Section logo for Opinion

Opinion

Columns

Logo for Sign of the Times
Sign of the Times
Logo for Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality
Logo for Argument in the Office
Argument in the Office
Logo for Ask AJ
Ask AJ
Logo for Mind, Body & Soul
Mind, Body & Soul
Logo for Self Study
Self Study
Logo for Outside Opinions
Outside Opinions

Wanna Write for Opinion?

Contact Us

All Opinion Posts

Simmer Down Now, Kids

October 4, 2005 by

Before allowing us to sign on the dotted line so that he might begin to take from us every dollar potentially earned this school year, the owner of the apartment building in which I now live solicited...
read more

Greek Groper Deserves Punch to the Groin

October 4, 2005 by

I was propositioned Saturday night. My boyfriend and I met up with a group of friends. One was a member of a fraternity, so he suggested we go back to his frat house. After watching a few rounds of be...
read more

Great Movies Haven’t Faded, Academy’s Oscar is to Blame

October 4, 2005 by

I'm writing in response to Adam Wenger's rant, "Today's Cinema Doesn't Compare to 90s Blockbusters" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 3, 2005). Actually, I'm only using it as a springboard into a different, tangenti...
read more

Idealist Lifestyle Carries Meaning, as Opposed to the Apathetic

October 4, 2005 by

You know who he is. That dude, the one who thinks of nothing except the cute neighbor that might hook up with him if he gets her drunk enough or who's going to buy him beer. The guy with nothing reall...
read more

An Interest In Your Education

October 3, 2005 by

The summer after my senior year of high school, my father told me, "Chris, get the hell up off that couch, put some goddamn pants on and get a job." I tried to drown him out by turning up the volume o...
read more

Weathering Heights

October 3, 2005 by

October is always the most demanding time of the year for the 'human. Not only are there countless birthdays to be recognized (happy B-Day little 'human bro), there is the Major League Baseball playof...
read more

Why Be Idealistic When You Can Be a Cynical Alcoholic?

October 3, 2005 by

You know who she is. That girl. The hippie. The activist. The evangelical Christian. The one who always prattles on and on about the deeper meaning of things. We all know someone like her, someone who...
read more

He Said, She Said: I Will Sacrifice My Sexual Activity for HBO

October 3, 2005 by

I will never get laid in I.V. again. No really, it's just not going to happen. It's OK, I'm not too worried about it. Because the following argument is the same as dumping the check on your date. It's...
read more

SATC Is a Lot Like Life; Did We Say Life? We Meant Sex

October 3, 2005 by

Comedy. Drama. Romance. The closest thing to porn on TV before 11 p.m. With all of this going for it, I can't help but wonder: can there possibly be a better show than "Sex and the City"?
read more

Today

October 3, 2005 by

Remember when movies were good? Remember when five dollars could lead to an enjoyable evening at the theater? Remember when all the movies up for best picture were actually worthy of the award, while ...
read more

Who’s the Baaaaby?

September 30, 2005 by

Who's the big college student? Yesh you are. Yesh you are. Who's the big independent person doing whatever they want in class, like reading the 'human? Yesh you are. Yesh you are.
read more

Quick, Pack Up Your Belongings

September 30, 2005 by

If you had to pack up your life in a single suitcase what would you take? At 3 a.m. yesterday, my friend Carly, an Oak Park resident, learned she had to pack what she could because her neighborhood wa...
read more

Cool Off I.V., Heckling Just Goes Too Far

September 30, 2005 by

You're at a 10. We need you at like a 2. I had looked forward to the first weekend of the school year all summer. There's more beer than even we Gauchos know what to do with, and nubile, young freshme...
read more

Cycling Inability Leaves Freshman Blaming GOLD

September 30, 2005 by

An open letter to that girl I hit on my bike yesterday. My bad. Seriously, it probably sucked pretty hard to be you at like 8:45 a.m. yesterday, face down on the grass outside of FT with your backpack...
read more

Facebook Write-Ups Just Another Bogus UC Policy

September 30, 2005 by

Even though I am a graduate student, I was compelled to write in after reading your article, ("Facebookers To Face Write-Ups for Dorm Photos," Daily Nexus, Sept. 29). This new non-policy (it appears n...
read more