Opinion

April 24, 2006

Honor Armenian Survival

By Shamoneh Ayazjoo

This article is dedicated to the memory of the 1,500,000 Armenians who were martyred during the Turkish massacres, which culminated on April 24, 1915.

April 24, 2006

Advantage: Human

By system

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April 24, 2006

Pop Culture May Influence Future

By Nick Pasto

It recently dawned on me that in the future, intellectuals will study Hollywood movies in the same way that they study old literature.

April 24, 2006

U.S. Government Will Continue Poor Politics With Draft

By Mike Nally

The draft is coming. Last year in a Black Studies course I took Professor Madison had our class write those four words on our midterms to ensure our bluebooks were not written on prior to the exam.

April 24, 2006

Condoms Are Not Just a Player’s Wanton Party Favors

By Cassie Chavez

Whenever I venture out and about in Isla Vista, I make sure to have a small supply of condoms on me.

April 21, 2006

The Great Burrito in the Sky

By system

It's a shame the 'human has to comprise of a weatherbox on 420.

April 21, 2006

Save the Planet With Green Technology

By Scott Mac Kenzie

Next week, an initiative you will be voting on will position UCSB to become a national and even global leader towards sustainable design. The Green Initiative Fund will propel UCSB to the forefront of institutions proact...

April 21, 2006

Frazier Would Improve UCSB

By Pedro Lopez

I have had the great pleasure to have worked personally with Romy Frazier in our Neighborhood Hall Council and to have been her good friend for the last two years. When I found out that she decided to run for Associated ...

April 21, 2006

OPP Offends Groups by Claiming To Be Involved

By Maria Saltzberg

Ah, spring time in Santa Barbara. I have come to love this time of year. With everyone spending more time outside and wanting to have fun, the beach lights up once more. After four years at this school, I have come to lo...

April 21, 2006

Author Calls for Support Fee for The MCC Lock-in Fee

By REBECCA PRATHER

As I walked through the doorway of the MultiCultural Center with my 10-day-old son last year to meet the radical poet and musician Saul Williams, I thought, "There is no place like this on campus."

April 20, 2006

How Dare You

By system

Ah, it finally feels like it's really spring quarter. Everyone is hungover on a Tuesday.

April 20, 2006

Cast the Shadow Aside

By Adam Graff

I began this piece with daggers for the newspaper that you happen to be reading, but now that I have more information, I am writing to you to report a colossal fuck-up. Apparently, the version of the new A.S. Constitutio...

April 20, 2006

Legalization Would Give Tax Dollars for Justice

By Fiona Ramus

I am writing in response to the article entitled "IVFP Thwarts Robbery Attempt Over Weekend" (Daily Nexus, April 18). Allegedly, a group of three young men broke into the house holding it at gunpoint with the intent to s...

April 20, 2006

Elections Committee Falsely Accused of OPP Affiliation

By Maria Harutyunyan

As a member of the Campus Elections Committee, I was appalled to see flyers being distributed to students with the claim that our current staff members are also involved with the Open People's Party. We were not previous...

April 19, 2006

It’s Time for a Quickie

By Nina Anthony

I often find myself with that obnoxiously brief stretch of time between classes. You know the gap: too short to go home, but too long to just sit around doing nothing.

April 19, 2006

Fuck me? Fuck you!

By system

So it was pointed out the other night at the office that a "Fuck the Nexus" group exists on the always "it's easier to say it on here than to say it to your face," facebook.