Opinion

November 29, 2006

Drinker’s Digest

By Ray Collins

After a couple more weeks of playing beer pong, I've discovered and created a few more alterations. If you've read my previous article, feel free to incorporate any of those previous rules in combination with the followi...

November 29, 2006

Maryland Democratic Party Falsely Accused of Racism

By David Paulson

No one -- reporters and photographers included -- besides Republicans and their relatives ever recalls seeing tossed cookies during this massively public event in which dozens of reporters were present.

November 29, 2006

County-Governed Isla Vista Should Incorporate as a City

By David Pritchett

Your article by Henry Sarria ("Hypocritical District Supervisor Should Stay Out of I.V.," Daily Nexus, Nov. 21) failed the geography test.

November 28, 2006

Liberty Belle

By Courtney Stevens

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Turkey today, amid a storm of protest that began promptly with the announcement of his visit more than a week ago. The pope's visit is another of his efforts to mend the long-standing acrimon...

November 28, 2006

Weather

By The Weatherhuman

If you’re looking for amazing gadgetry and technological excitement, don’t see the new James Bond flick. This edition of the spy series repeatedly hypes up such new-fangled tools as text messaging and GPS. Th...

November 28, 2006

Older Men’s I.V. Cat Calls Are Not in Holiday Spirit

By Melissa Davis

It's peppermint mocha season. The Christmas decorations in stores before Halloween, the weather changing and my mother nagging about Christmas lists mean nothing to me until the peppermint mocha is on the Starbucks menu....

November 28, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth

By Carmen Lodise Staff Writer

Isla Vista got hosed again last week

November 28, 2006

Friedman Is Not So Worthy of Grand Tribute and Praise

By Theodore Howard

Last week, the Nexus's resident insufferable economics major Colin Marshall ("Ode to Economist: Farewell Friedman," Daily Nexus, Nov. 22) was found reminiscing on the life of the late Milton Friedman.

November 28, 2006

Political Mudslinging Skirts Issues and Harms Discourse

By Neil Visalvanich

Paul Jones ("Dems Prove No Party Is Perfect," Daily Nexus, Nov. 27) is entitled to think that Democrats are as corrupt as Republicans, but his lame attempt at "proving" this as fact makes his column little more than sour...

November 28, 2006

Think

By Staff

November 27, 2006

Time Is Never Wasted Watching T.V.

By Adam Wenger

Face it. Television has become better than film. Up until around the turn of the century, great movies were consistently being pumped out by Hollywood studios. Nowadays, I feel lucky when I see one movie a year that leav...

November 27, 2006

Lazy People Are Severely Disadvantaged in Life

By Zach Phillips

Laziness is a disability. In many ways, it is more debilitating than any mental or physical handicap.

November 27, 2006

Dens Prove No Party Is Perfect

By Paul Jones

Being a Republican at UCSB is a little trying at times. Most of your friends are liberal Democrats. So are most of your professors.

November 27, 2006

Think

By Staff

November 27, 2006

County Makes Mistake Allowing Rocks At Beach

By Mark A. Massara

Despite the fact that the California Coastal Commission narrowly approved (4-3) the illegal 10,00-foot long Goleta Beach seawall to remain in place another two and a half years, the costs to the environment and the lack ...

November 27, 2006