Opinion

April 28, 2006

Give Your Worst, I Offer Advice

By Nick Pasto

Carrot Top is officially on my shit list. Back in early November, I decided to contact Mr. Top and request an interview. I was optimistic that the redheaded clown would accept my offer. Dreams of the dream interview ran ...

April 28, 2006

Poor Parenting To Blame for Gun Control Debate

By Melissa Davis

As a child, I was taught proper gun safety. To this day, I can still remember this animated eagle telling me to never touch a gun and, if I saw one, to immediately notify an adult. My dad used to take me to gun shows, wh...

April 28, 2006

Women’s Center Should Take Back ‘Unbiased’ Promises

By Janet Groth

This week, the Women's Center has been hosting a number of events and workshops for Take Back the Night to promote awareness about sexual assault. On Tuesday night, I attended a workshop on self-defense and, on Wednesday...

April 27, 2006

Hamas Sponsors Terror

By Elran Tsabag

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself inside a busy restaurant in central Tel Aviv last Monday, in the deadliest terrorist attack since 2004. Despite a high level of alert in Israel for the Jewish holiday, Passo...

April 27, 2006

Last Chance

By system

Today is your last chance to vote for A.S. elections. You know what that means, you apathetic slackers that haven't voted yet: It's time to vote 'human.

April 27, 2006

Border Guards Must Dig Deeper

By Matt Cappiello

As American controversy over immigration reaches a climax, we at UCSB must ask ourselves this important question - would Jared Goldschen or Romy Lea Frazier make a better A.S. President? That's my first and last comment ...

April 27, 2006

Halt Dark Side’s Continual Spreading of Lies, Stupidity

By Alex S.

I'm writing in response to James Baron's letter to the Nexus "The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film" (Daily Nexus, April 26). I had never actually been to the website before he wrote the article, but con...

April 26, 2006

Use Your Own Hands

By Nina Anthony

Masturbation is universal: male or female, we all do it. However, when in an active sexual relationship with an actual human being, we find that the need to spank is not so pressing and is generally forgotten.

April 26, 2006

None today.

By system

The weatherhuman didn’t upload his/her file.

April 26, 2006

Wave the U.S. Flag, Not Mexico’s

By Henry Sarria

The recent immigration bill battle leaves much to be desired with both the legislators in charge of making the law and the actual protesters themselves. Politicians are an easy scapegoat in most matters, and, currently, ...

April 26, 2006

People Watching In Classes Can Help Stave Off Boredom

By David Fuad

If you're reading this, I apologize - you're probably not at the beach. In fact, you're probably stuck in class, drowning in a stormy sea of boredom, desperately floundering for a brief gasp of entertainment.

April 26, 2006

The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film

By James Baron

The Dark Side (www.thedarksideofucsb.com) wanted to show people, particularly parents of incoming freshmen, what the party scene in Isla Vista looked like. We hired someone to film the party scene last spring.

April 25, 2006

Fight for Sudan’s Rights

By Phil Angelides Adam Sterling Jason Miller

Often in U.S. history, college students have been ahead of governments in recognizing and fighting for important issues. In 1961, students launched a historic journey into the Deep South on the Freedom Rides, risking the...

April 25, 2006

Summer of Love

By system

It's official: Our parents sure did a lot of fucking in July and August.

April 25, 2006

TBTN Helps Empower Survivors

By Jessie Nieblas

As you walk through campus this week, you may notice an addition to the landscape of green and turquoise campaign signs: five hundred purple posts, numbered one through 500, with the letters TBTN on them.

April 25, 2006

Canadian Immigrants Taking Over White Collar U.S. Jobs

By Rebecca Riley

With all this talk about immigration and "closing the borders," I couldn't help but get to thinking. Maybe instead of closing our southern border, those ever wise and self-righteous men in Washington should really take s...