Opinion

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...

February 13, 2007

Worst Buy Puts the Best Deals Online

By Matt Suedkamp

One of the most exciting parts about being a geek is new hardware and new electronics to play with. Whether it be a new Nintendo DS with the built in Wi-Fi that lets me play Mario Kart with seven other people or a new Wi...

February 13, 2007

Biking On Campus Proves to Be Perilous

By Megan Gambs

I was recently in a bike accident, which resulted in my left knee having to be stitched back together. As a brief aside:

February 13, 2007

Shoebat’s Autobiographical Speech About Radicals Alone

By Daniel Fisher

I must disagree with the letter you printed Friday ("Shoebat Paints Unflattering Portrait of World's Muslims," Daily Nexus, Feb. 9). That letter said that Shoebat had given a "negative, hateful message" that "painted all...

February 13, 2007

Neglected Holocaust History Touched Upon by Shoebat

By Elana Wenocur

I want to elaborate on a subject Walid Shoebat touched upon in his talk last Wednesday. Shoebat never made any blanket statements about all Muslims or "compared the Muslim community to Nazis" ("Shoebat Paints Unflatterin...

February 13, 2007

Think

By Staff

February 12, 2007

Menstrual Cycles Deserve Love, Too

By Zach Phillips

In July, I ran with the bulls. Every summer, throngs of thrill-seekers and daring tourists travel to Pamplona, Spain to participate in the celebrated "running of the bulls," or Encierro. The runners know the event's bloo...

February 12, 2007

New Platitudes, Please

By The Weatherhuman

The best way to differentiate between those who critically think and those who read the back of the cereal box for its literary value is to ask the following:

February 12, 2007

YouTube Gives Idiots, Greats Shot at Fame

By Adam Wenger

One: cut a hole in a box. Two: put your junk in the box. Three: make her open the box. And that's the way you do it - according to Justin Timberlake, anyway. These instructions for the perfect gift, which, in this case, ...

February 12, 2007

Cheers to EAP Australia, Killer Bugs and All

By Lauren Crecelius

The process of applying to EAP took about a year. I started in March of 2006 to complete loads of paperwork, raise my GPA, pay hidden fees and try to acquire as much information as possible about my university in Adelaid...

February 12, 2007

Column, Letter Both Fail to Explain Reasoning of Strike

By Colin Langton

Ever since I saw those fliers around campus, I've been wondering how exactly a bunch of students skipping their classes has any connection to the war. When I saw a whole column about it in Friday's Nexus, I thought my qu...

February 12, 2007

Letters Regarding Career Fair Are Misleading, False

By Andrew Culp

Jonathan Clotworthy argued that asking individuals to boycott military tables is contradictory to an agenda of diversity ("Protesters Miss the Point of Fair With Their Demonstration," Daily Nexus, Feb. 2).