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Aid Relief Hits I.V.

February 2, 2005 by Jared Renfro

Support tsunami relief? Wait - that was so last month. Besides, I heard Jacko is protesting. America and other nations gave money and nations have been rebuilt. I have to remind those who hold this op...
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Iraq Elections Mark Victory for Its Citizens – and Bush?

February 2, 2005 by Raffaelo Colosante

Videos of women waiting in line to cast their votes have flooded our television screens over the past few days. It's a good day for Iraq and for democracy. For the first time in many years, it's not t...
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Frenzy for Housing Gets More Than the Servers Down

February 2, 2005 by Elspeth Theis

The UCSB Housing and Residential Services promised students 1,000 spots for those interested in continuing to live in the residence halls in 2005-06. However, as I dutifully awoke before 8 a.m. in ord...
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Take Safety for Granted

February 1, 2005 by Christopher Rice

After reading Neil Visalvanich's column titled "The Man Who Cried Terror" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 31), I am now convinced that our younger population is doomed, yet not in the same way that Mr. Visalvanich...
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When Roommates Go Nuclear

February 1, 2005 by Staff

My former roommate took their microwave with them when they moved out, and now I feel so... adrift.
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Petty Vandals Contradict Their Ideals

February 1, 2005 by Lauren Creamer

Yesterday, I took my vehicle in to have a little procedure done. The doctor told me the plastic surgery should cost a pretty penny - $822 to be exact. I'm typically not a vain person, but I felt that ...
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Left-Lane Driver: The Man Who Cried Terror

January 31, 2005 by Neil Visalvanich

The more I think about it, the more President Bush reminds me of the boy in the story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." The only difference is that in the fable the townspeople eventually stop believing the y...
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Lava Lovers

January 31, 2005 by Staff

Good news! Target - as in the store that isn't anywhere near UCSB - is donating a 50-foot-tall fake lava lamp to the town of Soap Lake, Wash.
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Enough With Overexposed Vocal Trash

January 31, 2005 by Kevin McFadden

As I was perusing the latest edition of Cosmo (as any 25-year-old hetero male does), I read something that absolutely shocked me. No, it wasn't the article about how you can judge a guy's personality ...
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Well-Researched Arguments Are Much Sweeter to Win, Alec

January 31, 2005 by Loren Williams

Alec Mouhibian, I have to object to your last column ("Wake Up, Progressives: History Refutes Anti-Globalization Pipe Dreams," Daily Nexus, Jan. 24). I have come to accept that I will almost inevitabl...
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SB Music Scene Feature Neglects I.V. LIVE Efforts

January 31, 2005 by Adrienne MacIain

Although I offer my hearty thanks to Nikki Moore for Friday's ode to the local live music scene ("Stayin' Alive in the SB Live Music Scene," Daily Nexus, Jan. 28), I am extremely disappointed at the t...
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Go Abroad if You Want to See Some Ugly Universities

January 31, 2005 by Narine Kerelian

It's funny to read how UCSB is so boring, ugly and aesthetically displeasing ("UC's 'Most Beautiful Campus' Could Use Some Sprucing Up," Daily Nexus, Jan. 28). Try comparing it to the University of Mi...
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The True Embrace of Defeat

January 28, 2005 by Aaron Tuch

Regarding last Thursday's rally, I would like to commend all organizers, speakers and participants. The purpose was clear: to encourage, among students and scholars, a reexamination of the current adm...
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Heavy Metal

January 28, 2005 by Staff

Today in short fiction: John Sledge eyed the door. There was light and he could hear noises beyond. He drew his gun and threw his shoulder at the door.
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Religion and Science Are Symbiotic

January 28, 2005 by Henry Sarria

Religion and science have fed off each other since the time that humans have walked this Earth with the cognizance of both. And it is with this that I find many a flaw in Troy Baker's letter to the Ne...
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