Opinion

March 8, 2006

What’s New?

By system

Oh media, you and your stories. Barry Bonds took steroids.

March 8, 2006

Spice Up Your Pillow Talk

By Nina Anthony

Silence: Something two naked people in the same bed never want to hear. Sure, silence is appropriate in many situations, like during class, in the middle of naptime or when you are trying to have sex in the bathroom. In ...

March 8, 2006

ROTC Wins Court Ruling

By Henry Sarria

Stick a fork in it, it is done, so let's all move on and get to the subject at hand: Teaching students what they pay for in college, which is to learn, graduate and make the world a better place for generations to come.

March 8, 2006

Phelps Dishonors Soldiers By Protesting Funerals

By Camerin Smith

William Shakespeare once said, "Even the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." As I glanced through the headlines of cnn.com, I stumbled upon an article titled "Dodge City Showdown at Funeral" that illustrates this ...

March 8, 2006

Students Call For a Retaliation Against Iraq War

By Jennifer Ferguson

What does it take to start a student movement? In less than two weeks the third anniversary of the war in Iraq will pass; a war being fought principally by people our age

March 7, 2006

Hollywood Madness Baby!

By system

So there has been a lot of talk in the media dubbing the Academy Award given to "Crash," an "upset." How the hell can a movie upset another movie?

March 7, 2006

Oscar Egos Crash In Flames

By Harrison Coltun

If you even give a shit about this year's Academy Awards then the following should be worthwhile. Last Sunday night, I sat hooked to the TV like the other millions of people that watch the awards every year.

March 7, 2006

Thrift Goods Will Sustain Future

By Dan Allen

I can't help but get a sick stomach when I walk into a Wal-Mart or a Kmart since I realized that most of the things I see will end up in a dump within a few months, or a few years at most.

March 7, 2006

Bicycle Theft in Isla Vista Breaches Moral Boundaries

By Melanie Emmons

Imagine that one Friday night you return to your humble abode after a pleasant night of meeting strangers - who are now your new friends of course - topped off by you and a pal drunkenly devouring an oh-so-delicious cris...

March 7, 2006

Hillel Delegation Visits DC, Stresses Active Involvement

By Marissa Feinman

This past weekend I was afforded a wonderful opportunity. Through UCSB Hillel I traveled to our nation's capital along with 15 other UCSB and SBCC students to attend the Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer B'nai B'rith Foru...

March 6, 2006

What Could Have Been

By system

Today's previously written weather was going to win the 'human a Pulitzer.

March 6, 2006

Evolutionary Ladder Tumbles

By Jeff Gibson

Raindrops kept falling on my head. Hiding beneath my warm beanie, my eyes were more than just a little red as I tried desperately to see my way past the lagoon and onto campus. A sweatshirt that had once been designed to...

March 6, 2006

Pro-Bush Argument Fails to Impress

By Kristina Keeler

"Free speech! Free speech! I am an American, I deserve my freedoms!" Surprisingly, this phrase was uttered from the marginal crowd of pro-Bush and pro-warrantless wiretaps that graced the Impeach Bush rally Thursday afte...

March 3, 2006

Shun the Zero-Sum

By Colin Marshall

"Have you ever wondered," once asked the Whispers, one of the finest R&B outfits of the 1970s, "Why to win, somebody's got to lose?" While they most definitely knew how to lay down a solid groove, such an inquiry reveals...

March 3, 2006

Walking Ghost

By system

So a friend of the 'human approached it the other day. "Do you know who the weatherhuman is?"

March 3, 2006

Race Affects Voting for Logical Reasons

By Rachel Vickerstaff

When I read Henry Sarria's article ("Racism Saturates Our Politics," Daily Nexus, March 2), arguing that ethnic minorities could be just as racist as whites, well, I agreed.