Opinion

September 24, 2006

Dude, What Are You On?

By Jeff Gibson

In all irony, I never knew my best friend until this summer.

September 24, 2006

Beware of Sketchy Roommates

By Mark Batalla

Now that you're all settled in, what do you think of your new roommate - roommates for the unlucky triples? He seems cool, right? Doesn't get in your face, has good hygiene, and seems to share some of the same interests....

August 30, 2006

Welcome to UCSB! Now How About Writing Us An Opinion Column, Smarty-Pants?

By Staff Editorial

We need to have a serious talk, and no, it can't wait until after you're done reading the sex column in the bathroom. So, please, put that thing away.

August 30, 2006

Weather

By The Weatherhuman

YAAAWN *Smacks Lips* What the? Who the hell are you?

August 30, 2006

He Said, She Said: Car Vs. No Car

By Aria Miran

It's likely that incoming freshmen reading this have many questions about UCSB. How do I get to my classes? Will I get laid on the first night? Should I bring my car to school?

August 30, 2006

He Said, She Said: Car Vs. No Car

By Kaitlin Pike

Sit down, my child. It's time we had a talk about your popularity.

August 30, 2006

Hey, Gauchos, Um, Wanna Do It?

By Jenny Paradise

No more lying to your parents about where you spent Friday night. No more switching back clocks to extend curfews. No more mandatory class before eight.

August 30, 2006

Forget About Flavor and Follow Booze Clues

By Mark Batalla

See if you can find what's wrong with this picture: Twenty people are crowded inside a small, black-lit room with Paris Hilton's newest single bumping on an iBook's meager speaker system.

June 28, 2006

Get Neighborly in I.V.

By Jenny Paradise

After much experience, I have come to the conclusion that hooking up with your neighbors, or at least with some new blood, is vital to the fresh-start feeling of summer in I.V.

June 28, 2006

Summer At Home Pales in Comparison to I.V. Living

By Nicki Arnold

As much as I love them, summers are a horrible idea. They break routine so much so that sometimes I forget how to write when I come back to school.

June 28, 2006

Clever Fox News Sneaks Its Way Into Hen House of Trust

By Laura Holt

Fox News is far from trustworthy as I see it. It is an open espousal of right-wing politics, which threatens accuracy, credibility and historical understandings of current events.

June 28, 2006

Summer School Student Copes With Divorce From Vacation

By Zach Phillips

In many ways, expecting students to endure classes in the summer, or asking a child to remain happy after a painful divorce, is tantamount to forcing a crack addict to quit crack cold turkey.

June 1, 2006

So Long, Farewell

By system

This year's last issue of the Nexus is currently in your hands/on your desk/rolled up to...

June 1, 2006

Faculty Botches Tuition

By Nick Durnhofer

Recently, the UCSB Faculty Legislature made a resolution, which if passed, could ultimately force university students to financially assist nonresident graduate students with their tuition. On May 11, the UCSB Faculty Le...

June 1, 2006