Opinion
As the Nov. 8 special election draws near, many incumbent California politicians fear their re-elections may be at risk due to the impact of Proposition 77. Prop 77 aims to eliminate politicians' powe...
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This is in response to "Learning Disabled Find Clarity Through Project Eye-to-Eye" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 10) by Jeff Slovak. I applaud him for opening up about his learning disability, LD/ADHD and for sh...
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To all of you who went out and protested Columbus Day on Monday: Good job, buddy! Your little protest rally managed to disrupt a whole bunch of classes, including one of my sections. Now, let me ask y...
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It's fitting that the closest thing Isla Vista has to a celebrity is a homeless man. He's a legend by all accounts. If you haven't seen him, you've heard of him. If you haven't heard of him, you're ne...
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Does being a Yankee fan qualify one as soulless? It certainly qualifies one as being a loser today. I mean it in the harshest sense too. If you're a Yankee fan, something terrible is going to happen t...
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I was sitting on my couch the other day while channel surfing and I stumbled upon Sesame Street. Being the lazy guy that I am, I continued to watch it for a little bit because changing the channel jus...
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My name is Katie Mahon, and I am one of the coordinators of Students Stopping Rape, an organization of undergraduate and graduate students who help educate the UCSB and the surrounding community about...
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Under the guise of "protecting our daughters" and "defending parents' rights," the right wing and its minions have successfully placed Proposition 73 on the ballot for the Nov. 8 Special Statewide Ele...
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I have a tendency to categorize people. Sometimes just in my head during a lull in lecture, occasionally in a forum that has a readership of over 20,000 people.
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Here's my beef with beef: After I finish my Freebird's steak burrito, I have to wedge chunks of brown out of my teeth with a straw. If I don't get it out, I inevitably end up performing oral exercises...
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Sometimes you just have to play a game. It was about 9 a.m. the day of my preliminary Ph.D. oral examination. I had been studying for months and was over-prepared. I hadn't been able to sleep for a fe...
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In the seventh grade, I was that kid. I got suspended for setting off stink bombs, shooting spitwads, cussing at teachers, climbing on the roof of the school during lunch, shooting staples at the teac...
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Apparently, everything at UCSB is now perfect. From the recent actions of A.S., one would think that the Broida bike path is completed, the student groups have all the money they could ever want and i...
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Let's conduct a quick survey. How many of you students want to pay more in taxes to enhance programs like social security and welfare? A few hands, I see, but not all. Okay, now how many students out ...
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I once saw a man smoking crack out of a Coke can in the upper deck of McAfee Coliseum. That's how my fascination with addicts began. From that moment on I've spent much of my free time trolling flopho...
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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
