Opinion

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

Leave It All in I.V.

By Tiffany Peal

With graduation rapidly approaching, departing seniors across campus and around Isla Vista are lamenting all the things they will lose come June.

June 1, 2006

When It Comes to the Big Decisions, If the Rainbow Show Fits, Wear It

By Mollie Vandor

The sun is shining, the weather is clear and the Bob Marley references are already flowing like a nice, cold beer on a hot summer day.

June 1, 2006

Readers Should Remain Skeptical of the News They Read, Press Makes Mistake

By Heather Buchheim

I was extremely disappointed after reading Elana Wenocur's column ("Iran's Wristbands Are Reminiscent of Nazi Germany," Daily Nexus, May 24, 2006).

May 26, 2006

Respect Freedom of Speech

By system

In the Arbor on Wednesday and Thursday, there were two large displays with pictures of aborted fetuses upon them. I want to preface this by saying that I am not arguing for or against abortion, and I'm not even entirely ...

May 26, 2006

Duck, duck, SWALLOW

By system

Rain clouds have been circling around the 'human since the weathermate got angry and nearly threw in the relationship towel.

May 26, 2006

Mastering Failure’s Art With Professors Class and Style

By Mark Batella Columnist

So it's come to this. You're going to fail a class. Taking a fail is like taking a hypodermic needle shot. Once the initial shock wears off, you realize it isn't as painful as you thought it would be, not to mention that...

May 26, 2006

The Sheep Goes Home

By Nick Pasto

By my calculations, I've written something like 25 columns for this newspaper over the course of the past school year. I figure it takes the average reader about five minutes to read one of my columns.

May 26, 2006

Pepper Gets Too Spicy at Annual Extravaganza

By system

What better a day could you imagine than going to a free show at UCSB? The lineup included everything from the popular DP reggae band Rebelution to old-school hip-hop performers the Pharcyde and E-40. I was particularly ...

May 25, 2006

Pro-Lifers Cross the Line

By Devon Flannery

The most cowardly way to express one's disapproval of an issue is through scare tactics, and if there were ever a perfect example of such an assertion, it would be the signs and words of the anti-abortion demonstrators a...

May 25, 2006

One Week

By system

It's the new 'human's first week on the job, and already there's a correction.

May 25, 2006

Gaucho Bar-Hopper Bids Adieu to UCSB

By Sean Swaby

Four years after graduating from Casa Roble Fundamental High School and on the eve of a similar graduation here, I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two. I can now tap a keg, deconstruct a film in a manner no one o...

May 24, 2006

One Last Good-Bye Hump

By Nina Anthony

So, you put yourself out there and somehow the gods smiled on you this year and you finally got laid. It will be awhile before you and your friends get over the initial shock, but when you finally do, try and look at thi...