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Knuckleheads

April 8, 2005 by

I used to think there was nothing that could drive me to kill - not even Tickle Me Elmo. Then I discovered what it's like to sit next to someone who cracks their knuckles throughout an entire lecture.
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Fight Night Shouldn

April 8, 2005 by

I was more than a little saddened when reading Kaitlin Pike's story on Associated Students Finance Board and its decision to reduce Fight Night's funds by only $299 ("Finance Board Reduces Fight Night...
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The Artful Dodger: Drew’s Concussion Follies

April 7, 2005 by

If you give yourself have a concussion, don't do it at a theme party. Concussions, the doctor tells me, can cause a person to feel disoriented. Coincidentally, so can lying down in a room and looking ...
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Take the Big Red Challenge

April 7, 2005 by

The big new thing here at the Nexus office is to take a Big Red gum wrapper, lick it and stick it to your forehead. After a minute or so, you'll discover something very newsworthy: It burns! It burns!
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Don’t Undermine the Pope’s Achievements

April 7, 2005 by

Regarding the column by Raffaello Colasante, "Our Late Pope Was Not Without His Flaws," (Daily Nexus, April 5) - while he surely had time on his hands for scripting that awful diatribe about his inscr...
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Amids Political Agendas, The Right to Live was Forgotten

April 7, 2005 by

Despite the popular image of investigative reporters as determined to dig beneath the surface of things, the pressure of today's rapid-fire news cycle encourages journalists to grab ready-made storyli...
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College Bookstores are the Bane of This Customer’s Existence

April 7, 2005 by

Every quarter thousands of students line up outside the UCSB and I.V. bookstores - and every quarter thousands of students are turned away with the knowledge that they will once again start the quarte...
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Sexing Up Your Regimen

April 6, 2005 by

Spring Quarter is shit-awesome. This platinum 10-week stretch of our lives that so breathtakingly straddles the line running between full-fledged academia and the reckless abandon of summer vacation s...
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War on Terror, Eh?

April 6, 2005 by

Canadians will now have to show their passports when crossing the U.S. border. I suppose that's a good idea.
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Use Your Vote on the Progressive Party

April 6, 2005 by

For over 12 years the Student Action Coalition (SAC) has been making sure that the student voice is heard at all levels of government, from Cheadle Hall to Capitol Hill. SAC's record speaks for itself...
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Bask in the Glow of Opening Day

April 5, 2005 by

The ocean will be a little bit calmer. Its waves will crash into the cliffs and draw should-be-class-goers out to the beach armed with a cooler in one hand and a tattered old football in the other. Bo...
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No Sign of Intelligent Life

April 5, 2005 by

Huzzah, it's A.S. election season! I can now officially launch my campaign for A.S. president. What do I have that the other candidates lack, you ask?
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Our Late Pope Was Not Without His Flaws

April 5, 2005 by

I woke up Sunday morning eager to check whether FC Juventus had won their weekly Serie A match, but a little surprise was awaiting me: no soccer that Sunday. Why? Apparently because "the holiest man o...
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Bedhead Diaries: The Confessions of a Girly Athlete

April 4, 2005 by

I was never an athlete in high school. I did, however, secretly want to join the girl's lacrosse team - solely because they got to wear plaid skirts that I totally would've rocked on a regular day, a ...
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Spring Cleaning

April 4, 2005 by

I don't quite understand why celebrities tend to die in clusters. Johnnie Cochran, Terri Schiavo, the pope and - most tragically - Mitch Hedberg all croaked within a few days of each other, and it see...
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