Opinion
Welcome back. It's been a fun summer, and now the school year at UCSB is about to begin. Every time I saw one of those Staples back-to-school commercials, my thoughts would drift to all those incoming...
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Students living on campus or in other university-owned housing have a wonderful resource available to them: ResNet. A part of Housing and Residential Services, ResNet provides the network that student...
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So I'm sure people are all a-twitter about the Friends finale. I think it might be a while before another sitcom that big comes along.
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Lately in the Daily Nexus opinion section I've noticed a trend in the Israeli-Palestinian debate. While the assortment of articles varies slightly in tone and content, it seems both sides have reached...
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The ancient Chinese had foot binding and we have Brazilian bikini waxes. It's not a revolutionary concept - people will go to extreme lengths for the sake of being beautiful. Beauty is power in many s...
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As British students studying here at UCSB, we have obviously had many new experiences. UCSB has introduced us to such delights as sunshine, Woodstock's pizza and a multitude of highly motivated studen...
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The one thing that has become apparent to me since attending college is that Wu-Tang Clan was right: "Cash rules everything around me." UCSB is no exception.
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Be careful what you wish for - it just might turn around and bite you in the ass. Two weeks ago, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved a revised version of the Isla Vista parking plan...
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Change is in the air at the weatherhouse. The weatherhousemates are being forced to relocate because their greek organization is threatening to charge them several hundred dollars if they don't move i...
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In America, it's become customary to start things off with a bang. After all, our two longest standing traditions are shooting things and buying things - preferably shooting the things we've bought. A...
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On Tuesday, I was sitting in a chair at Energy Tattoo as P.J. Ferrante ran his needle over my flesh and I started thinking about my being editor in chief of the Daily Nexus for the last two years. "Oh...
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Like, oh my god, it's time for a new weatherhuman!!! I'm totally sure I'll be able to keep my gender unknown next year! I can totally keep a secret... like when Ashley and Brad hooked up at Ashley's p...
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When your life here feels worlds away from life back home, issues of identity inevitably come into play as the struggle to balance the two becomes increasingly necessary to sustain sanity. But though ...
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It's June. This year - my senior year of college - is nearly done, yet I keep thinking about books I read in grade school. You know the kind.
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"I faced the facts: I am a 21-year-old male - the worst demographic to rent to, bar none. We are dirty, we get drunk and break stuff, we don't even own vacuums and the only time our apartments are cle...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
