Opinion

October 12, 2005

Columbus Day Protestors Ignored the Broader Picture

By Nicholas Clark

To all of you who went out and protested Columbus Day on Monday: Good job, buddy! Your little protest rally managed to disrupt a whole bunch of classes, including one of my sections. Now, let me ask you something - what ...

October 11, 2005

Flying Soul Low

By system

Does being a Yankee fan qualify one as soulless? It certainly qualifies one as being a loser today. I mean it in the harshest sense too. If you're a Yankee fan, something terrible is going to happen to you today.

October 11, 2005

Behind the Eye Patch

By Chris Trenchard

It's fitting that the closest thing Isla Vista has to a celebrity is a homeless man. He's a legend by all accounts. If you haven't seen him, you've heard of him. If you haven't heard of him, you're new to the area. If yo...

October 11, 2005

Gaucho Locos Understand Time

By Mike Lipka

I was sitting on my couch the other day while channel surfing and I stumbled upon Sesame Street. Being the lazy guy that I am, I continued to watch it for a little bit because changing the channel just seemed way to stre...

October 11, 2005

Sexual Assault Statistics Not Indicative of Scary Reality

By Katie Mahon

My name is Katie Mahon, and I am one of the coordinators of Students Stopping Rape, an organization of undergraduate and graduate students who help educate the UCSB and the surrounding community about how to prevent, cre...

October 11, 2005

Proposition 73 Out of Touch With Daughters of America

By Brigid Kirlin

Under the guise of "protecting our daughters" and "defending parents' rights," the right wing and its minions have successfully placed Proposition 73 on the ballot for the Nov. 8 Special Statewide Election.

October 10, 2005

T.V. Junkie Finds Her Niche

By Bri Lafond

I have a tendency to categorize people. Sometimes just in my head during a lull in lecture, occasionally in a forum that has a readership of over 20,000 people.

October 10, 2005

You Got Beef?

By system

Here's my beef with beef: After I finish my Freebird's steak burrito, I have to wedge chunks of brown out of my teeth with a straw. If I don't get it out, I inevitably end up performing oral exercises on the significant ...

October 10, 2005

Professor’s Passion Moves All-in

By Eliot Jacobsen

Sometimes you just have to play a game. It was about 9 a.m. the day of my preliminary Ph.D. oral examination. I had been studying for months and was over-prepared. I hadn't been able to sleep for a few nights and was sic...

October 10, 2005

Learning Disabled Find Clarity Through Project Eye-to-Eye

By Jeff Slovak

In the seventh grade, I was that kid. I got suspended for setting off stink bombs, shooting spitwads, cussing at teachers, climbing on the roof of the school during lunch, shooting staples at the teacher's pets and lots ...

October 10, 2005

Leg Council’s Allocation to Opposition Campaign is B.S.

By Antony Mascovich

Apparently, everything at UCSB is now perfect. From the recent actions of A.S., one would think that the Broida bike path is completed, the student groups have all the money they could ever want and it looks like we can ...

October 10, 2005

A.S. Resolution on Prop 76 Gives Students Louder Voice

By Howie Baker

Let's conduct a quick survey. How many of you students want to pay more in taxes to enhance programs like social security and welfare? A few hands, I see, but not all. Okay, now how many students out there would like to ...

October 7, 2005

Unleash the Trekkie Within

By Nick Pasto

I once saw a man smoking crack out of a Coke can in the upper deck of McAfee Coliseum. That's how my fascination with addicts began. From that moment on I've spent much of my free time trolling flophouses so I can form m...

October 7, 2005

Online Exclusive

By system

You are reading the 'human's first ever blog entry. It amazes me that people read the online edition of this second-rate newspaper, yet I know they do because generally, people are pathetic.

October 7, 2005

Avoid the MIP on Allhallows Eve

By Mark Signa

Boo. Did I scare you? No? Good, because that's not the point. As Halloween approaches, you're going to be hearing a lot of things about Isla Vista, partying, the cops, cars being towed and a lot more. Scared now? Don't b...

October 7, 2005

Corruption in Politics, Pessimistically Speaking

By Martin Smith

This is in response to Jake Thorn's article, "Corruption Is Booming, Setting Terrible Example" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 5). I'm not optimistic. This is only one of the many differences Jake Thorn and I have. I thought his arti...