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Immaculate Conception

October 15, 2008 by

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

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

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

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

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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Step Inside the Editorial Room

October 14, 2008 by

“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 an...
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Eat up, Fatty

October 14, 2008 by

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 ...
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Eat, Drink, Love Pot

October 14, 2008 by

Bong being repaired? Lighter hand broken? Lose the rolling papers again?
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The Politics of Academia

October 14, 2008 by

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 ...
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North Korea: Enemy or Political Tool?

October 14, 2008 by

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-pr...
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Nippy Nuances

October 13, 2008 by

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 wea...
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Take the Right Steps to Halloween Success

October 13, 2008 by

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 tip...
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Rhetoric Cannot Fix Economic Woes

October 13, 2008 by

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 y...
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America the Masochist

October 13, 2008 by

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 c...
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Respect Your Partner and You Won’t Regret Getting It

October 13, 2008 by

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,” D...
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