Opinion

April 19, 2006

A.S. Election Endorsements: Campuswide Initiatives

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Return to Aid This ballot initiative gives students the illusion of choice. This past fall, the UC Regents mandated that due to budget cuts, each UC campus would have to pay the financial aid support for its own lock-in ...

April 19, 2006

A.S. Election Endorsements: Campuswide Reaffirmations

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Intercollegiate Athletic Scholarships Fee Sporting one of the most successful athletic departments in the Big West Conference, UCSB reaps the benefits of its teams’ success on the field, and provides scholarships f...

April 18, 2006

Rot Your Liver, Not Your Teeth

By system

The 'human remembers the good ol' days when soda was cheap. At one point, a can of pop was a paltry 50 cents.

April 18, 2006

Help Expel Firestone

By Brett Wagner

For those of us who aspire to service the public and help to build a better world, we face many life-changing decisions, not the least of which is figuring out where we can make the biggest difference for the greatest go...

April 17, 2006

Skip the Pickup Line

By Melissa Davis

Some men have a new pickup line. We've come a long way from cheesy references to stars in eyes and angelic origins. "I have a condom," they say.

April 17, 2006

Rock the Vote

By system

The 'human is learning that it's rather difficult to campaign for A.S. President, when no one really knows who it is (or if it even exists).

April 17, 2006

Value Utility From Wealth and Work

By Colin Marshall

It's an awful truth that, alas, my journalistic scruples cannot ignore: Some majors get more respect than others. As a former disciple of communication, I know what it is to feel deep, nagging shame about one's coursewor...

April 17, 2006

5th Annual IAM Educates Students About Stopping Rape

By Carl Barnes

This week, Students Stopping Rape is putting on its 5th annual It Affects Me campaign. As in the past four years, we will be giving out bright blue T-shirts with this slogan emblazoned on it in white. What affects us, yo...

April 17, 2006

Council Member Criticizes Nexus For Inaccurate Quote

By JESSE BAKER

I was justifiably horrified when I opened the Nexus last Thursday to find an unforgivable misrepresentation of the facts. In the article ("Leggies Prepare for Election, Debate Porn Nation Funding," Daily Nexus, Apr. 13),...

April 14, 2006

Passion Offends Believers

By Scott Roney

Easter is upon us, which means that it is time for my annual viewing of Mel Gibson's controversial blockbuster, "The Passion of the Christ." It is not exactly the sort of film one "enjoys," and so this marks only the thi...

April 14, 2006

Lovable Loser

By system

In homage to Playboy recently dubbing UCSB the second best party in the nation, the 'human will now author only its second best box, ever.

April 14, 2006

Let Middle East Elect Leaders

By Eliezer Sherman

This week in the Middle East: political chaos, democratic turmoil and further tension in the Palestinian/Israeli relationship. ... Surprise, surprise. A couple that has been involved in a tiresome, violent and extended d...

April 14, 2006

Global Gag Rule Restricts Countries’ Healthcare

By Courtney Weaver

Most of us have long forgotten about the first days of President Bush's first term. We've been so distracted by his abysmal record on foreign affairs from Afghanistan to Iraq to North Korea, that we now need to be remind...

April 14, 2006

Student Challenges Others to Change Oil Dependency

By April Capil

I wish the end of oil were as simple as everyone riding their bikes and walking to work. I wish I could say - with certainty - that it will be a smooth, brief transition.

April 13, 2006

Serve Poetry Justice

By Nick Pasto

A friend of mine recently pointed out that the vast majority of my Nexus articles contain alarming amounts of pessimism, perversion and comic violence. I promptly kicked him in the dingleberries and informed him that his...

April 13, 2006