Opinion

October 20, 2004

The Missingitemshuman

By system

It would be really weird to have a fetish for missing things. Like, "Hey baby, why don't we turn the lights down low and lose our car keys?"

October 20, 2004

Bedhead Diaries: Rock Bottom and Beyond

By Meghan Palma

A side of Isla Vista exists that a select few of us see - a dark and gritty underground beneath the sunny skies and sandy beaches we lovingly call our home. Cunning, invisible and inviting, it isn't distinguishable by se...

October 20, 2004

Let Conscience Guide Your Vote

By Ash Roughani

Your vote does not count. OK, well, this statement should not be left unqualified. You live in California. You are an idealistic college student. Now is the time to vote what you believe in.

October 20, 2004

The Shady Conspiracy Theories Behind Isla Vista Hatred

By Sean Swaby

Lately I've been wondering if anyone who's anyone in Santa Barbara gets together on a daily basis and asks each other, "How can we fuck Sean in the ass today?"

October 20, 2004

A Vote for Bob Pohl Is a Vote for Change in I.V.

By Bob Pohl 35th District State Assembly

To the students of UCSB: My name is Bob Pohl, and I want your vote for State Assembly. I am asking for your vote because I believe I can help you more than my opponent can. I believe this for the following reasons.

October 20, 2004

Biketopia Dreams Include Unrealistic Expectations

By Garrick Sitongia

Last Friday's Nexus had a column written by Dennis Whelan, senior campus planner for UCSB's Campus Planning and Design Dept. ("Call It a Dream, but We Could Become Biketopia," Daily Nexus, Oct. 15).

October 19, 2004

Vegetating

By system

Huzzah for rain! The bright, dry air pains my sensitive night-shift eyes. If I had my way, the entire campus would be a catacombs of interlaced passages connecting cold, clammy subterranean chambers - like the current Br...

October 19, 2004

Damn Skippy: Bondage Is Not My Thing

By Loren Willams

After reading this November's supply of initiatives, I have decided that, while I have a difficult time rejecting propositions, I may make an exception for some of the ones on the ballot.

October 19, 2004

Pump Up Those Orgasms

By Dave Franzese

Well, the girls weren't the only things getting wet this weekend as the first rains fell upon this little utopia of ours. With the precipitation comes what many consider to be the most romantic weather of the year.

October 19, 2004

Sweetheart Sex Columnist an Improvement on the Past

By Colin Marshall

Like a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, I can still feel the crippling blows dealt to my faith in humanity whenever I opened the Wednesday issues of the Nexus last year.

October 19, 2004

Frivolous Column Ignores UCSB’s Beautiful Colors

By Pam Kilroy

I am responding to the column "Our Hallowed Halls Defiled" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 18). I honestly can't believe that I read an article about the new colors of some buildings.

October 19, 2004

‘Mentally Disabled’ Insults the Intellectually Disabled

By Elizabeth Wieland

In Sherilyn Baker's article ("UCSB Program Seeks Friends for Mentally Disabled," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11), I was misinterpreted. It says I used the words "mental disabilities," when in fact I said "intellectual disabilities...

October 19, 2004

Frivolous Column Dead On About University’s Ugliness

By Maxwell Decurtins

This isn't necessarily a letter but rather congratulations on Brendan Buhler's column "Our Hallowed Halls Defiled" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 18) on the ugliness of UCSB. I've heard of "University of Casual Sex and Beer," but I ...

October 19, 2004

Liberals Aren’t Commies in a World Bent on Insanity

By Samy Amanatullah

In response to the article by Justin Ruhge ("Liberals, Ever Heard Of Communism?" Daily Nexus, Oct. 18), it should be said that the foundation of any liberal sentiment is not to further any communist or socialist agenda, ...

October 19, 2004

Let’s Declare a Cease-Fire Between Rapists, Victims

By Susan Landgraff

This week is the second annual "I Want A Truce" campaign, put on by Students Stopping Rape and Men Against Rape. The campaign is inspired by a speech by Andrea Dworkin.

October 18, 2004

Our Hallowed Halls Defiled

By Brendan Buhler

Welcome to the University of Colors that Scare the Blind. Take Isla Vista Theater, which you may have already observed through disposable tinted glasses left over from the most recent solar eclipse.