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Summer At Home Pales in Comparison to I.V. Living

June 28, 2006 by Nicki Arnold

As much as I love them, summers are a horrible idea. They break routine so much so that sometimes I forget how to write when I come back to school.
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Clever Fox News Sneaks Its Way Into Hen House of Trust

June 28, 2006 by Laura Holt

Fox News is far from trustworthy as I see it. It is an open espousal of right-wing politics, which threatens accuracy, credibility and historical understandings of current events.
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Summer School Student Copes With Divorce From Vacation

June 28, 2006 by Zach Phillips

In many ways, expecting students to endure classes in the summer, or asking a child to remain happy after a painful divorce, is tantamount to forcing a crack addict to quit crack cold turkey.
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Faculty Botches Tuition

June 1, 2006 by Nick Durnhofer

Recently, the UCSB Faculty Legislature made a resolution, which if passed, could ultimately force university students to financially assist nonresident graduate students with their tuition. On May 11,...
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So Long, Farewell

June 1, 2006 by

This year's last issue of the Nexus is currently in your hands/on your desk/rolled up to...
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Leave It All in I.V.

June 1, 2006 by Tiffany Peal

With graduation rapidly approaching, departing seniors across campus and around Isla Vista are lamenting all the things they will lose come June.
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When It Comes to the Big Decisions, If the Rainbow Show Fits, Wear It

June 1, 2006 by Mollie Vandor

The sun is shining, the weather is clear and the Bob Marley references are already flowing like a nice, cold beer on a hot summer day.
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Readers Should Remain Skeptical of the News They Read, Press Makes Mistake

June 1, 2006 by Heather Buchheim

I was extremely disappointed after reading Elana Wenocur's column ("Iran's Wristbands Are Reminiscent of Nazi Germany," Daily Nexus, May 24, 2006).
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Respect Freedom of Speech

May 26, 2006 by

In the Arbor on Wednesday and Thursday, there were two large displays with pictures of aborted fetuses upon them. I want to preface this by saying that I am not arguing for or against abortion, and I'...
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Duck, duck, SWALLOW

May 26, 2006 by

Rain clouds have been circling around the 'human since the weathermate got angry and nearly threw in the relationship towel.
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Mastering Failure’s Art With Professors Class and Style

May 26, 2006 by Mark Batella Columnist

So it's come to this. You're going to fail a class. Taking a fail is like taking a hypodermic needle shot. Once the initial shock wears off, you realize it isn't as painful as you thought it would be,...
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The Sheep Goes Home

May 26, 2006 by Nick Pasto

By my calculations, I've written something like 25 columns for this newspaper over the course of the past school year. I figure it takes the average reader about five minutes to read one of my columns...
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Pepper Gets Too Spicy at Annual Extravaganza

May 26, 2006 by

What better a day could you imagine than going to a free show at UCSB? The lineup included everything from the popular DP reggae band Rebelution to old-school hip-hop performers the Pharcyde and E-40....
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Pro-Lifers Cross the Line

May 25, 2006 by Devon Flannery

The most cowardly way to express one's disapproval of an issue is through scare tactics, and if there were ever a perfect example of such an assertion, it would be the signs and words of the anti-abor...
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