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October 20, 2008 by Staff

Congresswoman Wants Your Vote

October 20, 2008 by Lois Capps

As I hope you have already heard, today, Oct. 20th, is the last day to register to vote. It is the last day you will have a chance to make sure your voice is heard in this election. This election is t...
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Lessons From a Senior

October 17, 2008 by Michael Witcoff

As the new year unfolds and I watch the freshmen walking by, only one thought comes to mind: "Holy shit, was I that small once?" After reassuring myself that of course I wasn't -- none of us were THAT...
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Me, Myself and My Bipolar Disorder

October 17, 2008 by Lillie Kasim

I’m walking out of Embarcadero Hall, getting ready to unlock my bike, when I overhear a conversation between two sorority girls. “Yeah, I don’t know what her problem is, but on Satur...
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Frugality Makes the Party

October 16, 2008 by Derek Mead

There is absolutely no better way to step up your weekend than by throwing a barn-burning shitshow of a rager. Getting a couple hundred of your closest friends retarded in the comfortable confines of ...
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Worst. Ticket. Ever.

October 16, 2008 by The Weatherhuman

A couple from Chicago was slapped with a $9.5 million parking ticket after leaving their car for two hours in Glencoe, Ill.
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College Repubs. Question MSA’s Legitimacy

October 16, 2008 by Ross Nolan

I was very surprised to read Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Nexus and see that not only did David Horowitz publish an advertisement for his third Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, but that the Nexu...
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Not All Girls Need to Swing Both Ways

October 16, 2008 by Hannah Sadeghian

Editor, Daily Nexus I’m writing in response to Jenni Perez’s (“Hope My BF Don’t Mind It,” Daily Nexus, Oct. 15). Though an accomplished fellow partier, and at the risk of...
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Private Entities Are Outside First Amendment Realm

October 16, 2008 by Philip Vargas

Editor, Daily Nexus Every day, before I go to class, I grab an issue of the Daily Nexus and skim the front page to head straight for the Opinion section. I always enjoy reading the slightly biased pol...
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Help Save Sick Children and Support Prop 3

October 16, 2008 by Charity Bracy

Editor, Daily Nexus You will have the opportunity to vote in one of the most historic and important Presidential elections in American history. You might not realize, however, that there are several i...
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Immaculate Conception

October 15, 2008 by Staff

A shark in Virginia is reported to have had a “virgin birth.” The lady shark got preggers without doin’ it. Do you all realize what this means? I sure as hell don’t. Are we goi...
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Hope My BF Don’t Mind It

October 15, 2008 by Jenni Perez

I kissed a girl and I liked it. Forgive me for quoting the over-quoted, but it's true. Like many heterosexual female partygoers, I have found myself in a booze-induced stupor, balancing myself on the ...
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Obama Needs Dem Support to Make Changes

October 15, 2008 by Chrissy Elles

Obama is steadily climbing ahead in the polls, the media's crush on Palin is finally subsiding and McCain just seems erratic, cranky and old. So Democrats have nothing to worry about, right? Wrong.
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All Americans Must Unite to Combat Ignorance

October 15, 2008 by Nabil Alshurafa

The prevailing message coming from Muslims across the United States is one of unity among Muslim Americans and other Americans. A message of peace, tolerance and understanding. However, it is rarely n...
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Encouraging Voting Promotes Educated Decision Making

October 15, 2008 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...
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