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UCSB Community Embraces Sexuality

February 2, 2007 by

I usually spend my Monday nights watching half-naked men beat the hell out of each other on WWE Monday Night Raw. This week I opted to attend the Sex Workers' Art Show in the MultiCultural Center.
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Time Well Spent

February 2, 2007 by

Valentine's Day is coming up, lads.
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Education Problems Require Discussion

February 2, 2007 by

The recent campus debates about race, diversity and education make me glad to live inside of a bubble of concrete surrounded by weapons-grade kryptonite 15 miles below earth's surface.
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Article Regarding Websites Leaves One Site Out of Loop

February 2, 2007 by

Much to our disappointment, the recent article concerning new student specific websites ("Students Start Sites Providing Services, Trade," Daily Nexus, Jan. 29) failed to recognize Uloop.com, a growin...
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Wenger’s Column About UC Grading System Flunks Out

February 2, 2007 by

In his recent column ("Que Onda Guero?: UC Grading System Is Unfair and Confusing," Daily Nexus, Jan. 22), Adam Wenger complained that the UC grading system is unfair and confusing.
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Comments Made at MCC Film Are Misconstrued by Letter

February 2, 2007 by

In Elana Wenocur's letter to the editor ("Comparison Made at MCC Screening is Over The Top", Daily Nexus, Jan. 29), she incorrectly cited the discussion which followed the screening of "Channels of Ra...
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Protesters Miss the Point of Fair With Their Demonstration

February 2, 2007 by

From the developments in recent weeks, it has appeared to me that the people who usually claim they encourage a diversity of ideas and fight to protect the freedom to express their beliefs have been t...
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Critics of Iraq War Are Not to Blame for Poor Strategy

February 2, 2007 by

Courtney Stevens ("Liberty Belle: Democrats Fail to Create Iraq Strategy," Daily Nexus, Jan. 31) once again attempts to shift the responsibility for a failed war to critics of the war instead of berat...
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Military Gives Opportunities Through Presence at UCSB

February 2, 2007 by

I attended the career fair earlier this week and noticed the various protesters gathered outside of the building. The sad reality is conflict erupts in the world from time to time. When these conflict...
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Think

February 2, 2007 by


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Now Playing: Gentrification in CA

February 1, 2007 by

The fallout from the Cedarwood Apartments' transformation into the deluxe Coronado complex sure has been something, hasn't it? And not just that it sparked this Nexus/A.S. feud, but because it brings ...
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Red All Over

February 1, 2007 by

So apparently student government wants to start a rival news publication and put it on bulletin boards around campus or just have it online. You know, like Slate.com sans the readers and a recordable ...
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Not All Alike Fight for Similar Causes

February 1, 2007 by

I have been a student here at UCSB for two years now. For my entire career here I have heard liberals talk about "people of color." At first, I wasn't sure what they were referring to because the clos...
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Think

February 1, 2007 by


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Abstinence Halts Necessary Exploits

January 31, 2007 by

Rainy days simultaneously suck and blow. That may sound impossible, but your mom's vast experience has taught me that it's not. It is the rainy season of winter quarter that leaves me doing my reading...
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