Opinion

September 22, 2005

A Summary for Slackers

By Chris Trenchard

Because it

September 22, 2005

Learning Life Lessons at Freebirds

By Jeff Gibson

Staring red-eyed and perplexed into the gigantic black board, I realized of all the places in the world right now, this was where I wanted to be. It didn't matter that it was 2 a.m. or that I had just waited for what see...

September 22, 2005

Welcome Back to Your Nine-Month Vacation

By David Fuad

Ah, back-to-school season. Before college, going to back to school was the worst time of year. It meant the end of warm, lazy days spent doing nothing at the beach.

June 29, 2005

Chuck of the Irish

By system

Irishmen. They're everywhere, as you may now be aware. They're in our bars, our fat houses and our morning coffee. Clearly, the end of the world is upon us.

June 29, 2005

What a UCSB Degree Gets You

By Chris Trenchard

In my girlfriend's defense, I am rarely online. But I would like to expose what a degree from UCSB gets you these days. Her name is Dina Vainer, and yes, I promised her I would keep her identity ambiguous.

June 29, 2005

Nothing Beats an Endless Slummer

By Sean Swaby

For those of you reading this, chances are you are lucky enough to have made the correct decision to stay for the summer in our slum of a utopia -- or is it the other way around?

June 2, 2005

Goodbye, Weatherfriends

By system

Sellout! "Deep Throat" reveals his identity, and now here it is the end of the year, we have a new staff, I'm leaving, and perhaps you expect me to reveal mine too.

June 2, 2005

Poop and Posies

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Pathetic, flaky poop to the Faculty Legislature for its members' dismal attendance of the meeting to vote on the future of military recruiters on campus.

June 2, 2005

Bedhead Diaries: A Glamorous Goodbye

By Meghan Palma

It was while lying on a white, linen-covered aesthetician's table on State Street last Thursday when I realized that Santa Barbara was no longer the place for me. For the three years I had gone to school here, I had reso...

June 2, 2005

It’s Not Gaucho Sports Without the Fans

By Matt Bly

Over the past several days, there has been a healthy amount of press from the Nexus following up the successful year of the men's soccer program. In reading these articles, it dawned on me that little has been said about...

June 2, 2005

The 2004-2005 Nexus Opinion Page: So What Did You Say?

By system

"Those who resist will be humanely concentrated in several camps and then taught by example how human rights are respected by superior, democratic countries." --"With Bush at the Helm, America Will Only Get Better," Nath...

May 27, 2005

Head: ¡Viva Las Vegas!

By system

Yeehaww, the Nexus is going to Vegas! Forecasting the weather is a lot like gambling, so I expect to clean up. And by clean up, I'm referring to the mess that will result from cramming a dozen people into a single room.

May 27, 2005

Drugstore Cowboy: One Final Ride Into the Sunset

By Cory Anthony

Here it is: sitting with a cup of $6 whiskey (Canadian Springs from Rite Aid, $6 for a 750), writing the old fare-thee-well column. In my mind, it starts something like this: It was the best of times, it was the blurst o...

May 27, 2005

BFA Major Bogusly Dismissed

By Timothy Finney

Many people at this university take their education for granted. This is hard to do, however, once your right to an education as a student has been taken away from you. This is what has happened to a man here named Georg...

May 27, 2005

Watch Where You Tread, Biker Laws Have a Purpose

By Mark Signa

Lately it seems that one of the more common topics I have been asked about is the increase in bicycle enforcement at UCSB. Some people are happy about us being out there enforcing the rules and encouraging bicyclists to ...

May 27, 2005

If Facing Depression, Don’t Be Shy, Give Student Health a Try

By Daniel Shepherd

If you have been battling feelings of depression, hopefully our last article convinced you to seek help. The aim of that article was to stress how important it is to get help and that there are multiple resources availab...