Opinion
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Our nation's military is not just at war with terror. There is an often overlooked conflict taking place right here in our backyard.
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Instead of describing sexy fetishes or cool new sex tricks, the obviously inexperienced and blundering sex columnist fills up space by defining useless sexual terms. Last week, it was "G-spot"; this w...
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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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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
