Opinion

February 9, 2006

Don’t Trust Your Instincts

By system

The 'human knows you love the Nexus and all, but for the love of the weathergod, watch where you're going when walking and reading. The 'human feels like its trying to navigate the Death Star trench while walking through...

February 9, 2006

Polish Up Black Politics

By Frank Macias

Kanye West doesn't care about black people. Neither does anyone in the Democratic Party, not even the black ones. For decades, Democrats have been pandering to black voters without delivering much in their favor. Saying ...

February 9, 2006

If You Can

By Nick Pasto

Cupid shot me with an arrow last night. It was a poisonous arrow, meaning it filled my head with visions of the 1980s hair band Poison. Whenever I close my eyes, I see bad blonde perms and hordes of stonewashed jeans.

February 8, 2006

Following Sex-tiquette

By Nina Anthony

Sex etiquette is a tricky thing. What one person allows to slide, another will chastise ruthlessly. But because it is my job to write about sex every week and my word is law, I have compiled a general list of sexual no-n...

February 8, 2006

Get the door, it’s free

By system

Stop the presses! Free pizza's are being given out at Dominos!

February 8, 2006

Author Misrepresents Women in Graphic Fantasy Writing

By Cole Noah

After a few minutes of casual chatting with my roommate once I had come home from work, she dropped into the conversation that the Opinion article of the Daily Nexus was particularly racy that day. My curiosity running w...

February 8, 2006

I.V. Foot Patrol Should Follow the Golden Rule

By Amanda Gates

It seems like almost everyone in Isla Vista has a story of how and why their citation or arrest was unjust. I've heard talk of the various "bad" cops, and have received two traffic violations myself; however, prior to la...

February 7, 2006

Ignore the Neo-Fascist Cult

By Adam Graff

As your Associated Students internal vice president, I'd like to share a few opinions with you. "Jazz was foisted on black Americans by the same oligarchy which had run the U.S. slave trade, with the help of the ... Pari...

February 7, 2006

Lunch on me

By system

A box in nicolletti's is offering free lunch to anyone who makes a worthy suggestion for improvement in the U-Cen.

February 7, 2006

Demonic Panda Expresses All You Need

By Jeff Gibson

My hands wouldn't stop shaking. My mind wouldn't stop whirling. I would have done anything at that moment to fill the hunger rumbling against the walls of my stomach - well, anything that happened to be cheaper than the ...

February 7, 2006

Gaucho Rolls the Dice

By David Fuad

I've recently started playing the classic board game Monopoly again. I was struck by an idea: The Monopoly board is a fitting metaphor for my time here at Santa Barbara. There are four sides on the board, each correspond...

February 7, 2006

Nexus Crosses First Amendment Line in Column

By Joyce Familara

Editor, Daily Nexus, If “Zone Out to Illicit Lust” (Daily Nexus, Feb. 6) by Ericka Koyama was supposed to be a joke, your readers didn’t get it. For one, it was not, in any way, funny. Second, it was un...

February 7, 2006

Fantom Must Return to the Dome for Gauchos’ Spirit

By Tyler Drew

Editor, Daily Nexus, When I came to this institution two years ago, I was immersed in all that was UCSB – the nightlife down on DP, the lazy afternoons spent at the beach and the most beautiful women in the world. ...

February 6, 2006

Worthless ‘human

By system

The incompetence of the Seahawks seemed to have rubbed off on the Nexus. Damn this small space that prevents the 'human from making some witty super bowl reference.

February 6, 2006

Zone Out to Illicit Lust

By Anonymous

I've been harboring the biggest crush on my professor for a long while now. I'm not going to lie; I want that man to touch me in ways that are almost unfit to print. The following events took place, at least for me, on M...

February 6, 2006

Don’t Fuss Over Political Spoofs

By Andrew Levine

Muslims around the world have stunned me with their violent and misguided reaction to the recent publications of Muhammad cartoons in European newspapers.