Opinion

March 4, 2004

The Reader

By Melanee Young

Will it take the death of a fellow Santa Barbara college student to finally realize that fighting is not worth the cause? Or will intoxication, culminated with a high level of adrenaline, still remain the primary excuse?

March 3, 2004

Drunk as Slick

By system

On this date in 1962, Mr. Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a NBA game. If you believe Wilt, that is only the second greatest statistical accomplishment in his life.

March 3, 2004

Richy Rich Gettin’ Richer

By Tiye Baldwin

An open letter to all the self-righteous, high-paid taxpayers and their equally pompous offspring: Dear Pillagers of the Public Trough, I'm poor. I didn't used to be. But now Republicanomics is dictating more pain for th...

March 3, 2004

If That’s What Hookup Means, Then Yes

By Kate Rice

Seeing as how at least one portion of my everyday verbal discourse infallibly involves sex, this week I chose to address a sexual term whose definition is, like the balls, too often neglected: hooking up.

March 2, 2004

Horse Shit – Better than Bullshit

By system

Election Day - wow, do we have some doozies to choose from. Do you like Beer Guy? Or do you prefer the Mustache Man?

March 1, 2004

Nexus Endorsement for 3rd District Supervisor: Nobody

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

We're not nihilists, yet we're endorsing nothing. When election time rolls around, the position of 3rd District supervisor is a magnet for political divisiveness, childish behavior and caustic campaigns. It's the embodim...

March 1, 2004

Don’t Want You Back

By system

People rejoice - the grocery workers will soon return. Hooray! There's a party in the streets! Let's hold a fucking parade. Get Mayor Quimby up there to declare a new holiday in their honor - "Replace Your Employees with...

March 1, 2004

Blue Traffic Lights: Homophobia in the Homeland

By Joey Tartakovsky

Homophobia is plainly our society's last acceptable prejudice. Forgive the profanity, but the point needs to be made: upon hearing the words "kike," "nigger" or "spic," open-mouthed horror immediately ensues. But at Frid...

March 1, 2004

Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 55: Endorse

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Even in the shadow of a monstrous budget crisis, education should be a priority. Still, Prop 55 asks for a $12.3 billion bond - a hefty sum even in a healthy economy.

March 1, 2004

Joey Tartokovsky Presents Slanted View of Israel

By Ali Kattan-Wright

I am writing in response to Joey Tartakovsky's Feb. 23 Daily Nexus column, "Israeli Struggle Inspires the U.S." Joey begins his article by complaining about the special attention given to the Israel-Palestine conflict in...

March 1, 2004

Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 56: Strongly Endorse

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

The most controversial portion of this bill is a change in the required majority vote to pass budget-related bills and tax increases. Currently, California is one of three states in the U.S. that requires a two-thirds ma...

March 1, 2004

UC Fee Policy Threatens Student Groups With Death by Choking

By Alisha Dahlstrom

Our campus has 470 registered campus organizations through the Office of Student Life (OSL): from the Zen Sitting Group to the Unicycle Club, The Mark Twain Anti-Imperialist Forum to Students Stopping Rape, Mellow Moods ...

March 1, 2004

Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 57: Strongly Oppose

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Gov. Schwarzenegger won the gubernatorial race with a campaign focused on cleaning up Sacramento. Apparently Gov. Schwarzenegger believes that piles and piles of money and piles and piles of bills for the interest would ...

March 1, 2004

… And Then Some More Thought on Joey

By system

I am a Muslim student at UCSB. I recently read some parts of Joey Tartakovsky's articles in the Daily Nexus. It really offended me the way he was describing some stories about Muslims worldwide.

March 1, 2004

Nexus Endorsement for Proposition 58: Oppose

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Gov. Schwarzenegger's second brainchild continues along in the same cowardly vein as Prop 57. Prop 58 is a California Constitutional Amendment that prevents future governors and legislatures from passing budgets that req...

February 27, 2004

All Fridays Are Good

By system

I've been hearing a lot about the new movie, "The Passion of the Christ." I was wondering, though: Why "the" Christ? I guess there could be confusion if they left "the" out.