Opinion

May 10, 2006

Sex Is Around the Corner

By Nina Anthony

Life without sex: Sometimes you chose it; sometimes it chooses you. Being abstinent by decision is fulfilling. Being abstinent by default can make a girl crazy. Calm down, I'm going to help. I have some pretty great adv...

May 10, 2006

Death’s Scythe Has Lost Its Potent Blade

By Jeff Gibson

I asked Karina if she feared death. She shook her head and told me she didn't. I wiped my nose, then the whole world washed in around us. I'll never forget that evening - or early morning I guess you'd call it - my first...

May 9, 2006

Hasta la Vista Arnold

By Hilary Blackerby Heather Buchheim

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger paid UCSB one of his signature stealth visits in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Touting a new bond initiative as part of his reelection campaign, Schwarzenegger and his crew shut down David...

May 9, 2006

Trivial Weathergenitals

By system

The ‘human’s head hurts. This goddamn correction is cramping the ‘human’s style. And its head. Tuesday’s forecast: Speaking of cramps, the ‘human’s … shit, not enough space...

May 9, 2006

Confront Your Complicity

By Emily Schmidt

Thursday was UCSB's annual Take Back the Night rally. For those who might not know, TBTN is an awareness and protest march that happens on college and university campuses all over the country. The aim is to increase awar...

May 9, 2006

Student Displays Ignorance Toward Immigrants’ Rights

By Darwin Bondgraham

oshua Freeman's recent opinion piece, "Arrive Legally In Order to Receive Rights," Daily Nexus, May 8), shows us that discrimination facing poor, mostly Latino immigrants is incredibly deep and complex.

May 9, 2006

Professional Dance Company Plies Short of Expectations

By Peter Cheng

Stephanie Cain's review of the Paul Taylor Dance Company ("Modern Master: Campbell Hall Performance Solidifies Taylor as One of the Greats," Daily Nexus, May 4) praised the dance company too highly.

May 8, 2006

Stop Racial Ignorance

By Timothy Finney Jason Parnell

On Saturday, April 29, the words "Fuck Niggers" were written on the female bathroom on the black studies hall in the Santa Rosa Residence Hall. This event occurred while most of the African Americans that live on the hal...

May 8, 2006

Damaged Goods

By system

The ‘human is pretty sure that it destroyed the weatherliver this weekend. Monday’s forecast: If any unisexual weathercretaures out there have some spare, healthy body parts, the ‘human is now in the ma...

May 8, 2006

Arrive legally In Order to Receive Rights

By Joshua Freeman

I was walking down from Tropicana Gardens towards Pardall Road. I pulled out my cell phone to call my mom. It was a typical scene, nothing too special. The conversation started out with the mundane then started to get mo...

May 5, 2006

Savor This Paradise

By Sean Swaby

In 40-some odd drunken days from now, myself and many other graduating seniors will see our irresponsibility-laden world come crashing down in front of us. And I'm scared. This little utopia possesses more than just an u...

May 5, 2006

Bye, Bye, ‘Human

By system

If you know the ‘human, say goodbye. Because between Cinqo de Mayo and ASVT, there’s no way in hell the ‘human makes it through this weekend. Friday’s forecast: Fuck Friday, the ‘human is fa...

May 5, 2006

Do Not Dump Blame on Recycling

By Trevor Blythe

As the program coordinator of Associated Students Recycling Program, I felt obligated to rebut Colin Marshall's misinformed opinion of our national recycling establishment ("We Must Find a Way to Reduce Society's Wastefu...

May 4, 2006

Do I Have to?

By system

Why do professors even assign midterms during spring quarter? Thursday’s forecast: Academics are gradually becoming an unnecessary detriment to the ‘human’s bid to be drunk every night this quarter. I&#...

May 4, 2006

Apaches Are Not the Answer

By Nick Pasto

Last week I asked curious UCSB students to send me their "Dear Abby" style questions via e-mail. The response was absolutely staggering.

May 4, 2006

Know the Evils of Sexual Assault

By Katie Mahon

By now you have seen the hundreds of blue shirts lining the bike paths. By now you have been to a workshop, listened to a speaker or "guessed the rapist."