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Joey’s Latest Column Abounds With Contradiction, Hypocrisy

May 6, 2004 by Orin Harris

I found Joey Tartakovsky's column, "The Ruthlessness of Terrorism" (Daily Nexus, May 3), to be stunningly hypocritical because of his previously stated support for the war in Iraq.
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Hating the Haters

May 5, 2004 by

I'd like to use today's space to clear a colleague's name. He wrote a column last week imagining the glorious sexual possibilities presented by cloning.
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Beneath the Sexual Radar

May 5, 2004 by Kate Rice

It seems that people these days are just bursting with bizarre and morbid curiosity. From charged nipple clamps to glow-in-the-dark butt plugs, chances are if man can create it, someone, somewhere is ...
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The Reader

May 5, 2004 by Stephanie Redden

This is in response to Briyanna Maatuk's article "When Did College Become All About Sex?" (Daily Nexus, May 3). What it took Maatuk four years at UCSB to discover about Isla Vista, most students at an...
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Kids, Don’t Hold Guns, M’Kay?

May 4, 2004 by

A federal drug agent was giving a gun safety presentation in Orlando a few days ago when he accidentally shot himself in the leg.
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Damn Skippy: A Battle for Free Speech

May 4, 2004 by Loren Willams

I don't like the way that the battle against obscenity is going. I'm convinced that ultimately the battle will be lost, much to my delight. For some reason, Americans find the word "fuck" much too tit...
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Clones Are More Than Just Tits, Ass and DNA; They’re People, Too

May 4, 2004 by Amanda Maffett

This is in response to Drew Mackie's opinion on human cloning in "Cloning Opens Up a New World of Possibilities - in Bed" (Daily Nexus, April 29). This is in response to Drew Mackie's opinion on human...
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Poop

May 3, 2004 by

Goddamned sonuvabitchin' shit-ass.
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Blue Traffic Lights: The Ruthlessness of Terrorism

May 3, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

Terrorism is often whitewashed as an inevitable reaction to injustice and oppression. But this idea is a deceitful one because it is self-justifying - that is, it is always true: Terrorism, by its ver...
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When Did College Become All About Sex?

May 3, 2004 by Briyanna Maatuk

It is only in my last year here that I have noticed that UCSB is a world of its own. The fact that I haven't "gone home for the weekend" for the past three years has given me a chance to observe the w...
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Not All Cubans Think Alike; Dictators Have Fan Clubs, Too

May 3, 2004 by Katrina Hale

While I feel for Henry Sarria's necessary emigration from his native Cuba ("A T-shirt With a History, Daily Nexus, April 30), I feel that I must point out that one ex-patriot cannot speak for an entir...
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AOL Instant Messenger and the Deterioration of the Human Race

May 3, 2004 by Anthony Manganaro

It is obvious the Internet is killing us - not mentally, but physically. For example, when I checked my e-mail this morning, I fell out of my chair and broke my right nut.
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We Still Don’t Understand

April 30, 2004 by

OK, it's late Thursday night, and I have the funniest joke I've written all week (not saying much) all ready to go. When I go to drop it in, I find my space pillaged by some bullshit correction.
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A T-shirt With a History

April 30, 2004 by Henry Sarria

I have decided to go on a mission. This mission will be a simultaneous statement of both fashion and politics. If you think my name made it to Mr. Blackwell's "10 Worst Dressed List" you're wrong. Eve...
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Returning to the High School Womb

April 30, 2004 by Alec Mouhibian

It is widely acknowledged that UCSB is a pretty weird place. It's the type of place that when you hear about puppy love, it most likely has something to do with bestiality. This naturally came up when...
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