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Spanish Parties Try Triathelete

October 2, 2008 by Staff

Editor's note: You've stumbled upon our new column, Gauchos Abroad. Each week, a different student studying abroad in a different country will have a column sharing their worldly experiences. Olé...
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Privatization of Water Ruins Quality

October 2, 2008 by Jason Crawford

As panic-stricken investors desperately seek out the next economic bubble to create and ultimately burst, a growing trend of the last decade may indicate where market stability could be sought in the ...
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Farr’s Broad Perspective Qualifies Her as a Leader

October 2, 2008 by Mark Preston

Editor, Daily Nexus, I am a UCSB graduate, class of 1971. And I stayed here. I have lived my entire adult life in Isla Vista, Goleta, and the Santa Ynez Valley (the 3rd District). I personally know D...
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New Law Is Senseless, Endangers Living Beings

October 2, 2008 by Matthew Saad

Dear UC President Mark Yudof, I'm writing in response to Jessica Mullen's article ("New Law Shields UC Scientists" Daily Nexus, Oct. 1, 2008.) Sir, quite frankly, the response to this problem from t...
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Frats, I.V. Partiers Add to Community Atmosphere

October 2, 2008 by Aaron Falk

Editor, Daily Nexus, Max Battaro is right on a number of things ("Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). I was a freshman in 2000. I had to leave UCSB and am now returning to finish,...
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A Walk Down Dirty-Talk Lane

October 1, 2008 by Jenni Perez

The first week of school is a sex columnist’s dream. You may think I’m referring to the hoards of mini-skirt-clad greek hopefuls prowling Embarcadero del Mar in search of a dick to complem...
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Nader’s Speech Opens Minds

October 1, 2008 by Nader Heidari

I woke up sometime Sunday afternoon to attend to some serious business. I went to go see the man somewhat responsible for giving Starbucks employees a free joke when I tell them my name during my purc...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Carla Perez

Editor, Daily Nexus, After reading Max Bottaro’s column (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” Daily Nexus, Sept. 28), I literally had a headache. Should I address the racism, the misogyn...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Janelle Mungo

Editor, Daily Nexus, It is unfortunate that Max Bottaro’s last two years in I.V. didn’t live up to the expectations he had (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” Daily Nexus, Sept. ...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Amanda Maffett

Editor, Daily Nexus, My letter is in response to “Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk” by Max Battaro (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Dearest Battaro, do you have an ounce of forethought in your wee li...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Andrew Dunn

I am writing in response to the article “Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk” by Max Bottaro (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Bottaro’s first complaint, that police officers are increasingly harsh...
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Readers Come to Isla Vista’s Defense

October 1, 2008 by Carly Jo Hann

Editor, Daily Nexus, Wow. I’m saddened that someone could be so proud to spew blatant homophobia, sexism, racism and downright idiocy on our campus (“Isla Vista Has Lost Its Spunk,” ...
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Buy Bitchin’ Bongs

September 30, 2008 by Alex Coffman

The smooth alluring aroma of fresh incense encompasses you. The light shining off the smooth glass puts a gleam in your eye. Is that the one over there? Leaning closer to the case, as if being drawn i...
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Fatty Dolphins

September 30, 2008 by Staff

How do you guys like the Weather this week? Pretty random, eh? Sunny one day, foggy the next, with no real discernable pattern. That's mostly because I'm confused as hell right now. Why? Because even ...
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Bailout Plans Are Welfare for Rich

September 30, 2008 by Steven Begakis

The frustration of the New Orleans victims was angrily directed at President Bush, voiced in the demands for immediate federal action. In other words, incapable local political structures complained t...
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