Opinion

January 23, 2007

Liberty Belle: Intelligence Begins with the Children

By Courtney Stevens

While it is certainly true that standards in college have dwindled in recent years, this trend is an obligatory response to coddling in the K-12. Because universities cannot issue failing grades to a majority of students...

January 23, 2007

Technology Bytes: Apple’s iPhone Is Not All It Is Cracked Up To Be

By Matt Suedkamp

Sounds like a broken record to me. What's that you say? Why, it is the constant bashing of Apple. But fear not o lover of fruit, for there is some praise and good info coming your way.

January 23, 2007

Former A.S. VP Explains Behind-the-Scenes Politics

By Adam Graff

I miss a lot of things about Santa Barbara. The drama in Associated Students is not one of them.

January 23, 2007

Darkside Creator Defends, Praises Stevens’ Arguments

By James Baron

Courtney Stevens ("Liberty Belle: Higher Education Fails to Pass Test," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16) is a very dangerous person. UCSB needs to come up with some way to deal with her and her ilk.

January 23, 2007

Student Body to Blame for Unrepresentative Leaders

By Ryan Chausse

A.S. legislators, in another world entirely from the rest of UCSB students, are now proving the sentiment that A.S. is not an accurate reflection of student opinion here and it's their own fault.

January 23, 2007

Innovative Macs Give Old PCs a Run for Their Money

By Jack Yi

Emo kids are people too. This is a response to the article written by Matt Suedkamp ("A Little Bit of Technology Savvy Goes a Long Way," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16). I only have 300 words so I will get straight to the point. ...

January 23, 2007

Let Council Decisions Are Infuriating, Disrespectful

By Eva Kilamyan

I'm writing to congratulate the Associated Students Legislative Council on its accomplishments for the term. In my entire college career, I have never seen a council do so little with so much money.

January 23, 2007

Think

By Staff

January 22, 2007

Usefull bits

By The Weatherhuman

It's been several weeks since Christmas but the 'human still can't get over the injustice done to Joseph, Jesus' adopted father. I mean, he got cockled by a fuckin' ghost.

January 22, 2007

Nexus Upholds Free Speech

By Staff

At last week's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, the student government voted to freeze the Daily Nexus' student approved lock-in fee because the newspaper refused to withdraw advertisements from Conquest ...

January 22, 2007

Former Nexus EIC Explains Inception of ’78 Lock-in Fee

By TOM BOLTON

Members of the Associated Students Legislative Council would do well to read their own constitution and its amendments before taking the patently illegal step of trying to freeze student funds earmarked for the Daily Nex...

January 22, 2007

Community Should Address Escalating Struggle in Iraq

By Kelly Burns

This war on Iraq is defining our generation. Our generation consists of soldiers, people that will have to deal with the many effects of this war and students who are letting it happen.

January 22, 2007

A.S. Should Concern Itself With Average Student Needs

By GEORGE HASKELL

For the past four years I have seen Associated Students do a lot with our money. The lofty idealism of those with enough spare time and money to legislate has been consistently ridiculous.

January 22, 2007

Leg Council Attack Against Nexus, Stevens Is Uncouth

By JASIM ALETRARI

While I do not agree with the majority of content the Daily Nexus publishes, it is still an accurate representation of the sentiment of the student body. Any attempt to stifle this sentiment is disingenuous to the purpos...

January 22, 2007

Marijuana Reforms Can Bring Benefits and Revenue to State

By DANIEL KOMINS

I have never written a letter to the Daily Nexus, but I finally have the motivation after reading Antony Mascovich's letter to the editor ("Hypocritical A.S. Reps Use Student Body as Piggy Bank," Daily Nexus, Jan. 16).

January 22, 2007