Opinion

May 21, 2004

Self Examination

By system

When my teacher announced in class yesterday that the quiz we had scheduled for that day was postponed, people immediately started getting up and heading for the exits.

May 21, 2004

The Key to Women Lies in Relationships

By Timothy Cho

Here is the humbling truth about men and women. Women were created for men, and men cannot live without women. Women are beautiful. No matter what the size, shape, age or any other physical variables you can think of, wo...

May 21, 2004

Issues Within Iraqi War Are Not in Black and White

By Adam Al-Sarraf

In this time of war and occupation in Iraq, we, the American public, are being told by the mainstream media that there are only two sides, two opinions to this situation; you are either pro-war or anti-war - end of story...

May 21, 2004

Don’t Waste Outreach Dollars on Kiddies Who Don’t Know Better

By Adam Pinson

"Hi!" "Giggle, giggle." "Give me five." These are the words of junior high and little elementary kids that are amazed at me passing by them on my bike on my way to class, rather than the university they're taking a tour ...

May 21, 2004

Staff Box Hot Line

By system

This particular box will be calling attention to a different framed rectangle that graces the pages of the Nexus: the staff box. Today is the last day you'll see many of your Nexus favorites. It's called turnover.

May 20, 2004

Knock: Don’t Steal Me Lucky Charms!

By Drew Atkins

Watch your back, Dalai Lama! Find a new job, Dr. Phil! Start panicking, Buddha! There's a new philosophically inspiring bigwig in town, and his name is Me!

May 20, 2004

Talk Amongst Yourselves

By system

I see more unicyclists on campus these days. I saw a guy yesterday that looked like he was riding the damn thing for the first time. "That guy is cool, his day at school is like a fucking thrill ride," I thought.

May 20, 2004

True Free Speech Can’t Be Censored

By Scott Talkov

Make no mistake about it: Free speech is under attack on our very own campus. This past Wednesday, the Associated Students Legislative Council convened to consider condemnation of the Nexus as a "biased" and "discriminat...

May 20, 2004

Don’t Mislabel Drag Queens, Kings as Mentally Diseased

By Alina Boyden

I am not crazy! I am not crazy! OK, sorry for the drama, but I needed to get that out of my system. As far as I know, I am the only student here at UCSB who has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. Therefore, it...

May 20, 2004

Car-Obsessed Isla Vistans Need to Quit Complaining

By Chandler Briggs

I'm sure a lot of people were wondering about the comment I made at last week's group meeting, when I was quoted saying, "I don't even have a fucking car; what am I doing here?" ("Parking Permit Remains Subject of Debate...

May 20, 2004

An Entertaining, Funny Nexus Serves Its Readers Just Fine

By Nathan Lovell

While I understand and admire Ms. Greenwell's sentiment regarding the purpose and potential of the Daily Nexus and all that it could accomplish in the enlightenment of the student body ("Nexus Has a Responsibility to Be ...

May 19, 2004

Leftovers

By system

NBC extended Carson Daly's contract to host "Last Call" through 2007. In related news, the weatherhuman extended its personal commitment to change the channel immediately at the end of Conan O'Brien through 2007.

May 19, 2004

Strutting With Pride

By Kate Rice

You know it when you see it. It's 10 a.m. on a Saturday, and a girl walks by your house carrying her Steve Maddens, make-up smeared from here to next Tuesday, hair messed up beyond recognition and in a black tube top wit...

May 19, 2004

Praising Drag Queens Perpetuates Lack of Treatment for Mentally Ill

By Ted Hastings

In February I wrote a letter to the Nexus in which I argued against gay marriage while promoting the "slippery slope" idea that if we accept homosexuality as normal we will soon see the emergence of other even more unnat...

May 18, 2004

Don’t Get Between the ‘Human and Its Hog

By system

Who wants to do a good deed by helping out the 'human? Nobody? Ok, who wants to be the 'human for a day and say whatever the hell you want to the whole campus? That's better.

May 18, 2004

Damn Skippy: Two Can Play This Game

By Loren Willams

One of my fellow Nexus columnists, Joey Tartakovsky, did a piece last week on the migration of jobs overseas. He interviewed one of UCSB's resident economists about this trend. Tartakovsky is a clever fellow, but he made...