Opinion

January 5, 2004

The Artful Dodger: The Cultural Aftershocks

By Drew Mackie

I spent Winter Break in a television trance. But whenever I broke away from VH1's marathon sessions of C-grade celebrities telling me what to remember from the '70s and '80s, I checked out the newspaper to see if anythin...

January 5, 2004

No Cost, No Receipt

By system

Back to school time - I'd call it Hell if it weren't so fucking freezing outside.

January 5, 2004

Now it’s Time to Relax

By system

Feeling better today. Feeling like it's good to be home (when you've been here as long as the 'human has, this is home).

January 5, 2004

Hey Thieves: Embrace the Karma Payment Plan

By Joel Furman

My computer was stolen. My snazzy Gateway portal to the world was taken from my bedroom during a little shindig - on my birthday, no less - that my roommates and I had.

January 5, 2004

Peace on Earth is Too Damn Quiet!

By Henry Sarria

With Winter Break over and all of you back in town, the peace that comes with the end of finals is officially over. I must admit, I missed all of you and some of your alcohol-fueled antics.

December 4, 2003

Wal-Martyred

By system

Did you hear about the lady who got trampled at Wal-mart by maniacs in pursuit of DVD players on sale for $30?

December 4, 2003

Twas the Day Before Finals

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

It would make a great game show. Your school's teaching assistants plan to strike, but you have to guess why. "Is it Eskimo Pies? Are you planning to strike because you want more Eskimo Pies?" Only the strike didn't hap...

December 4, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Your Mind on My Safety, Hand in My Underwear

By Cory Anthony

"Sir, you've been selected by the airline," the man at the security gate of the Santa Barbara Airport says to me, quickly scratching an "X" in red marker on my ticket. Did I win something? Maybe I'm getting an empty firs...

December 4, 2003

Nudity for Finals Week Fun

By Kate Rice

Dead Week and the finals crunch are always a joy - if you like pain. Caffeine overload headaches and delirium are surely right around the corner for many students due to all-nighters, final papers and presentations.

December 4, 2003

Coffee and Hubard’s Slam Against Grocery Strike Misses Point

By Frank Ferrante

In "A Strike Against All Sense," (Daily Nexus, Nov. 26) Ben Coffee and Brad Hubbard reflect the logic, sophistication and sensitivity of Scientologists on a caffeine binge. I resent their statement, "We chose not to hono...

December 4, 2003

Fill Your Holidays With Nachas

By Richard D. Hecht

I grew up in a kosher home in Southern California. My grandmother was an immigrant from Odessa who had come to New York in 1914 to what Jews of her generation called the Goldeneh Medineh, "The Golden Land."

December 4, 2003

Coal & Candy Canes

By The Daily Nexus Staff

The Daily Nexus Gives Fossil Fuel to the Foul and Sweets to the Superb. Tension-relieving candy canes for take-home finals and the saintly professors who assign them. Inevitable, end-of-the quarter lumps of coal, however...

December 4, 2003

What’s Your Problem? 12-04-03

By system

"My right leg is three inches shorter than my left." - Nate Brener (junior geology major)

November 26, 2003

A Strike Against All Sense

By Ben Coffee

In his article, the senior economics major seems to not understand basic economics, much less the larger forces at work. We chose not to honor the greedy picket lines at Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs, for somewhat more inf...

November 26, 2003

The Wednsday Hump: Ex Sex Is the Emotional Baggage Claim

By Kate Rice

Picture yourself having a good time on a date with someone you are interested in. The person's phone rings and as you watch recognition of the number roll over their face like the haze of a fog-filled Isla Vista morning,...

November 25, 2003

Answers for the Morning After

By John Fry Monique Sherman

Inquiring minds wanted to know, so the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) is here to answer some of those burning college questions. From doubts about your roommate's odor to sexually transmitted infections, we her...