Opinion

April 15, 2005

Budweiser Overboard!

By Sean Swaby

I was hoping my solution to your election-induced stomachache would be to write a self-serving, liquor-driven endorsement for myself as A.S. president, but apparently, I could lose my job for such behavior.

April 15, 2005

Show I.V. Lovin’ by Voting Green

By Kelly Burns

I am running with Students' Party for external vice president of local affairs and am here to deconstruct the layers of campaign spectacles, convince you to care about student government and tell you to vote for Students...

April 15, 2005

SAC Is More Than Just an Acronym — It’s Progress At Its Best

By Aseye Allah

The three letters of SAC stand for more than just Student Action Coalition. Those three words are much deeper than they appear and are greatly needed in our student government next year.

April 15, 2005

Reform Should Lift Restrictions on Study in Israel

By Adam Tartakovsky

Since the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) in Israel was suspended in 2002, student attempts to study in Israel have been frustrated. But hopefully, this will soon be over.

April 15, 2005

Shame on Nexus Ignorance

By Yvonne Tran Mary Trieu

The Nexus' decision to not endorse the A.S. Women's Commission reaffirmation reflects its lack of knowledge of the Women's Commission's work. This is why we feel it's important to let the Nexus know what we are doing on ...

April 15, 2005

Give UCSB Parents a Chance at Education

By Angela Andrade

Many UCSB students who have children can only go to school because their children are cared for at the center, which serves children ages 3 months to 5 years from approximately 150 families.

April 15, 2005

Come Out and Support the UCSB Dance Team, I.V. Teens

By Alicia Lazzareschi

The UCSB Dance Team is coordinating a fundraiser called the "Student Benefit Concert" to take place Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. This event benefits both the UCSB Dance Team and the Isla Vista Teen Cen...

April 14, 2005

Stamp Out Oppression

By system

Stamp-wielding bastards. The only A.S. candidate who gets free propaganda in the Nexus is me. And even I don't get it on the front page.

April 14, 2005

Don’t Stamp on Us

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Free speech isn't free. In our case, each additional copy costs $1. The Nexus has never taken censorship sitting down and never will. Someone fucked up big time.

April 14, 2005

Chaz Is in Tough With Her Constituents

By Chaz Whatley

Why am I running for president? I'm running because I want to improve Associated Students. I will continue to improve the budget situation so that A.S. can function to its full potential.

April 14, 2005

Other UC Head Honchos Promote Bill’s Run at Presidency

By Allende Palma-Saracho, Jessica Pierce and Jennifer Pae

As the elections for student government are rapidly approaching and campaigns are reaching a climax, we, the presidents of different UC campuses, wanted to give our two cents on the upcoming presidential candidates. Bill...

April 14, 2005

Forgotten Among the Christmas-Colored Shirts Are RHA Elections

By Maria Harutyunyan

In the midst of all the fliers and red and green shirts seen at the Arbor these past few weeks, it is really easy to forget that the A.S. elections are not the only ones taking place this quarter.

April 13, 2005

Et Tu, Nexus?

By system

What the hell, Nexus? For the zillionth year in a row, the paper has failed to endorse the Weatherhuman for A.S. president. My own paper!

April 13, 2005

You Can Do It Anywhere

By Dave Franzese

What does it take to get away from these student government crack-smokers? Somehow, despite wearing an outfit that consisted of sunglasses, beanie, iPod, lit cigarette and swiftly moving skateboard, I look approachable t...

April 13, 2005

Help Fight Isla Vista’s Sinister Parking Plan

By Jared Renfro

Santa Barbara County wants your money now. Did you think the misbegotten Isla Vista parking permit plan has been forgotten by county bureaucrats? By limiting nonresidents' access to Isla Vista parking, the plan reduces b...

April 13, 2005

Why Must You Darken Santa Barbara’s Friendly Skies?

By Lauren W. Eardensohn

One word for the creators of thedarksideofucsb.com: hypocrites. This last Saturday, during Spring Insight, there was a plane circling around the UCSB campus and Isla Vista for three to four hours. Attached to it was the ...