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New Platitudes, Please

February 12, 2007 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:
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Menstrual Cycles Deserve Love, Too

February 12, 2007 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 k...
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YouTube Gives Idiots, Greats Shot at Fame

February 12, 2007 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, w...
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Cheers to EAP Australia, Killer Bugs and All

February 12, 2007 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 u...
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Column, Letter Both Fail to Explain Reasoning of Strike

February 12, 2007 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 Ne...
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Letters Regarding Career Fair Are Misleading, False

February 12, 2007 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...
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UCSB Athletic Director Apologizes for Rude Shirts

February 12, 2007 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...
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Middle East, Muslims and Plo Are Unfairly Presented

February 12, 2007 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'v...
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Shoebat Omits Instances of Muslim Kindness, Tolerance

February 12, 2007 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 ...
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Jenny Paradise Offers Some Sound Advice About Health

February 12, 2007 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 in...
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Students Should Evaluate Validity of Corwin Speaker

February 12, 2007 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.
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Think

February 12, 2007 by Staff

Strike Exercises Obese Amendment

February 9, 2007 by Eric Hedlund

Protests are sweet. A protest, like the upcoming protest next Thursday, is a chance for the people to be seen and counted, and it does change things.
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Wake up, little Weatherhuman

February 9, 2007 by The Weatherhuman

Friday's are notoriously no-weather days, meaning come Thursday night the 'human could really give a damn what the Weatherbox says, meaning I'm too busy trying to get out of the office to write anythi...
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Recreation Assists University Students

February 9, 2007 by Mark Batalla

Remember back in the day when we used to sign up for classes just for the hell of it? Or how about joining sports for the fun of playing? Metal shop, home economics and beginners' art may not have cou...
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