Opinion

October 3, 2005

Weathering Heights

By system

October is always the most demanding time of the year for the 'human. Not only are there countless birthdays to be recognized (happy B-Day little 'human bro), there is the Major League Baseball playoffs, football and the...

October 3, 2005

Why Be Idealistic When You Can Be a Cynical Alcoholic?

By Brent Robinson

You know who she is. That girl. The hippie. The activist. The evangelical Christian. The one who always prattles on and on about the deeper meaning of things. We all know someone like her, someone who seems so caught up ...

October 3, 2005

He Said, She Said: I Will Sacrifice My Sexual Activity for HBO

By Sean Swaby

I will never get laid in I.V. again. No really, it's just not going to happen. It's OK, I'm not too worried about it. Because the following argument is the same as dumping the check on your date. It's forgetting to open ...

October 3, 2005

SATC Is a Lot Like Life; Did We Say Life? We Meant Sex

By Mollie Vandor

Comedy. Drama. Romance. The closest thing to porn on TV before 11 p.m. With all of this going for it, I can't help but wonder: can there possibly be a better show than "Sex and the City"?

October 3, 2005

Today

By Adam Wenger

Remember when movies were good? Remember when five dollars could lead to an enjoyable evening at the theater? Remember when all the movies up for best picture were actually worthy of the award, while there were still 20 ...

September 30, 2005

Who’s the Baaaaby?

By system

Who's the big college student? Yesh you are. Yesh you are. Who's the big independent person doing whatever they want in class, like reading the 'human? Yesh you are. Yesh you are.

September 30, 2005

Quick, Pack Up Your Belongings

By Lauren Creamer

If you had to pack up your life in a single suitcase what would you take? At 3 a.m. yesterday, my friend Carly, an Oak Park resident, learned she had to pack what she could because her neighborhood was on voluntary evacu...

September 30, 2005

Cool Off I.V., Heckling Just Goes Too Far

By Mike Rathbun

You're at a 10. We need you at like a 2. I had looked forward to the first weekend of the school year all summer. There's more beer than even we Gauchos know what to do with, and nubile, young freshmen roam the streets i...

September 30, 2005

Cycling Inability Leaves Freshman Blaming GOLD

By David Ferry

An open letter to that girl I hit on my bike yesterday. My bad. Seriously, it probably sucked pretty hard to be you at like 8:45 a.m. yesterday, face down on the grass outside of FT with your backpack, your little bicycl...

September 30, 2005

Facebook Write-Ups Just Another Bogus UC Policy

By George Flaherty

Even though I am a graduate student, I was compelled to write in after reading your article, ("Facebookers To Face Write-Ups for Dorm Photos," Daily Nexus, Sept. 29). This new non-policy (it appears neither in current re...

September 30, 2005

US News Coverage Lacking When Compared Abroad

By Ashleigh Talberth

I am writing in response to Katy Tur's article on the physical appearance of news reporters ("News on the Tube Scores Poorly on Alum's Report Card," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Personally, I am sick of American news stations...

September 29, 2005

Error’d

By system

The 'human is drowning

September 29, 2005

Lying Your Way Through Life

By Nick Pasto

We all have hobbies. Some people fly kites. Some people read books. Some people eat a lot food and then intentionally puke it back up. Some people do all of the aforementioned things.

September 29, 2005

Investigating Meaning Within the Irrelevant Blog

By Chris Trenchard

I knew the blog had officially arrived when I decided to start one. Usually the last one on any bandwagon, I jumped on right after reading a New York Times journalist's blog about a frontline U.S. soldier's blog.

September 28, 2005

Dan Brown

By system

So the 'human has hopped on the Da Vinci Code train. It's not quite as exciting as the trains I'm used to, but at least I'll be able to walk in the morning.

September 28, 2005

I am Nina, Hear Me Roargasm

By Nina Anthony

The first week of school is always the same - full of endless introductions and overviews. Professors know how warped our minds are from the summer sunshine, and most of them very gently and slowly ease us back into the ...