Opinion
Last Saturday, UCSB's men's basketball game versus the University of the Pacific (UOP) was broadcast on FOX Sports West. I attended the game but watched the taped version when I got home. What brings ...
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If you've walked through the arbor during the last few weeks, you've probably seen me. I'm the guy in the cowboy hat proclaiming, "Impeach Bush, save the Constitution" at the top of his lungs. I haven...
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Today the 'human had a portion of itself ripped out, as it saw workers physically ripping apart the late Menehunes.
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Race and racism are never easy topics to discuss, and good reasons exist for this fact. Some people do tend to get so emotional about the subject that the discussion becomes a rash of rhetoric. On a l...
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I like to make excuses when confronted with annoying questions relating to various responsibilities that I've neglected. "Nick, why didn't you turn in the homework assignment?" Because my dog ate my h...
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I was quite appalled at Kaitlin Lawler's unbridled encouragement of opiate use in her article, "Don't Pass Up Poppies" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 28). And then I realized it was but a mere sophomoric joke, wr...
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Mad cow disease! Got your attention? No? How about Avian flu pandemic. No? Okay, let's try last week's "Family Guy." There, that works. I figure with those teasers, I probably have about 10 percent of...
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I've kept my silence on this subject long enough, dear readers, and it would be unfair - nay, criminal - for me to continue holding my peace. As someone with a social conscience and access to such a l...
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So I am on my computer, typing about my absolutely pathetic life -followed with the word "jkajahgsjdlfhdghfdjkflfhjfhf I rock" - and I look to the right. I see a blue pill - not some bullshit, who-giv...
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This letter is in response to Elran Tsabag's column entitled "U.N. Must Disarm Iran" (Daily Nexus, Jan 30).
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With the search for alternative fuels becoming a more and more pressing issue, I think that we should go out on a limb and look to humans for the answer.
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The 'human feels bad for the team that lost to the Nexus last night at soccer. As if losing isn't already bad enough, they had to lose to a sampling of alcoholics whose job is to sit around all day in...
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Have you ever wondered what would happen in a nuclear war? Or what it would be like to live in our own generation's arms race? Well, the opportunity is knocking at the door, and Iran is about to answe...
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I have a nug to pick with misconceptions.
While I appreciate the ineptitude of those trying to detect my bloodshot eyes, hidden from view in critical times during class following the afternoon's smok...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
