Opinion

May 15, 2007

Americans Falsely Claim Tolerance

By Courtney Stevens

Values. As a society, a community, a campus and as individuals we have embraced and espoused a selection of values that we collectively esteem.

May 15, 2007

Web Apps Set to Replace Desktop Apps

By Jack Yi

Last quarter my roommate's computer blew up right in front of his face.

May 15, 2007

UCs Should Separate From Nuclear Plants

By Will Parrish

For over six decades, the University of California has been the primary nuclear weapons research and design contractor.

May 15, 2007

Leg Council Breaks Promises to Students

By Michael Lambright

In a recent decision, the Associated Students Legislative Council determined it appropriate to fund the Black Pioneers Renaissance Organization's annual Women of Color Appreciation ceremony a cruise in the Santa Barbara ...

May 15, 2007

Out-of-Staters Are Not So CA Ignorant

By Erica Johnson

C.K. Hickey's opinion piece ("Golden State Blues: 'Cali' Gloss Deceives Out-of-Staters," Daily Nexus, May 11) wrongly accuses schools like University of Redlands for misleading prospective out-of-staters about their loca...

May 15, 2007

Think

By Staff

May 14, 2007

Rain, Rain, Go Away

By The Weatherhuman

Due to budget constraints the Weathercolumn has been outsourced to India for $4 an hour.

May 14, 2007

Media Claims Everything Kills

By Adam Wenger

We're all going to die. Whether it's terrorism, global warming or just old age, it's sadly going to happen. When comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - of "Borat" fame - had his character Ali G ask the United States Surgeon Genera...

May 14, 2007

Special Interest Piece Deserves Weekly Print

By Zach Phillips

The Daily Nexus is at its best when it goes the day unnoticed, untouched and unread, and is at its worst when it achieves notoriety through its characteristic vulgarity and slander.

May 14, 2007

Think

By Staff

May 11, 2007

Meals on Wheels

By The Weatherhuman

This Weathercoupon good for one meal at the "2007 Cookout Protest," hosted by the 'human and held across the way from the anti-nuclear weapons hunger strikers/people in need of a crash diet posing as hunger strikers.

May 11, 2007

“Cali” Gloss Deceives Out-of-Staters

By C.K. Hickey

I got back in touch with one of my good friends from Atlanta over the weekend. Our conversation went as follows:

May 11, 2007

Outage Illuminates Its Bonding Power

By Mark Batalla

On Tuesday, I came back from one of the best single day excursions I've had in the San Fernando Valley to find that the power had gone out at UCSB.

May 11, 2007

Drink

By Staff

May 10, 2007

U.S. Needs Hate Crime Legislation

By Eric Goldman

Last week marked the 17th annual Queer Pride Week at UCSB.

May 10, 2007

I See Dead Hobbits

By The Weatherhuman

Currently number two on the New York Times best sellers hardcover fiction list is the recently released novel, The Children of Húren, written by a man (J.R.R. Tolkien, sound familiar?) who died over 30 years ago.