Opinion

November 3, 2006

Isla Vista Visitors Spoil Holiday

By Henry Sarria

Well, the verdict is in and the judgment has been made: Isla Vista residents are not the biggest part of the problem during the Halloween bash that's been going on for as long as anybody can remember.

November 3, 2006

Prop 87 Reduces Oil Abuse by Companies

By Staff

Proposition 87 helps Californians. Despite the lie-infested commercials that oil corporations are airing these days, these companies are only looking out for their record profits.

November 3, 2006

Nexus Misses Clause in Notifications Prop

By Staff

Your advice to vote no on Proposition 85 seemed to be based on a misreading of Prop 85 and a lack of research on similar laws in other states. Here are some facts from the other side of the debate.

November 3, 2006

Firestone Makes Bad Choice Within Board

By Staff

When 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone tried to derail the purchase of Claire's Park - now Capps Park - on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive, the Isla Vista community stood up and convinced him to change his mind.

November 3, 2006

Think

By Staff

November 2, 2006

Golden State Blues: Explore California’s Northern Cities

By C.K. Hickey

Eureka and Crescent City belong in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, respectively, the northernmost two coastal counties in California. I used to look at them on the road atlas during family vacations up to Oregon, and I ...

November 2, 2006

Mistakes

By Staff

I once asked the Weathermum if she had ever made a mistake: She just stared at me for a while.

November 2, 2006

Measure D Will Not Get Funding For I.V. Projects

By Staff

There is an important local issue on the ballot in the Nov. 7 election, called Measure D. This measure would change the amount of sales tax you pay for local transportation from the existing one-half cent per dollar to t...

November 2, 2006

Proposed A.S. Bill Misses Underlying Grammar Woes

By Staff

During last week's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, a bill was introduced to the floor to decrease the amount of time spent revising grammatical errors in bills on the grounds that the "knowledge of corre...

November 2, 2006

Suggestion of Leggings Is a Fashion Faux Pas for Us All

By Staff

I would like to comment on the opinion piece by Caroline Wolf ("Finding Fall Fashion for Isla Vista Weather," Daily Nexus, Oct. 26, 2006.) Contrary to her obviously misinformed opinion, leggings are not and will never be...

November 2, 2006

Save Large Tips for Workers Who Actually Deserve Cash

By Staff

In reply to "Tipping for All Hard-Workers, Please", Daily Nexus, Oct. 30, 2006, Adam, I'll tell you why I don't tip those UPS workers!

November 2, 2006

Prop 87 Curbs Oil Spending and Seeks New Alternatives

By Staff

It has been said that there is a one-to-one correlation between the affluence of a society and the amount of energy it consumes.

November 2, 2006

Prop 86 Harms Big Tobacco and Reduces Smoking Rates

By Staff

Proposition 86 is a $2.60 tax per cigarette pack increase. It funds health care and anti-tobacco programs.

November 2, 2006

A.S. Finance Board Decision Squanders Students’ Money

By Staff

A.S. Finance Board's recent decision to squander every penny it had allocated for use during both Winter and Spring Quarters of this year really proves that the Students' Initiative is a useless waste of students' precio...

November 2, 2006

Think

By Staff

November 1, 2006

Weather

By Staff

What is this shit? Oh, great. Apparently smartvoter.com isn’t as reliable as the Weatherhuman’s forecasts. Wednesday’s Forecast: The ‘human endorses itself, as always.