Opinion

February 23, 2004

The Reader

By Heather Buchheim

Why is it that I.V. landlords have felt the need to contribute thousands to Brooks Firestone's campaign?

February 23, 2004

The Reader

By Megan Lamantia-Bishop

Wow, Anthony Manganaro, you have got to chill out. In your article, "How To Get Laid at UCSB: Some Advice From a Freshman" (Feb. 20, Daily Nexus), you sound a bit like Seth Green's overzealous character, Kenny Fisher, in...

February 20, 2004

Venture to Speculate in the Dark

By system

Dean is gone without winning a single state. At least he proved he could name 16 of them in 19 seconds. But that on-stage freak-out was bad strategy - everyone knows you wait to act like a maniac until you're in the priv...

February 20, 2004

The Isla Vista Action Group

By Harry Nelson

Recently, the Nexus published articles discussing the Isla Vista Action Group, which we co-chair. Some of the information in these articles was inaccurate. We'd like to clarify the group's mission and progress.

February 20, 2004

UCSB Won’t Benefit From Proposition 55

By Nicholas Romero

It seems very ironic that our state flag has "California Republic" written on it. Out of all the states in the union, ours appears to be the least republican. Though Article IV, Section IV of the United States Federal Co...

February 20, 2004

Knock: Don’t Waste a Vote on a Candidate With No Love

By Drew Atkins

They don't care about you, those candidates for 3rd District supervisor. They just want your vote, and then you'll be thrown out like last night's beer bottles. Don't settle for such a shallow relationship.

February 20, 2004

How To Get Laid at UCSB: Some Advice From a Freshman

By Anthony Manganaro

I'm a little, nervous shit, so at my first UCSB party I walked up to this gigantic senior carrying a bottle of vodka and asked him, "So, how do you get a girl around here?" He didn't respond with compassionate advice or ...

February 20, 2004

Wintry Hot Line

By system

Man, these dreary winter days of rain drag the quarter on and on and on. Fuck that. Certainly the profes sors understand th at rain is a totally valid reason for an abs ence or three. Rainy days are mad e for the home. C...

February 19, 2004

A Legal Right to Marriage

By Christopher Cook

A Massachusetts state representative recently stated that allowing gays to marry would violate natural law. Has anyone realized that divorce is also not part of the natural law of marriage?

February 19, 2004

I Shot a Man in Florida

By system

Lots of times I get ideas for this box just by flipping through the newspaper. Truth is stranger than fiction, I always say, and so much more powerful.

February 19, 2004

Egotistical Conspiracy Theorists on Skateboards

By Mark Signa

Why me? This actually is probably the most asked question of any police officer anywhere. Why did I get the speeding ticket and not everyone else who was speeding too? Why'd you stop me when there are murderers, rapists ...

February 19, 2004

Students’ Party Is Government By and For the Students

By Jared Renfro

Move off the rails, there's a train coming through. Students' Party has been formed through the collaborative efforts of members of the S.A.C. and S.U.N. parties.

February 19, 2004

Hand Cream and the Death of Rugged Masculinity

By Meghan Palma

With the dawn of a new millennium came the rise of the metrosexual - a distinctly cultured breed of straight men whose taste in art, fashion, personal grooming and interior design mirrors that of his stereotypically gay ...

February 18, 2004

Good Morning, Sunshine

By Kate Rice

Some people prefer the kind of sex where you barely move and your eyes are shut so tightly that a crowbar couldn't pry them open. Others still would rather have sex only in the pitch dark under the covers so that too muc...

February 18, 2004

Staples Cathedral

By system

Sorry, don't have much time to write today. I'm going to the Lakers game and I'm about to miss my bus.

February 18, 2004

Fighting Off Landlords, Bill Collectors

By Ron Perry Robin Unander Steve Rice

"Ask the Lawyer" will be a recurring column presented by Associated Students Legal Resource Center attorneys Ron Perry, Robin Unander and Steve Rice. The aim is to present legal information that students and staff will f...