Opinion

April 9, 2004

End Violence in Isla Vista

By Harry Nelson

These days I rarely walk from my home on the West Campus to Del Playa Drive on weekend nights; perhaps only two or three times so far this year. When I do, someone yells "Aren't you a bit old" or "Street person" at me. A...

April 9, 2004

Friday Day – My Favorite Holiday

By system

The Governator announced a couple days ago that he is thinking of changing our State Legislature from full to part time. He thinks they might be more efficient that way.

April 9, 2004

Army Recruitment Dangles Deceptive Bait

By Stephanie Tavares

My younger brother's friend George is in Iraq. At least, I'll call him George although that's not his real name. He is a happy-go-lucky, lanky guy. Like all of my younger brother's friends, he is a bit mischievous in tha...

April 9, 2004

Let Me Eat My Steak in Peace, You Militant Vegetarians

By Henry Sarria

Beef. It's what's for dinner; at least in my house, as I am proud to declare my membership in the omnivore club. It's not as if red meat is on the menu every night. But in my home a steak never goes uneaten and neither d...

April 9, 2004

Mixed-Race Dating Woes Stem From Societal Ills

By Bert Viloria

This letter is in response to Meghan Palma's article ("White Guys, Yellow Fever; Dating's Just Not Easy," Daily Nexus, April 4). I am a first generation immigrant from the Philippines who moved here when I was 14 years o...

April 9, 2004

Sneak Preview Hot Line

By system

Damn those unlucky few who didn't snag tickets to the "Kill Bill" back-to-back sneak preview double feature. It was the best thing to come to UCSB since the tube top, but because of those few, we lucky ones must speak in...

April 8, 2004

A.S. It Is: A.S. Isn’t Just People You Elect

By Joel Galster

You've probably noticed that the bike paths are all cluttered with red, yellow and green signs urging you to vote in the upcoming Associated Students. elections. If you have noticed them, you probably already know that t...

April 8, 2004

Thin Line Between Drugs and Hate

By system

Next, a little bit of hate for the finest bunch of assholes on campus - the parking Nazis. You paper my truck every time I forget to display my permit.

April 8, 2004

Bedhead Diaries: White Guys, Yellow Fever; Dating’s Just Not Easy

By Meghan Palma

People from back home sometimes ask me what it's like being a minority in a community that is dominated by white people. I usually smile sweetly and respond, "I don't see race. It's just not an issue with me."

April 8, 2004

What Is It, Exactly, That Affects All of You People?

By Susan Landgraff

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It Affects Me is part of a campuswide campaign to raise awareness about rape and sexual assault in our community. Don't think you're affected? One woman in four, by the time she r...

April 8, 2004

This Is America, Folks: Even Offensive Speech Is Protected

By Josh Rodine

I'm deeply and constantly troubled by the sentiment expressed by Christine Bai in her column ("Details Magazine Defames Asians, Gays" Daily Nexus, April 6)

April 8, 2004

UCSB Administrators Could Use Some Motherly Advice

By Dianna Hosley

Didn't your mother tell you to put things back where you found them? Since Fall, I think - I don't even know how long it's been - we have been without bike racks at the UCen.

April 7, 2004

Lend Me Your Helmet

By system

On Tuesday I had a guest lecturer in my Sports Appreciation class (I figure my last quarter of college is a great time to challenge myself) talking about "cycling for fitness.

April 7, 2004

Nookie With Neighbors

By Kate Rice

Young, privileged people in college communities are always seeking instant gratification. Most would say that such situations create an ideal that we can always have what we want whenever we want it, including sexual sat...

April 7, 2004

King, Parks, Newsom: Pioneers for Change

By Neil Visalvanich

In Nicholas Romero's opinion piece on gay marriage, he claims that because California state law explicitly prohibits gay marriage, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's issuance of marriage licenses to gay couples was legal...

April 6, 2004

Knock: Welcome to UCSB; Now Leave

By Drew Atkins

Seeing the herds of casually dressed adults and bright-eyed youngsters making their way through campus, I feel threatened. I don't like these people. They bother me. I want to see them gone.