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SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

April 25, 2005 by

SNGA IS 2 A CRAPY ALBUM AND U DO NT NO WAT UR TALKIN ABOUT. SIMPUL PLAN IS 4 LOOSERS. THANX 4 WRITING.
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Right to Free Expression Can’t Be Fired

April 25, 2005 by

Every other year I find myself having to write something about the topic known as freedom of speech, and it is usually in defense of a Daily Nexus columnist. Supporting a specific point of view expres...
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Lost in Rhetoric

April 22, 2005 by

As this year's candidates for various student government positions begin taking down signs, picking up fliers and figuring out where it all went wrong, A.S.'s newly elected officers must face their mo...
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Please Don’t

April 22, 2005 by

The other day I saw a car with a sign on the windshield that read, "Please don't take me." I guess this makes sense... after all, what sort of thief wouldn't be moved by the word "please"?
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The Downfall of Street Smarts

April 22, 2005 by

If you listen real carefully, someone up at the top of the UCSB ladder is popping open a bottle of bubbly. Haven't you heard? Next year's crop of undergrads is the smartest -- statistically at least -...
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Don’t Worry About the IVFP, The Law Will Back You up

April 22, 2005 by

The UCSB Police Dept. recently ticketed a large number of students on bicycles for running a stop sign where the bike path crosses a road. Their concern for student safety is commendable, but even so,...
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Join in Today at Campbell to Remember the Genocide

April 22, 2005 by

April 24 marks the 90th year since the genocide in Armenia that took the lives of over 1.5 million people. The Armenian Student Association and the Armenian Sisterhood Organization have come together ...
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Required Reading

April 21, 2005 by

Today's the last day to vote for me for A.S. president. I'm not a betting 'human (I forecast instead), but I wager that the winner will be: the signs.
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Taking Back Empowerment

April 21, 2005 by

I'm writing in response to the confused and hateful column in Tuesday's Daily Nexus by Alec Mouhibian ("The Deception Behind Gender Studies," April 19). I'm writing this for readers who may be interes...
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A Backlash Against Blindness

April 21, 2005 by

Editor's Note: Due to the large number of responses to Alec Mouhibian's column ("Private Dancer: The Deception Behind Gender Studies," Daily Nexus, April 19), we have published excerpts from severa...
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In the Trenches: Laziness-Infected College Vocab Gives Me the Chills

April 21, 2005 by

We are brilliant. At the ripe age of 18 - and in many cases even younger - we discovered a word so flexible, so generic and so damn sexy that we would never need to use another word again.
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Please Don’t

April 20, 2005 by

It's 4/20, and the government just replaced the single grain-heavy food pyramid we grew up with 12 different ones to reflect your sex, lifestyle, age, tax filing status, etc.
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Getting’ Wacky on Tabbacky

April 20, 2005 by

As of this Monday, the neighbors who reside behind me have been set on striking flint, eager to set off the powder keg that is our shared parking lot. They now park with megalomaniacal abandon, errati...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Forget Real Crimes, Let’s Get Stoners

April 20, 2005 by

As of Tuesday, April 19, 2005, the federal government has spent well over $6 billion on the great "War on Drugs" for this year. I suppose it's needless to remind you that this year has barely kicked o...
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Vote for the Donner Party

April 19, 2005 by

It's the second day of A.S. elections, so you should have already voted for me for president, but in case you haven't, I have another campaign promise: As A.S. president, all of the crimes I commit (o...
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