Opinion

February 16, 2007

Ain’t No Power

By The Weatherhuman

With voices and fists raised, the UCSB student body certainly showed President Bush yesterday what a group of dedicated voters can do:

February 16, 2007

EAP Needs Greater Communication

By Matt Weisner, Eddie Edelson

Like many of my peers, I recently completed an application to study abroad through the University of California Education Abroad Program.

February 16, 2007

Awe-Inspiring Strike Highlights Strength

By Eric Hedlund

Some sit in the center of class, others stand around the fringes and still others watch from far away.

February 16, 2007

Think

By Staff

February 15, 2007

Weath-dipus Complex

By The Weatherhuman

UCSB researchers John Tooby and Leda Cosmides just came out with a study disproving the last legs of Freud's runaway theory on incest, the game the whole family can play.

February 15, 2007

S.F. Mayor Scandal Is Exaggerated

By C.K. Hickey

When I ask people about their most vivid memories of 1998, they usually tell me about junior high-school dances, Furby, Leonardo DiCaprio or the Backstreet Boys. That's funny.

February 15, 2007

Universal Healthcare Can Lessen Doctor-Bill Damage

By Alex Guerra

Courtney Stevens' column ("Healthcare for All Isn't Exactly Equal," Daily Nexus, Feb. 13) demands a response.

February 15, 2007

War Protests Demonstrate Unity and Concern for Iraq

By Nicholas Robinson

Many students are calling for a strike today. While there has been much debate regarding the efficacy of the strike, much of this debate is taking place within fixed boundaries.

February 14, 2007

Spend Valentine’s Day Loving Your Sexy Self

By Jenny Paradise

Today is Valentine's Day, February four-fucking-teenth and it is the day to finally say no. No to mediocre dates with way too much pressure to be perfect. No to psychotic flipouts when one little thing goes wrong.

February 14, 2007

Here’s Looking at You, Kid.

By The Weatherhuman

Happy Valentine's Day, sweetheart. It's true, I didn't get you flowers, candy, cigars, remember to get a dinner reservation or even one single Valentine.

February 14, 2007

Isla Vista, How I Love Thee

By Laurie Sarria Columnist

There is a saying: "You are closer to Heaven when home is near the sea." That has become true for me living here in Isla Vista.

February 14, 2007

Select the Best Wines for Valentine’s

By Ray Collins

To some people, Valentine's Day is about love, romance and passion. To others it is a day where you have to do shit you don't want to do for your significant other.

February 14, 2007

UCSB Strike on War Appears Disorganized

By Baylee Crone

On Thursday afternoon, a protest rally is scheduled on campus in response to the war in Iraq.

February 14, 2007

Massive Local Strike Gives People Power

By Darwin Bondgraham

Your friends have either told you they're not striking or you've seen skeptical accounts in the Daily Nexus about the efficacy of the strike.

February 13, 2007

Weather mortis

By The Weatherhuman

I dream of dying a funny death. When everyone lines up to see how rigor mortis has hardened the 'human like dry coral, I hope they laugh. No tears - just smiles at how awkward the whole thing is.

February 13, 2007

Healthcare For All Isn’t Exactly Equal

By Courtney Stevens

In recent weeks healthcare has become the center of political debate and the likely target for impending reform. The renewed call for universal healthcare represents another manifestation of Americans' sense of entitleme...