Opinion
A.S. Recycling Program The A.S. Recycling Program collects all recyclables on campus, rain or shine, so that all students have to do is throw their cans or bottles into the right receptacle. Saving th...
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Return to Aid This ballot initiative gives students the illusion of choice. This past fall, the UC Regents mandated that due to budget cuts, each UC campus would have to pay the financial aid support ...
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Intercollegiate Athletic Scholarships Fee Sporting one of the most successful athletic departments in the Big West Conference, UCSB reaps the benefits of its teams’ success on the field, and pro...
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For those of us who aspire to service the public and help to build a better world, we face many life-changing decisions, not the least of which is figuring out where we can make the biggest difference...
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The 'human remembers the good ol' days when soda was cheap. At one point, a can of pop was a paltry 50 cents.
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Some men have a new pickup line. We've come a long way from cheesy references to stars in eyes and angelic origins. "I have a condom," they say.
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The 'human is learning that it's rather difficult to campaign for A.S. President, when no one really knows who it is (or if it even exists).
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It's an awful truth that, alas, my journalistic scruples cannot ignore: Some majors get more respect than others. As a former disciple of communication, I know what it is to feel deep, nagging shame a...
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This week, Students Stopping Rape is putting on its 5th annual It Affects Me campaign. As in the past four years, we will be giving out bright blue T-shirts with this slogan emblazoned on it in white....
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I was justifiably horrified when I opened the Nexus last Thursday to find an unforgivable misrepresentation of the facts. In the article ("Leggies Prepare for Election, Debate Porn Nation Funding," Da...
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Easter is upon us, which means that it is time for my annual viewing of Mel Gibson's controversial blockbuster, "The Passion of the Christ." It is not exactly the sort of film one "enjoys," and so thi...
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In homage to Playboy recently dubbing UCSB the second best party in the nation, the 'human will now author only its second best box, ever.
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This week in the Middle East: political chaos, democratic turmoil and further tension in the Palestinian/Israeli relationship. ... Surprise, surprise. A couple that has been involved in a tiresome, vi...
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Most of us have long forgotten about the first days of President Bush's first term. We've been so distracted by his abysmal record on foreign affairs from Afghanistan to Iraq to North Korea, that we n...
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I wish the end of oil were as simple as everyone riding their bikes and walking to work. I wish I could say - with certainty - that it will be a smooth, brief transition.
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Everything shower every day
Has an extensive tote bag collection but never brings one to Trader Joe’s
Reusing condoms
Collecting tears to water their plants
Asking to shower together to “save water”
Air conditioning and electric blanket running simultaneously
Has gone from Temu to SHEIN for bikini purchases
Fracking
On their 10th flight out of Santa Barbara Airport this month
Owns seven Stanley cups
Wrote their environmental ethics essay with ChatGPT
Vegan contributing to Big Almond
