Opinion

May 25, 2004

Students Shouldn’t Fund a Campaign Shrouded in Mystery

By Neil Visalvanich

I've been at UCSB for three years now, and each year some student organization is protesting something new. Every now and then, the Arbor devolves into something like a zoo - there's a lot of screaming, and at various ti...

May 25, 2004

Sweet, Sappy Guys Do Their Part to Fight Female Objectification

By Scott Roney

I was tremendously pleased to see Tim Cho's column ("The Key to Women Lies in Relationships," Daily Nexus, May 21) printed in Friday's Nexus. In an environment where women are usually seen merely as sex objects - a view...

May 24, 2004

Coming Soon: The Weather Reader

By system

Look up at the Nexus staff box today. You'll see a bunch of new names in new places, as we turn over the staff and get ready for next year.

May 24, 2004

Blue Traffic Lights: Chatting With Lois Capps

By Joey Tartakovsky

The following is an interview with congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara), conducted on Thursday, May 20.

May 24, 2004

Apathetic Briggs Threatens Student Voice

By Todd Roberson

Who is Chandler Briggs and why has he been given the title of "student representative" on Isla Vista Project Area and General Plan Advisory Committees? It appears that he does not know what it means to be a representativ...

May 24, 2004

Rice Dehumanizes TAs as Objects of Sexual Gratification

By Michelle Samura

When angry, take a deep breath and count to 10. I've counted to 10 - 10 days to be exact. I thought the passing of time would help to clear my mind of some of the cloudy haze of frustration, anger and disgust.

May 24, 2004

Not All Women Should Be Seen as Damsels in Distress

By Amanda Maffett

This is in response to "The Key to Women Lies in Relationships" by Timothy Cho (Daily Nexus, May 21). Let me start out with one of his opening lines: "Women were created for men." Should I count how many ways I disagree ...

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

Challenging Your Beliefs

By Tiye Baldwin

Strict adherence to any ideology is the very definition of rigid thinking. To accept a particular line of thought unflinchingly is to imply that your own wisdom is boundless.

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...