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Money Well Spent

October 12, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made one of UCSB's newest hires its newest Nobel laureate. The work of economics professors Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott of Arizona State Universit...
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You’re a Winner!

October 12, 2004 by

UCSB FACULTY MEMBER: YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON $1,300,000.00!!! As a UCSB instructor, you are AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED in the NOBEL PRIZE CONTEST!
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Save the Earth and the Nation

October 12, 2004 by Vanessa Rivers

Environmental problems are now the number-one domestic threat to national security. What are you going to do about changing the way America lives so that in turn the whole world can move toward sustai...
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UCs Do More Than Destroy, Just Ask Our Nobel Laureates

October 12, 2004 by Justin Violini

Gloria Ross' article ("UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout," Daily Nexus, Oct. 11) does prove a point: Everything is interconnected. However, saying that the UC system "must be demilitarized" is a bit of...
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Don’t Mix Sex And State

October 11, 2004 by Alec Mouhibian

There is nothing gayer - in the adolescent slang sense of the term - than the issue of gay marriage. Never have so many people whined so much over something that is so stupid.
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What’s That Smell?

October 11, 2004 by

Damn, don't forget to clean out your backpack every now and then. I use mine as a refrigerator/pharmacy/library/file cabinet, and what goes in doesn't always come back out.
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UC Bankrolling a Nuclear Fallout

October 11, 2004 by Gloria Ross

Last Friday's presidential debate displayed a John Kerry committed to leading an international coalition to end nuclear proliferation. This bold stance on nuclear weapons development echoed in both ca...
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But the Cap Was On!

October 8, 2004 by Mark Signa

This last week I was asked to comment on a recent editorial written by a student who seemed to have a pretty bad night with the I.V. Foot Patrol. The writer brings up some issues with her contact and ...
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Cats Can’t Read

October 8, 2004 by

There's more than one way to skin a cat, but using a potato peeler is probably not the most efficient choice. Nor the most humane, I suppose. Unless you tranquilized it first or something...
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Drugstore Cowboy: Informative, Political, Porno?

October 8, 2004 by Cory Anthony

I love the smell of democracy in the morning. Smells like ... victory. Or maybe that's just the lagoon. Election season is upon us in full force with the presidential and vice presidential debates.
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All Fluff, No Buff, Don’t Let Kerry Fool You

October 8, 2004 by Daniel Rabinovitch

In this day and age, quiet confidence is often mistaken as a bad quality. While some people seek outspoken enthusiasm in their leaders, I look for a man who is set in his core and able to convey his b...
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Wacky Columnist’s Jokes Degrade Political Process

October 8, 2004 by Patrick Hunt

As a passive observer during these times of virulent electoral conflagration, I feel too little is being said about the nature of the political contests of our time.
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You Can’t Sell Hot Dogs To Fans Who Aren’t There

October 8, 2004 by Alexandra Hanson

There is a lack of student attendance and support for UCSB athletics. As my co-worker pointed out, we could count the people in the stands of Harder Stadium with our fingers.
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Would You Please Avoid Becoming a Bike Path Bozo

October 8, 2004 by Patrick Brogan

When I went to community college I never had the luxury of being able to ride my bike to school. Then I came to UCSB and things changed. I had heard about the wonderful bike paths in the past but neve...
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A Macroscopic Success

October 7, 2004 by

There are still many unanswered questions in this universe: If you were a quark, what color would you be? Would I become a genius if I ate the brains of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist? How does it fe...
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