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To the Victors Go the Spoils

April 26, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Cervin Morris will not pay tuition next year. Neither will his three vice presidents, Andrea Wells, Felicia Cruz and Jared Renfro. It's part of the Associated Students Legal Code. "Each executive offi...
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Blue Traffic Lights: Should We Stay or Should We Go?

April 26, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

We have learned that Iraqi society is guided by traditions our society can barely fathom, and governed by forces far more powerful than rational self-interest or abstractions about democracy. It is a ...
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Israel’s Not Going Anywhere

April 23, 2004 by Joel Furman

It is time for the Palestinian people to finally accept the permanence of an Israeli state. Ever since the British left the area on May 14, 1948, the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors have done ev...
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Sore Loser

April 23, 2004 by

So I wasn't elected A.S president. How many people voted for me, you ask? Well, I'd rather not say. I'm just not comfortable putting a number on it.
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You Hate Us, You Really Hate Us…

April 23, 2004 by

The responsibility of our student paper is immense. Students form their impressions of the community around them by what is investigated by Nexus reporters and editors. We are, however, strongly disap...
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Student Input on Parking Shouldn’t Be Neglected

April 23, 2004 by Adam Pinson

OK, the jig is up Mr. Bryan Brown. If the Isla Vista Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee's (PAC/GPAC) goal was to facilitate discussion on its policies, they have succeeded.
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Students Can Unite for Abortion Rights

April 23, 2004 by Lisa Castagnola Martine Holston

On Sunday, April 25, 2004, one of the largest public demonstrations in support of reproductive freedom in history will take place in Washington, D.C.
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Hate Mail Hot Line

April 23, 2004 by

So we at the Nexus weren't feelin' too much love this week. Not only were our e-mail inboxes and mailboxes filled to the brim with hate letters bashing our endorsements and the methodology behind them...
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Permission to Participate

April 22, 2004 by Bryan Brown

Local politics are an interesting beast. Generally speaking, they have a far greater impact on our lives than state and federal politics, yet are greeted with far more apathy.
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Running Mate

April 22, 2004 by

I received an email Tuesday from a 17-year-old from Los Angeles named Cesar. He asked me a bunch of questions about the weather, and I tried to answer them all.
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Computers Have Feelings Too

April 22, 2004 by Zachary Carter

Do you expect the world from your computer but treat it like dirt? I know you do; I've seen your computer. You leave it on day in, day out, unpatched, without so much as a simple software firewall - ...
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UCSB Has Very Liberal Notions About Respect

April 22, 2004 by Daniel Rabinovitch

This Sunday at 3 p.m., Karen Hughes, former counsel to President Bush, will be speaking at Campbell Hall. Of course, Hughes is a Republican and formerly affiliated with George Bush, so you guessed it ...
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4/21 Is Try Again Day

April 21, 2004 by

I heard from a few people who were surprised yesterday that I didn't have anything to say about 4/20.
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Let’s Not Get So Physical

April 21, 2004 by Kate Rice

Sex is great - Having it, talking about it, thinking about it, and by all means, doing activities that could potentially lead to it are wonderful ways to pass the time. However, even a sex columnist h...
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Silence Is Golden If It’s for Gay Rights

April 21, 2004 by Vanessa Prell

No, it's not because I hate you. No, I'm not angry at you. And no, this isn't me giving the world a good old-fashioned f--- you either. It's about silence. Today is the National Day of Silence. So, i...
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