Opinion
I am writing in response to Vanessa Rivers' column, "Save the Earth and the Nation" (Daily Nexus, Oct. 12). I agreed with the vast majority of the column - that is, until I reached the last paragraph.
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I would like to thank the Nexus for raising awareness of voter registration by groups around campus ("Campus Groups Seek More Student Voters," Daily Nexus, Oct. 7). Low voter turnout, especially among...
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To be blunt, I must say that the Weather box represents all the things about college life I don't want to hear about. The issues discussed within the Weather section have no relative importance to how...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“Greased Lightnin’” from “Grease”
Sunset waltz from “La La Land”
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Frat flick
“Macarena” by Los Del Río
“Gangnam Style” by PSY
“Swan Lake” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Renegade
“Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago”
“The Last Text” from “Dance Moms”
Flossing
All of “Hamilton”
