Opinion

October 15, 2008

Encouraging Voting Promotes Educated Decision Making

By Michael Worth

It seems as though we give way too much credit to the average university student these days. At a school that has respectably made it a goal to reach 10,000 registered voters in order to uphold UCSB's record of registeri...

October 14, 2008

Step Inside the Editorial Room

By Staff

“Why did you run that horribly offensive ad? Why did you print that idiotic column? Why didn’t you publish my world-class submission?” We hear you and we understand your confusion and frustration. Allow...

October 14, 2008

Eat up, Fatty

By Staff

Richard Cooey, a resident of an Ohio state prison, recently appealed his death sentence for a double rape-murder of college students in 1986. Coey, who is 5'7 and weighs 267 pounds, argued that he is too obese to be put ...

October 14, 2008

Eat, Drink, Love Pot

By Alex Coffman

Bong being repaired? Lighter hand broken? Lose the rolling papers again?

October 14, 2008

The Politics of Academia

By Matthew Weisner

Have you ever wondered why we prefer presidential candidates we could see ourselves sitting down and having a beer with? Affable, charismatic candidates like Reagan and Clinton appealed to us because we identified with t...

October 14, 2008

North Korea: Enemy or Political Tool?

By Quinn Sullivan

The State Dept. announced on Saturday that North Korea, once a member of the “axis of evil,” has now been taken off the terror list in an attempt to push the state closer to nuclear non-proliferation. The dea...

October 13, 2008

Nippy Nuances

By Staff

The blistering cold has returned to Isla Vista. Hurray. As much as I love hardened nipples and being able to keep my beers chilled by simply leaving them in the backyard at night, I hate having to wear a jacket out. You ...

October 13, 2008

Take the Right Steps to Halloween Success

By Rachel Fierro

The biggest, baddest, most kick-ass party of them all is at Halloween. Halloween, Isla Vista style, is a crazy, blow-your-mind kind of event you’ll want to make the most of. These six simple tips will get you start...

October 13, 2008

Rhetoric Cannot Fix Economic Woes

By Shaeffer Bannigan

As Senator Obama puts it, the current economic crisis is a result of problems initiated by the Bush administration and supported by the deregulatory standards of Sen. John McCain over the past eight years. McCain states ...

October 13, 2008

America the Masochist

By Kevin Wilkins

Living in America is starting to scare me. No, I am not a pussy or someone who worries about everything, but I really think that about 40 percent of people that live in America are insane. How did I come to this hypothes...

October 13, 2008

Respect Your Partner and You Won’t Regret Getting It

By Alana Allekotte

Editor, Daily Nexus, I’ve got nothing against anonymous sex but I want to make sure that the freshman who read Jason Hunter’s column (“A Pack of Pointers for Polite Pumping,” Daily Nexus, Oct. 10)...

October 13, 2008

Forget the Man, This Sexy Lingerie is for Me Baby

By Dee Tracy

Editor, Daily Nexus In response to Jenni Perez’s column, (“Lick Up Seductive Lingerie” Daily Nexus, October 8) she says: “all we really ask for is acknowledgment of our effort — it is for yo...

October 10, 2008

It Tingles!

By Staff

Deborah Anderson of Boston University Medical Center was awarded an “Ig Nobel” research prize for discovering that Coca-Cola kills sperm. Apparently, women were using it in contraceptive douches. While it doe...

October 10, 2008

It’s All in Your Head: A Look at Mental Health

By Lilie Kasim and Alisa Chester

Have you ever met someone and after spending five minutes talking to them you think to yourself, "Oh my god that girl is fuckin' crazy." Or did you ever walk down the street when you were little asking your parents why t...

October 10, 2008

A Pack of Pointers for Polite Pumping

By Jason D. Hunter

Before I start, I would just like to add that in no way do I consider myself an expert, or even a guru on the subject, but simply a guy who lives in a house with 40 guys and observes his fair share. With that being said,...

October 10, 2008

Dressing Like a Stylish Hottie Is No Sweat

By Claire Wei

I love fashion. I've loved it since the age of two when I saw my first fashion show. I learned how to hand sew when I was seven and got my sewing machine six years later. Since age 14, I've designed my own clothes, showi...