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Press Overhypes Iowa’s ’08 Impact

Political season is upon us, boys and girls! For junkies like me, this time of year is bigger than Halloween in Isla Vista.
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‘Gladiators’ Unleash Unintended Hilarity

With this ridiculous writers' strike dragging on and keeping most of TV's best shows on the sidelines, a bunch of really, really stupid shows have taken over my DVR.
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Living on Edge Is Worth Extremes

I love things that are old ... No, I love things that are new. Which is it? Well, I can love both by embracing each extreme.
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Brooding Bromeo Consoles Heartbroken Student Body

Touching your hand to a stove, tripping on the same step heading into Davidson, choking on your own spit: There are many behaviors we engage in as humans that compel us to hurt ourselves.
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Study Strategies Shape New Year

Happy New Year, and welcome to Winter Quarter 2008! Hopefully everyone enjoyed a relatively safe holiday season filled with Starbucks gift cards and cheap New Year's Eve champagne.
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Strip No-Show

I've always loved that "Welcome Back to I.V" moment on the drive into town.
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Turds and Tulips

Bright, sportsmanlike tulips to all Gaucho sports for a great Fall season. Especially men's and women's club soccer for winning National Championship titles.
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Small Towns Cause Big Trouble During Holidays

Small, isolated towns are really neat. The same way Nickelodeon Gak was really neat the first time you bought some.
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Fate Tempts Traveler While Abroad

Midnight in Piccadilly Circus, London: A sea of city lights splash the high-rise buildings with white luminescence as I stroll the streets alone.
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Santa Barbara Music Scene Requires a Serious Tuneup

As another eerily similar weekend of debauchery and shenanigans passes us by in Isla Vista, I am reminded of a long-suppressed truth: The Santa Barbara music scene is lacking, in every sense of the wo...
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Catnipped

A woman in Tennessee claims that her cat survived 19 days with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.
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Five Finger Discounts Make Cents

In the same week where the iconic daredevil Evil Knievel passed away and a British teacher was sentenced to 15 days in prison for naming a teddy bear Mohammad, a cunning Irishman decided to create som...
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Forego Milestones This Finals Season

Here we are again, at the crux of the quarter, finals upon us, and countless tests, papers, projects and presentations due during the supposed "dead week."
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