Opinion

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).

February 12, 2007

UCSB Athletic Director Apologizes for Rude Shirts

By Gary A. Cunningham

I am writing this open letter of apology on behalf of the UCSB Athletic Dept. in response to an incident that occurred last Saturday night in the Thunderdome. At our men's basketball game against Long Beach State, a stud...

February 12, 2007

Middle East, Muslims and Plo Are Unfairly Presented

By Faris Shalan

As a citizen of the Middle East, I am reminded daily of the Arabic saying, "Nothing in life is more stable than change itself." Unfortunately, the mentioned change is rarely a positive one. Today, I've taken it upon myse...

February 12, 2007

Shoebat Omits Instances of Muslim Kindness, Tolerance

By David Sforza

On Feb. 7, I was one of several hundred to go watch Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist and now Christian. In his hour and a half speech, he warned that the Middle East has the potential to be that of several Nazi Germ...

February 12, 2007

Jenny Paradise Offers Some Sound Advice About Health

By Carly Hann

In response to last week's sex column ("The Wednesday Hump: Student Health Provides Valuable Services," Daily Nexus, Feb. 7), I would like to say, "Yay!" It's about time we got some health-oriented information in there! ...

February 12, 2007

Students Should Evaluate Validity of Corwin Speaker

By Daniel Fibiger

There are so many points one could address in response to Walid Shoebat's speech on Wednesday night, one of which is how this event demonstrated the necessity of engaging in critical source analysis.

February 12, 2007