Opinion
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 re...
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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...
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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 heal...
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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 o...
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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 so...
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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 b...
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“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...
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So apparently flannel is back in style, and the 'human knows who to blame.
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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...
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"Let's vote for change," democrats have chanted for months now. The votes came in and they certainly showed that America wanted change.
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So Veterans Day is tomorrow, meaning all you students don’t have class, and we Nexites don’t have to make a paper. Hooray! But the ‘human has one quarrel with the whole ordeal: Who p...
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On Tuesday, Nov. 4, the nation’s major polling agencies were vindicated. Two of the most reliable polls, the Gallup and the Rasmussen, were almost spot-on with their predictions for the presiden...
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Biking down El Colegio Road a few weeks back, something caught my eye: a certain glimpse of bright pink, a sparkle among the construction-induced brown fog that had dimmed the early November air. Capt...
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Though it bothers me to admit this, every now and then I have a shitty day. Such is life. Take last Monday, for example, when I was stuck at work until 3 a.m. doing layout, all because I couldn’...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
