Opinion
All it takes is a few bad apples to ruin the bushel. It's an old country saying, but very true and applicable to many modern-day situations. Take the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Baghdad's infamous Abu...
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Last week, I'm lying on my back thinking, "I can't believe I have Astronomy 1 at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning," when I feel another one coming. Holy shit, not again! I've been in the toilet all night, and ...
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Let's wake up people and smell the... green? Going green is becoming increasingly popular due to social, environmental and surprisingly enough, economic reasons. It includes buying sustainable product...
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Did you see the story on the front page about the Nexus naming a new editor-in-chief? I've always thought it was weird when newspapers write stories about themselves.
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Today, the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Board of Directors will consider banning the consumption of alcohol in all I.V. parks unless park-goers have a permit. Currently alcohol is b...
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My housemate Donkey is like an old woman sometimes, especially around the end of each quarter. This is when he really starts nagging me. Where are you going to live next year, Drew?
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Last Friday as I was passing by Storke Plaza I took a moment to see what was going on. The first words I heard were, "We have gotten nothing but support from everyone - that is until a few days ago. I...
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This is in response to Amanda Maffett's letter regarding Drew Mackie's column in last Thursday's paper ("Drew Says: Cloning Opens Up a New World of Possibilities - in Bed," April 29, Daily Nexus).
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Crowds cheering, fists flying and hot girls dancing away. Sounds more like something on Spike TV, but nope, it was all done in the name of charity. I just find it ironic that violence and sex can be m...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A werewolf who definitely howled mid make-out
A performative male dressed as Tyler Durden
The mime that somehow made it hot and cool
The ghost of your situationship (no, it’s actually them)
Frat vampire, and your neck will be bleeding
The angel that has definitely never gone out
The literal devil
A prisoner with fake tattoos that you can pretend are real for the night
A sexy cowboy that definitely used the ride line at least four times
A Patrick Bateman who relates a little too much
The witch who asked for your zodiac sign first
A nurse who will leave you needing CPR
