Opinion

January 26, 2005

Props to the Students Who Really Soldier Through College

By Christopher Rice

In a neighborhood of unmotivated, beer-drinking college misfits, it's hard to imagine a successful program based on dedication and responsibility, yet nestled behind Campbell Hall is a building that houses the best of th...

January 26, 2005

Help Rescue the Women’s Center From Ruthless Budget Cuts

By Megan Arch

As many of us have noted in the last couple of years or so, the priorities of our national and state governments have shifted away from the needs of university students.

January 26, 2005

Don’t Let Naivet

By Ryan Gardner

This letter is in response to Monday's letter ("Egocentric Dems Should Accept Election Results, Daily Nexus, Jan. 24). I appreciate the fact that the letter expressed a valid opinion and should be heard. But I do not agr...

January 25, 2005

Made in the Storke Socialist Republic

By Staff

I already thought "What Not to Wear" was a pretty socialist show, but North Korea has taken it one step further with its new TV series, "Let Us Trim Our Hair in Accordance With Socialist Lifestyle."

January 25, 2005

He Said, She Said: Network Leaves a World of Possibilities at Your Fingertips

By Drew Mackie

My phone vibrates in my pocket. I pull it out to find I have been "poked" by someone with an unfamiliar name. I feel dirty. Some stranger has extended a digital finger and caused a brief rumbling sensation in my pants.

January 25, 2005

He Said, She Said: Internet Shenanigans Are Eerily Reminiscent of High School

By Kristen Richer

As a toddler, I was shy. I spoke only when spoken to - if then - and as my mother taught me, I was leery of strangers.

January 25, 2005

May I Suggest Canada for Bush-Bashers?

By Patrick Callahan

Ah, the fresh smell of victory. There's nothing like waking up to hear "President Bush's Second Inauguration" on any given news channel. This is the face of democracy. The Democrats thought they had it. This was going to...

January 24, 2005

Penny for My Thoughts

By Staff

I hate pennies. They're like the quick-breeding, out-of-control bunnies of the monetary world. Back in 2001, one courageous congressman, Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.), introduced legislation calling for its elimination, but nothin...

January 24, 2005

Private Dancer: Wake Up, Progressives

By Alec Mouhibian

The progressive movement sprouted from the idea that the world would really get somewhere if only everybody would let their lives be run by progressives. Central to the idea was a centralized and empowered government tha...

January 24, 2005

Egocentric Dems Should Accept Election Results

By Paul Jones

This is a letter to all the protesters who walked out of class last week. Why are you so disappointed with a democratically elected president? After the 2000 presidential election, everyone was so pissed about how Bush d...

January 24, 2005

A Special Thank You From a Victim Of UCSB’s Maze

By George Gaynes

This past Friday, I had just left Girvetz Hall at 9 p.m. after a script reading. Confident of finding my way in the dark back to where my wife had dropped me off that afternoon somewhere west of Campbell Hall and where w...

January 21, 2005

The Scoop on I.V. Living

By Monique Moyal

It's that time of year when every knock on the door means that freshmen fresh out of San Nic want to see a real Isla Vista apartment, like it's some kind of exhibit at the zoo. A lot of shit goes on in the dorms and I kn...

January 21, 2005

Does God Like Pizza?

By Staff

According to a recent poll, only one-third of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. Upon learning this, I was a bit puzzled by how people can be so skeptical of scientific research.

January 21, 2005

California Dreamin’, Liberal-Style

By Courtney Weaver

Political heresy, outright treason, an unconscionable act -- I, Courtney Weaver, vice president of the UCSB Campus Democrats, feminist, and intern for Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, attended the second inauguration of P...

January 21, 2005

When a Piss Becomes Unintentional Sound Porn

By Dara Moss

Finally, after what seemed like years to my agonized bladder, the professor granted the class a seven-minute break. Sweet! Just what I needed! Perhaps my pressing bladder temporarily blinded me from recognizing that I wa...

January 21, 2005

Radicals Accomplish Nothing With Pointless Bush Protest

By Antony Mascovich

The right to protest is one that I hold dear. Protest exists to spur change. But what exactly were the students who took to the Arbor in anger hoping to accomplish? Were they expecting their actions to somehow overturn t...