Opinion

May 24, 2005

A Capital Idea

By system

Drat, here I was hoping for the filibuster "nuclear option" thing to play out. In case you didn't know what a filibuster is, or what the "nuclear option" is, it is when a senator speaks for so long that he (or she, if th...

May 24, 2005

Firestone Parks It Like It’s a Lot

By Sally Marois

Since the recent debate regarding military recruiters on campus, one thing has become obvious -- political activism is misguided. In this country, change is possible. On our campus, change is possible. This change requir...

May 24, 2005

Beer Columnist, Don’t Write About Beer

By Jonathan Morin

Sean Swaby, this is the final straw. Something has to be said. Over and over I have read your articles in the Opinion section about your "debaucherous nights in I.V.," your ideas about the different ways to get wasted an...

May 23, 2005

Wanna Sublease?

By system

Everyone needs a subleaser right now, it seems. Well, me too! That

May 23, 2005

Left Lane Driver: Twirling Toward Freedom

By Neil Visalvanich

At long last, my California adventure is over, and I didn't even get to go to the shitty theme park. I remember the day I arrived here like it was yesterday. I was a tall, lanky Asian kid from the Midwest standing on the...

May 23, 2005

UC Researchers To Strike To Protect Quality

By Jelger Kalmijn

This Thursday, May 26, thousands of research and technical staff at the University of California will go on strike. We do this with great regret, but we feel we must strike in order to protect the research, teaching and ...

May 23, 2005

To Bike or Not To Bike Should Not Be the Question

By Soumil Mehta

On Bike to Work Day, CSOs were impounding bicycles at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Biology II Building. Students felt that their bicycles were unfairly impounded and complained. Based on the accounts and examination of bike...

May 23, 2005

UC Sets Bad Example In Deal With Los Alamos National Laboratory

By Rebecca Huyck

This summer, the University of California will team up with Bechtel Corporation, a controversial global engineering and construction firm, in a bid to renew its 62-year-old managerial contract with Los Alamos National La...

May 20, 2005

Only You Can Prevent…

By system

PSA: Couch burning season is coming up. In late spring, the couches of I.V. become hot and dry, overgrown with flammable material.

May 20, 2005

Everyone Needs a Hero

By Sean Swaby

Everyone has an idol. In my case, from a career point of view at least, I look up to Nexite alums Josh Elliott and Chris Ballard, who both graced the Nexus office in the early '90s, only to become two of the most promisi...

May 20, 2005

Save Your Ride, Join The Bike Impound Revolution

By Emily Gogol

Protect your bike from being impounded! On Wednesday I biked to work at Bio II, at the corner of UCen and Lagoon roads. On my way back out of the building, I went to unlock my bike. It was gone.

May 19, 2005

Or Not

By system

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May 19, 2005

Bedhead Diaries: Loving the Legal Life

By Meghan Palma

You spend your entire life waiting for it. Screw the bar mitzvah. Fuck graduation. The single milestone of life that actually matters hit me two weeks ago - and the difference between life then and life now is mind-blowi...

May 19, 2005

Congratulations to a Model Team in UCSB Athletics

By Paul Lee Dir. of RecCen Sports

To men's lacrosse coach, Mike Allan: UCSB lacrosse is a club sport and that represents the purest sense of amateur athleticism. Rather than focusing on deficiencies in the program, your student athletes have been empower...

May 18, 2005

It Hurts to Look at

By system

I don't know if there's something in the water or what, but it seems like a lot of weird stuff has been going down. Or I guess it's probably just me.

May 18, 2005

Take on Tantric Touching

By Dave Franzese

Well kids, only two columns left. The last handful of weeks have gone by with an alarming acceleration, the sort of time travel that is only conceivable after spending weekend upon fucking weekend enjoying booze for brea...