Opinion

February 14, 2006

Love to Hate

By system

It's ironic that the 'human will spend today, a day that revolves around love, doing the thing it hates the most: Homework.

February 14, 2006

Valentine’s Day Is All Around Us

By Natali Morad

Oh, this glorious day has finally come, after weeks - no - months of planning, of coordinating flawless lingerie to match each of those valentine candy hearts, of endless hours of cheesy movies and stale popcorn, of wild...

February 14, 2006

Columnists Attack on Powell Is Outrageously Inaccurate

By Daneil Rabinovitch

In response to Cameron Miller's article ("Powell's Political Policies," Daily Nexus, Feb. 13) criticizing Colin Powell and his qualifications as a moderate, the only praise I can extend is that at least there weren't any...

February 14, 2006

Cool Down Democrats; Impeachment Not an Option

By Antony Mascovich

According to the news article "Students To Petition for Bush's Impeachment for Wiretap Abuse" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 13), Students for Impeachment is a group on campus that is seeking to expose the Bush Administration's wire...

February 14, 2006

Ref Blows Whistle on Poor IM Conduct, Participation

By Scott Meixel

There are a number of things that I could do with my weeknights in Isla Vista, but I choose to referee intramural basketball from 6 to 12.

February 13, 2006

Powell’s Political Policies

By Cameron Miller

The word "moderate" is an interesting word. It is supposed to mean "within reasonable limits." When you compare Hitler to Mussolini and the atrocities they committed, one could argue that, in some sense, Mussolini was a ...

February 13, 2006

Current Events

By system

The Vice President shoots his friend with a shotgun? A SWAT team storms a house because a woman gives them the finger?

February 13, 2006

Call to Increase Students Geographical Knowledge

By Jeff Onsted PhD Candidate

I would like to applaud Matt Cappiello for his lament over the dearth of geographic knowledge on campus and at large. I agree that remedial action is necessary. I was surprised, however, when he ironically neglected to m...

February 10, 2006

Think Outside the Box

By system

So the 'human was studying at the U-Cen the other day. When the weatherorgan began to get a wee bit aroused, the 'human decided to put one of the computers to good use and look at some good old fashioned pornography.

February 10, 2006

Free Ride Along Ocean Side

By Colin Marshall

Cast your mind back to - if you've got them - the days of riding an ancient, rattling bus to your crumbling public elementary school where, after stopping by the filthy bathroom, you'd sit down at a desk encrusted with t...

February 10, 2006

Students Lack Geographic Sense

By Matt Cappiello

To truly understand something, you have to be able put a name on it. So I'm talking to Jeff Gibson, the Opinion Editor at the Nexus. I explain to him the context of my newest article, a treatise on geography, illiteracy ...

February 10, 2006

Cartoons Attack Islamic Faith, Prophet Muhammad

By Shahid Shaikh

I am writing in response to Andrew Levine's article ("Don't Fuss Over Political Spoofs," Daily Nexus, Feb. 6). Levine talks about how Muslims are overreacting to the depiction of our beloved Muhammad (PBUH) and how this ...

February 10, 2006

She Said: Valentine’s Day is A Good Excuse for Chocolates and Sex

By Kaitlin Pike

Ah, Valentine's Day. The sing-song-sweet sound of the romantic celebration's moniker drizzles down lovers' spines like chocolate on strawberries. Of all the holidays in the year, this one makes for the most sensual, the ...

February 10, 2006

Don’t Warn Pedestrians, Crazed Drivers Are At Fault

By Dylan Cummings

I think I speak for most Isla Vista residents when I say Isla Vista has an overwhelming presence of police. IVFP, UCPD, CHP - the frequency that I see these acronyms in our half-square-mile town even disgusts me at times...

February 10, 2006

Illegal Downloading Helps Up and Coming Musicians

By Matt Jackson

Illegal downloading is pretty sweet. This movement to stop people from enjoying music is a joke. A lot of people are being too greedy to realize that if it wasn't for these "illegal" downloads many bands wouldn't make it...

February 10, 2006