Opinion

October 13, 2004

Damn Skippy: He’s the Comeback Kid of Tikrit

By Loren Willams

Greetings American students. This is Saddam Hussein. I'm sure you have heard of me. I'm equally sure that you dislike me. Perhaps we could become pen pals someday. Your pictures are welcome too - it is very lonely in thi...

October 13, 2004

Nuke Lab Lover Can’t Tell Me Not to Call Scientists Evil

By Rachel Torres

I am glad that Justin Violini ("UCs Do More Than Destroy, Just Ask Our Nobel Laureates," Daily Nexus, Oct. 12) recognizes that Ross' article ("UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11) regarding the UC sys...

October 13, 2004

Who’s The Environmentalist? Kerry’s Website Answers All

By Adam Graff

I am writing in response to Vanessa Rivers' column, "Save the Earth and the Nation" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 12). I agreed with the vast majority of the column - that is, until I reached the last paragraph.

October 13, 2004

Youth Apathy Doesn’t Extend To The Kooky CalPIRG Kids

By Sam Marks

I would like to thank the Nexus for raising awareness of voter registration by groups around campus ("Campus Groups Seek More Student Voters," Daily Nexus, Oct. 7). Low voter turnout, especially among young citizens, is ...

October 13, 2004

Weatherhuman Brings Rainy Days To My Senior Campaign

By Xavier Ramirez

To be blunt, I must say that the Weather box represents all the things about college life I don't want to hear about. The issues discussed within the Weather section have no relative importance to how I am going to deal ...

October 12, 2004

You’re a Winner!

By system

UCSB FACULTY MEMBER: YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON $1,300,000.00!!! As a UCSB instructor, you are AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED in the NOBEL PRIZE CONTEST!

October 12, 2004

Money Well Spent

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made one of UCSB's newest hires its newest Nobel laureate. The work of economics professors Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott of Arizona State University is important enoug...

October 12, 2004

Save the Earth and the Nation

By Vanessa Rivers

Environmental problems are now the number-one domestic threat to national security. What are you going to do about changing the way America lives so that in turn the whole world can move toward sustainable living?

October 12, 2004

UCs Do More Than Destroy, Just Ask Our Nobel Laureates

By Justin Violini

Gloria Ross' article ("UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11) does prove a point: Everything is interconnected. However, saying that the UC system "must be demilitarized" is a bit of a stretch.

October 11, 2004

What’s That Smell?

By system

Damn, don't forget to clean out your backpack every now and then. I use mine as a refrigerator/pharmacy/library/file cabinet, and what goes in doesn't always come back out.

October 11, 2004

Don’t Mix Sex And State

By Alec Mouhibian

There is nothing gayer - in the adolescent slang sense of the term - than the issue of gay marriage. Never have so many people whined so much over something that is so stupid.

October 11, 2004

UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout

By Gloria Ross

Last Friday's presidential debate displayed a John Kerry committed to leading an international coalition to end nuclear proliferation. This bold stance on nuclear weapons development echoed in both candidates' assertions...

October 8, 2004

But the Cap Was On!

By Mark Signa

This last week I was asked to comment on a recent editorial written by a student who seemed to have a pretty bad night with the I.V. Foot Patrol. The writer brings up some issues with her contact and arrest that she is u...

October 8, 2004

Cats Can’t Read

By system

There's more than one way to skin a cat, but using a potato peeler is probably not the most efficient choice. Nor the most humane, I suppose. Unless you tranquilized it first or something...

October 8, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Informative, Political, Porno?

By Cory Anthony

I love the smell of democracy in the morning. Smells like ... victory. Or maybe that's just the lagoon. Election season is upon us in full force with the presidential and vice presidential debates.

October 8, 2004

All Fluff, No Buff, Don’t Let Kerry Fool You

By Daniel Rabinovitch

In this day and age, quiet confidence is often mistaken as a bad quality. While some people seek outspoken enthusiasm in their leaders, I look for a man who is set in his core and able to convey his beliefs with clarity ...