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Knock: Confessions of a Cynic

May 27, 2004 by Drew Atkins

Being cynical but not burned out, one is put in an uneven spot. On one hand, you remain relatively open minded to most things and people, and this mind state fills life with a certain verve.
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Shake on It

May 27, 2004 by

Two days left, and I'm getting all emotional. The guy from I.V. Bakery called in response to yesterday's box, offering 10 cents for every time I visited the store.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Nary an Ashtray or Parking Spot in Sight

May 27, 2004 by Cory Anthony

It's been a nice hiatus. Unfortunately, since I've taken a long break from nothing, all things I.V. and UCSB went to hell. Some jackass in the administration must've finally realized the foolishness o...
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Don’t Underestimate the Compassion of Students

May 27, 2004 by Alicia Woempner

This article is a response to Neil Visalvanich's "Students Shouldn't Fund a Campaign Shrouded in Mystery" (Daily Nexus, May 25). One of Mr. Visalvanich's main points is that UCSB students do not know ...
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The Dwindling Days of Freshman Year Spent Waxing Poetic

May 27, 2004 by Anthony Manganaro

Last week, I was supposed to write a poem for my English class. It's fun writing poems because nobody understands them. You could write "A blue cup, washing in the wind" and accept praise for it.
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The End of an Affair

May 26, 2004 by Kate Rice

All good things must come to an end. "Seinfeld," the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the reign of the Roman Empire and in turn, my love affair with the Daily Nexus.
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Tick, Tick, Tick

May 26, 2004 by

With three days left in my career, here are three things I've been meaning to get off my chest. I have to tell the lady at I.V. Bakery that I've noticed her habit of shorting me by 10 cents on my chan...
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Rapists Should Own Up to Their Crimes

May 26, 2004 by Maria Harutyunyan

Two of my friends were almost raped this year. Two. I never thought that it would happen to anyone I know, and since no one around me had ever been affected by this before I moved away to college, I'v...
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Don’t Let Authoritarianism Creep Its Way Into Society

May 26, 2004 by Michael Drew

In the political arena, there seem to be only two sides to events - the Republicans and Democrats. There is little talk about any other alternatives today. While both sides battle each other to reign...
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A Nexus Liaison Eliminates the Chances of Biased Journalism

May 26, 2004 by Christina Craig

The opinion column by Scott Talkov, "True Free Speech Can't Be Censored" (Daily Nexus, May 20) argued against A.S. Legislative Council's proposed liaison with the belief that "we are to trust our camp...
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University Needs to Maintain DP’s Coastal Bluffs, Roads

May 26, 2004 by Rebecca Loman

The path from Isla Vista to Sands Beach has always been popular with students and the Isla Vista community. The university improved the dirt path in 1986, when faculty housing was constructed, and it ...
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Aspirations Are Born Young

May 25, 2004 by Jacqueline Whalen

Campus Outreach Program: $3 million. Cost of a college education in 10 years: $60,000 per year. Being inspired at the age of seven to achieve your dreams: priceless. Just try explaining that to Adam P...
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Riding the Short Bike

May 25, 2004 by

Did you see Bush on TV last night, with his face all scraped up from a bike crash? I'm not going to give him a hard time for it because I got a pretty bad bump on the head from a crash on DP a while b...
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The Artful Dodger: Our Asses Are Taking Over the World

May 25, 2004 by Drew Mackie

We've become our own asses, people. Being called an "ass" is nothing new for me. Back when I knew it as the "a-word," it was one of the first obscenities I had ever learned. When someone's acting fool...
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Students Shouldn’t Fund a Campaign Shrouded in Mystery

May 25, 2004 by Neil Visalvanich

I've been at UCSB for three years now, and each year some student organization is protesting something new. Every now and then, the Arbor devolves into something like a zoo - there's a lot of screamin...
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