Congratulations, America. For the first time in eight years, you have chosen the right candidate. The world applauds you for stepping up in a monumental decision. While it will undoubtedly be a hugely difficult task, Pre...

November 5, 2008

Democrats, FTW!

By Staff

Ass plus g.r. is grass! That's a word joke for you right there. Hope you appreciated it. Wait, what's that you say? There was an election yesterday? And a half-black, son of an immigrant will soon hold the most powerful ...

November 5, 2008

Frisky Late Night Calls

By Jenni Perez

The booty call invented casual sex. Need proof? Think of our world without it. The long courtships, the cutesy phone calls, the forced attentiveness, oh my. The long nights spent feigning interest in her prized bobble he...

November 5, 2008

Scandalous Brazilian Nights

By Ehrin Davis

When the Samba and hip hop the DJ was mixing together cut out, I managed to retract my face away from the eager girl I had seen eyeing me earlier to discover that the crowd that enveloped us earlier had vanished. Like mo...

November 5, 2008

Winter Health Depends on Flu Shots

By Michael Takahara

"At Student Health, we have seen well over double the number of flu cases last year [Winter 2008] as compared to the same time periods in the past five winters," Dr. Elizabeth Downing, director of UCSB's Student Health, ...

November 4, 2008

Acid Accentuates Your Mind

By Alex Coffman

"If you take acid, you can see God." What is this strange, magical, wondrous substance? It is the catalyst for the summer of love. One of the most potent drugs known to mankind. Greatly misunderstood, yet a key to The D...

November 4, 2008

I Want A Recount!

By Staff

Election Day is at hand! Finally, we’ll have an end to the inane political discussion that has gone on for months and months. We’ll have an end to the divisive punditry, the absurd 24-hour news coverage and t...

November 4, 2008

Creative Title for Paper Goes Here

By Amy Silverstein

Most undergraduate research papers are dumb. I will defend my thesis by writing an introductory paragraph, so that I can announce what you are about to read. In paragraphs two and three, I will write a bunch of bullshit....

November 3, 2008

Proposition 2 Protects More Than Farm Animals

By Josh Balk

Editor, Daily Nexus, Kara Hess' column about Proposition 2 ("Face Facts on Farm Animals," Daily Nexus, Oct. 30) made it clear how little she knows about Prop 2, a modest measure on tomorrow's ballot.

November 3, 2008

I Put It in the Hoop Like Slam

By The Weatherhuman

So while most people were still sleeping off their Halloween hangovers Sunday afternoon, the ‘human was watching the most anticipated sporting event of the year: the Slamball championships. What a fucking sport! Ev...

November 3, 2008

Obama’s Tax Cuts Are Welfare for Non-taxpayers

By Michael Morea

Editor, Daily Nexus, While Jeremy Simer ("McCain Slices The Truth When It Comes to Tax Cuts," Daily Nexus, Oct. 29) may be correct in pointing out that the farmer earning $47,000 a year will not have his taxes raised un...

November 3, 2008

Susan Deacon for Santa Barbara School Board

By Staff

Editor, Daily Nexus, The candidates running for the Santa Barbara School Board may not be as familiar to most UCSB students as the candidates for the presidential election are, but they are real people with different vi...