Opinion
Being a current UCSB student in my fourth year, I have become increasingly aware over the years of how drab and unimpressive our campus is. Now being on the ocean is super cool. But the campus itself....
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Throughout time, man has attempted to conquer the elements. When we were young'uns, we would dash from spa to pool for hours on end trying to reach that perfect equilibrium. In reality, all that accom...
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According to the all-knowing TVs in the UCen, about 0.7 percent of the world's population is drunk at any given moment. That's a lot of drunk people - over 40 million - enough to form an entire countr...
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Sometimes I wonder if I am the only person who feels that the American political landscape is becoming more of a ridiculous three-ring circus than a sophisticated and issue-based debate. Too many Amer...
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"Penis" is such a gross word. It sounds like it should be the name of some sort of sea creature, probably with tentacles: "The North Atlantic Penis feeds predominantly on small shellfish, and is often...
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Dude, there's a correction today. I guess we got a bit confused while reporting on the joint-rolling contest. Let's face it... all the joints were pretty damn good.
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Breezing through Alec Mouhibian's latest column titled ("Private Dancer: Wake Up, Progressives," Daily Nexus, Jan 24), one can only spread himself in the comfort of his lawn chair, take another sip of...
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In a neighborhood of unmotivated, beer-drinking college misfits, it's hard to imagine a successful program based on dedication and responsibility, yet nestled behind Campbell Hall is a building that h...
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As many of us have noted in the last couple of years or so, the priorities of our national and state governments have shifted away from the needs of university students.
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This letter is in response to Monday's letter ("Egocentric Dems Should Accept Election Results, Daily Nexus, Jan. 24). I appreciate the fact that the letter expressed a valid opinion and should be hea...
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My phone vibrates in my pocket. I pull it out to find I have been "poked" by someone with an unfamiliar name. I feel dirty. Some stranger has extended a digital finger and caused a brief rumbling sens...
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I already thought "What Not to Wear" was a pretty socialist show, but North Korea has taken it one step further with its new TV series, "Let Us Trim Our Hair in Accordance With Socialist Lifestyle."
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As a toddler, I was shy. I spoke only when spoken to - if then - and as my mother taught me, I was leery of strangers.
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Ah, the fresh smell of victory. There's nothing like waking up to hear "President Bush's Second Inauguration" on any given news channel. This is the face of democracy. The Democrats thought they had i...
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The progressive movement sprouted from the idea that the world would really get somewhere if only everybody would let their lives be run by progressives. Central to the idea was a centralized and empo...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
