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Arts & Lectures’ Only Focus Is Outside Interests

The Arts & Lectures program needs to reexamine its priorities, and I would like to inform you of the misuse of its funding, against student interests. B.B. King is an American cultural icon, and the U...
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Boycott for Workers’ Rights

It seems that our favorite "longtime Isla Vista resident" is now angry with protesters who choose to wave flags other than American flags at immigrant rights rallies. Is there any right-wing bandwagon...
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Studyin’

You fucks didn't elect the 'human. Again.
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Give Your Worst, I Offer Advice

Carrot Top is officially on my shit list. Back in early November, I decided to contact Mr. Top and request an interview. I was optimistic that the redheaded clown would accept my offer. Dreams of the ...
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Poor Parenting To Blame for Gun Control Debate

As a child, I was taught proper gun safety. To this day, I can still remember this animated eagle telling me to never touch a gun and, if I saw one, to immediately notify an adult. My dad used to take...
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Women’s Center Should Take Back ‘Unbiased’ Promises

This week, the Women's Center has been hosting a number of events and workshops for Take Back the Night to promote awareness about sexual assault. On Tuesday night, I attended a workshop on self-defen...
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Hamas Sponsors Terror

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself inside a busy restaurant in central Tel Aviv last Monday, in the deadliest terrorist attack since 2004. Despite a high level of alert in Israel for the J...
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Last Chance

Today is your last chance to vote for A.S. elections. You know what that means, you apathetic slackers that haven't voted yet: It's time to vote 'human.
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Border Guards Must Dig Deeper

As American controversy over immigration reaches a climax, we at UCSB must ask ourselves this important question - would Jared Goldschen or Romy Lea Frazier make a better A.S. President? That's my fir...
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Halt Dark Side’s Continual Spreading of Lies, Stupidity

I'm writing in response to James Baron's letter to the Nexus "The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film" (Daily Nexus, April 26). I had never actually been to the website before he wrote ...
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Use Your Own Hands

Masturbation is universal: male or female, we all do it. However, when in an active sexual relationship with an actual human being, we find that the need to spank is not so pressing and is generally f...
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None today.

The weatherhuman didn’t upload his/her file.
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Wave the U.S. Flag, Not Mexico’s

The recent immigration bill battle leaves much to be desired with both the legislators in charge of making the law and the actual protesters themselves. Politicians are an easy scapegoat in most matte...
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People Watching In Classes Can Help Stave Off Boredom

If you're reading this, I apologize - you're probably not at the beach. In fact, you're probably stuck in class, drowning in a stormy sea of boredom, desperately floundering for a brief gasp of entert...
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The Dark Side Uses Footage of Halloween for Party Film

The Dark Side (www.thedarksideofucsb.com) wanted to show people, particularly parents of incoming freshmen, what the party scene in Isla Vista looked like. We hired someone to film the party scene las...
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