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Dear Disrespectful Guests, Die Slowly

May 26, 2005 by David Fuad

This is an open letter to anyone who has partied at our house this year. Everyone else in I.V. who has had a rager at their place, you'll probably understand.
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Adios, Lord of the Flings

May 25, 2005 by Dave Franzese

Light up that cigarette, turn down the goddamned music, wipe the goop off your face and let your roommate back into the room; believe it or not, this is it. Time to say goodbye to the ol' hump for a f...
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Senioritis

May 25, 2005 by

Top 10 signs you're ready to graduate: 10) You're getting kind of lazy.
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Love’s Bitter Foe is Summertime

May 25, 2005 by Monique Moyal

As the school year comes to a close, there are a lot of things that we as students have to say goodbye to and finally let go. Obviously, seniors have to say goodbye to our lovely campus and their four...
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Now Look What You ‘Punk-Ass Biatches’ Made Us Do

May 25, 2005 by Aaron Small

We've all had weeks from hell. Six papers finished half-assedly minutes before they're due, your boss griped about deficient pieces of flair, and that girl you met in psych section, yeah, she's never ...
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Don’t Hate on 40 Oz. Columnist, He Makes Class, Life Bearable

May 25, 2005 by Rick Haro

This letter is in response to Jonathan Morin's article ("Beer Columnist, Don't Write About Beer," Daily Nexus, May 24). While Mr. Morin clearly states that he is fed up with Mr. Swaby's weekly column,...
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Firestone Parks It Like It’s a Lot

May 24, 2005 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...
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A Capital Idea

May 24, 2005 by

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 th...
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Beer Columnist, Don’t Write About Beer

May 24, 2005 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 w...
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Left Lane Driver: Twirling Toward Freedom

May 23, 2005 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 Mid...
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Wanna Sublease?

May 23, 2005 by

Everyone needs a subleaser right now, it seems. Well, me too! That
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UC Researchers To Strike To Protect Quality

May 23, 2005 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 res...
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To Bike or Not To Bike Should Not Be the Question

May 23, 2005 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...
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UC Sets Bad Example In Deal With Los Alamos National Laboratory

May 23, 2005 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 Lo...
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Everyone Needs a Hero

May 20, 2005 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...
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