Opinion

September 29, 2004

Code Red City

By system

The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security just bought the entire town of Playas, N.M. (pop. 50), for use in anti-terror training (seriously). Emergency workers will simulate anthrax attacks, suicide bombings and water-supply ...

September 29, 2004

Columnist’s Assumptions Don’t Include Queer Safety

By Amanda Maffett

This is in response to Loren Williams' article, "Homosexuals Need to Learn How to Put Up Their Dukes" (Daily Nexus, Sept. 28). Williams did not have all the necessary information to draw his conclusions, such as the hist...

September 29, 2004

Sure There is Despair, But Don’t Forget Our Heroes

By Jonathan Chang

I read Shithi Kamal's letter about Iraq ("Media Needs to Cover Both Fronts of Despair in War," Daily Nexus, Sept. 28) and I agree with some parts of the article but disagree with most.

September 28, 2004

Drugstore Cowboy: Save That FAFSA Check

By Cory Anthony

Well, well, Mr. Po-lice Man: You think you've got us by the curlies here with your $3,076 beer-distribution tickets. There's still hope, all ye forlorn and weary criminals on the business end of the IVFP's ticket pads, y...

September 28, 2004

What a Deal

By system

Words are important. I'm not just saying this as a biased newspaperhuman. Words, or the lack of, can completely change the meaning of stuff and all that.

September 28, 2004

One Sloppy IVFP Run-in Doesn’t Impress

By Karen Merritt

On the night of Friday, Sept. 24, I was arrested for giving false information to an Isla Vista Foot Patrol officer. My eyes were opened to the corrupt, inappropriate and unprofessional ways of the IVFP that night.

September 27, 2004

I Won’t Screw You Over…

By Todd Roberson

Last spring, many of us were caught by surprise after learning that the Isla Vista Project Area Committee/General Plan advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) had approved a parking permit plan requiring a $195 annual fee to park ...

September 27, 2004

Drowning the Rat

By system

Has Bush stirred up God's divine wrath? Some Internet sites are saying that Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan directly hit only those Florida counties that voted for Bush in 2000. It's an interesting yet false observa...

September 27, 2004

Lerner Should Learn Facts Before Criticizing France

By Jeremy Ventuso

I just wanted to comment on Neer Lerner's opinion piece titled "France's Quiet Epidemic" (Daily Nexus, Sept. 24). It's one thing to have an opinion, but it's another thing entirely to submit an article in which some of t...

September 27, 2004

Help Protect Sands Beach From Death by Detritus

By Laurel Farinacci

In early June, after the cliff dwellers of Del Playa have migrated to their summer feeding and roosting grounds, a strange phenomenon occurs. A short walk on the beaches of Isla Vista reveals a multitude of (as yet) unid...

September 24, 2004

Anchors Aweigh

By system

My heart goes out to the DP residents who've suddenly been forced by the county to find a new place to live, and all because of some silly business about their homes being about to collapse.

September 24, 2004

France’s Quiet Epidemic

By Neer Lerner

Chechen terrorists murder children in a Russian school, Palestinian suicide bombers blow up grandmothers on Israeli buses, Arab militias in Sudan rape and slaughter black Christians, and militants behead Westerners in Ir...

September 24, 2004

UCSB Campus Still a Gem 30 Years Later

By Rick George

I'm returning from my first trip to UCSB in many years. Gosh, how it has changed. So many new buildings, roads, traffic lights. I attended from '74 to '79.

September 23, 2004

Take a Load Off

By system

Recently I heard a freshman ask her companion, "Do you think we should bring our textbooks to class?" Unfortunately, many students fail to bring their textbooks on the first day.

September 23, 2004

Timing Means Everything

By Sean Swaby

So apparently, my house is falling into the ocean. Yes, I am one of "them," one of the poor fools who was left out to dry by the good folks of Santa Barbara County. One of those people who was given a slap in the face an...

September 23, 2004

Knock: Vacation’s Back in Session, Folks

By Drew Atkins

I was sunning myself off the coast of Malta, loafing on a 50-foot yacht with my ridiculously wealthy friends, when I was struck with a revelation. Summer sucks. I then blurted out the notion to my shipmates.