Opinion

October 27, 2005

Save Yourself The Effort, Just Throw on the Lingerie

By Bri Lafond

Halloween is almost upon us once again. As I begin to bar my doors against the onslaught of drunkenness and debauchery surely to ensue this coming weekend, I find myself thinking about what you, my peers, are concerning...

October 27, 2005

Hump Lacks the Raciness College Students Desire

By Daley Tocher

I've wanted to write to the Nexus for a long time, but have always procrastinated the thought into oblivion. I have a problem finishing, and I think you are the solution, Nina. Your first column detailed explaining to va...

October 27, 2005

Minors Unfit to Decide if Abortion is Best Option

By Allison Cross

This letter is in reply to Courtney Weaver's article ("Proposition 73 Endangers Women," Daily Nexus, Oct. 25). Many women have abortions to rid themselves of a problem. I am in complete agreement with this, as the law st...

October 26, 2005

Finding Your Sexual Neverland

By Nina Anthony

I am so excited for Halloween. When I was a wee lass, Halloween was always the ultimate holiday. Sure, Thanksgiving was all about turkey, with Christmas came gifts, and New Year's was always the holiday where I could sne...

October 26, 2005

Oppression

By system

Two words: mint spermicide.

October 26, 2005

I Think, Therefore I Am Liberal

By Matt Cappiello

Greetings, Nexus readers. I'm flattered that you're taking time out of your shitty anthro class to read my article. I'm your new political columnist, reporting from the Enlightened States of America. But I don't like my ...

October 26, 2005

Long-time I.V. Resident Trick-or-Treats Down Memory Lane

By Henry Sarria

Here it is, just around the corner. Halloween, Isla Vista, 2005. So much has changed about Halloween in this town since I first got here that I think some clarification needs to be made. To begin with, there's a good rea...

October 26, 2005

Grab the Responsibility Wheel Before It’s Too Late

By Lauren Perry

We made it through the first month of school. But four students who came to UCSB with goals and dreams, just like every single one of us, are now dead. I have a sinking feeling in my stomach just thinking about it. Four ...

October 25, 2005

Phat Al

By system

I don't know if you saw or not, but a hero of the 'human's was tragically hurled onto his bum yesterday by Hurricane Wilma. Al Roker, who most of us know as Phat Al, put his life in danger and went to the eye of the stor...

October 25, 2005

I.V. Takes Shot of Sobriety

By Sean Swaby

"Hey man, hurry the fuck up," some ass-monkey yells at me. I hear a well-placed kick on the door of my Port O Potty. Upon exiting, I didn't feel I owed the man my extended explanation that I had waited six years to see 3...

October 25, 2005

Proposition 73 Endangers Women

By Courtney Weaver

Remember all that talk last spring about the governor calling a special election? Well, it's coming up on Nov. 8 and I'd bet a parking spot on DP most of you haven't given much thought to it. It hasn't hit the airwaves a...

October 25, 2005

Benefits Outweigh Costs of Keeping Soldiers in Iraq

By Paul Jones

Here's a question for you: rounded to the nearest kilo, how many troops have died in Iraq? Two thousand, as we all know. Here's another: How many more hours of electricity does the average Iraqi home get now than under S...

October 25, 2005

If You Think IV Cops are Bad, You’re a Pussy

By Shawn Moura

Jeff Gibson's column "Corruption Lifts the Lorax" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 21) really took me back to my high school years. It also made me think, "Geez dude, grow the fuck up." Gibson writes about growing up in a sheltered sm...

October 25, 2005

Fuel Efficency Exemptions Do Not Include SUVs

By Brian Littenberg

This letter is in regards to Joel Aurora's article ("Bush Administration Steals the Cake of Incompetence" Daily Nexus, Oct. 24). Mr. Aurora implies the fuel efficiency exemption for all vehicles over 8,500 pounds will in...

October 24, 2005

Sue Happy

By system

So apparently the House of Representatives passed a

October 24, 2005

Teaching Them Their Own Game

By Eliot Jacobsen

I first started going to Chumash Casino in 1997. At the time, the laws were different in California about how these casinos operate. The casinos were not allowed to keep player losses. Instead, they earned their income o...