Opinion

April 28, 2004

Smitty Checks Out

By system

This box says 'Weather' on top, so I guess I should mention it's been hot enough to kill the elderly lately. Whoops - I guess that was kind of insensitive. There goes my readership at the old folk's home on El Colegio.

April 28, 2004

America Needs to Get off Its High Horse

By Steven Schneider

Lovely. Isn't it amazing how incredibly willing we Americans are to sacrifice so much and help our little brown brothers in Iraq? We definitely deserve a brownie. Let's all take a moment to pat ourselves on the back for ...

April 27, 2004

Damn Skippy: Some Fine Amber Waves of Grain

By Loren Willams

I love a lot of things. Ice cream, "Zoolander," and camping are among them. I certainly love my country. But above all, I love myself. From this self-love comes my appreciation for everything else.

April 27, 2004

Hell No, We Won’t Protest

By system

I was thinking about the assholes protesting against Karen Hughes here on Sunday. Now, I'm not the kind to accuse a person of being un-American just because they are protesting someone.

April 27, 2004

Collective Punishment Affects Us All

By Ali Kattan-Wright

Imagine waking up one morning to the sound of loud banging on your front door. You stumble through a room crowded with sleeping children only to find three soldiers wielding automatic weapons outside the door.

April 27, 2004

The Sweet Smell of Burning Couch Could Cost Major Dough

By Mark Signa

Ah, lovely spring. This is the time of year you just have to appreciate the warm weather, sunny days, birds chirping, hay fever, wind, birds dumping on my car and the lovely smell of burnt couch.

April 27, 2004

Don’t Be Fooled by Friendly LaRouchies in Front of the Arbor

By Neil Visalvanich

Maybe you saw them here last week. Maybe you talked to them. Every now and again, they set up tables in the Arbor. They approach you with bright smiles. They're a friendly and racially diverse crowd. They seem to really ...

April 26, 2004

To the Victors Go the Spoils

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Cervin Morris will not pay tuition next year. Neither will his three vice presidents, Andrea Wells, Felicia Cruz and Jared Renfro. It's part of the Associated Students Legal Code. "Each executive officer must receive ful...

April 26, 2004

Professional Crastinator

By system

I don't really have time today to sit here and tell jokes. I've got a midterm tomorrow, which means I've got to get home and clean my room, cook a full dinner and organize my desk.

April 26, 2004

Blue Traffic Lights: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

By Joey Tartakovsky

We have learned that Iraqi society is guided by traditions our society can barely fathom, and governed by forces far more powerful than rational self-interest or abstractions about democracy. It is a place where a cleric...

April 23, 2004

Sore Loser

By system

So I wasn't elected A.S president. How many people voted for me, you ask? Well, I'd rather not say. I'm just not comfortable putting a number on it.

April 23, 2004

Israel’s Not Going Anywhere

By Joel Furman

It is time for the Palestinian people to finally accept the permanence of an Israeli state. Ever since the British left the area on May 14, 1948, the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors have done everything they can to...

April 23, 2004

You Hate Us, You Really Hate Us…

By system

The responsibility of our student paper is immense. Students form their impressions of the community around them by what is investigated by Nexus reporters and editors. We are, however, strongly disappointed in the failu...

April 23, 2004

Student Input on Parking Shouldn’t Be Neglected

By Adam Pinson

OK, the jig is up Mr. Bryan Brown. If the Isla Vista Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee's (PAC/GPAC) goal was to facilitate discussion on its policies, they have succeeded.

April 23, 2004

Students Can Unite for Abortion Rights

By Lisa Castagnola Martine Holston

On Sunday, April 25, 2004, one of the largest public demonstrations in support of reproductive freedom in history will take place in Washington, D.C.

April 23, 2004

Hate Mail Hot Line

By system

So we at the Nexus weren't feelin' too much love this week. Not only were our e-mail inboxes and mailboxes filled to the brim with hate letters bashing our endorsements and the methodology behind them, but our office als...