Opinion

November 25, 2003

Thanks for Leaving

By The Weatherhuman

Oh, boy, just one more day until break. I can't wait to stuff my belly and pass out in front of the TV with Dad and Gramps.

November 25, 2003

The Cave Diet Really Works

By system

The weatherhuman believes that the mass slaughter of turkeys this time of year is a cruel, archaic tradition. I vastly prefer prime rib.

November 25, 2003

University Balking on Green Buildings

By Edward France

UCSB had established itself as a leader in green design. Our leadership, however, is starting to ring hollow. We gained national attention by achieving Platinum LEED building certification. However, the five other buildi...

November 24, 2003

The Artful Dodger: Sins of the Inept Reporter

By Drew Mackie

I write a lot. I write for school, I write for my job, and I think my post-college plans will somehow involve newspaper journalism, a special form of writing through which one attempts to disseminate the truth. I've just...

November 24, 2003

Can We Make It?

By Staff

We're crawling toward Thanksgiving break, and for many of us it will mean the first time we've been home since the year began. Which makes this a scary few days.

November 24, 2003

Blue Traffic Lights: Neoconservatism History 101

By Drew Atkins

The term "neoconservative" has wrongly become a synonym for ultraconservative or zealously right-wing. A distinction should be made between those known as "paleoconservatives" - old-style conservatives - like Pat Buchana...

November 24, 2003

Even in the Sixth Week, Strikers Deserve Respect

By Chris Holmes

There are no two words that bring a skip to my step like Bonus Buy. I'm talking about that wonderful little yellow tag you see at Albertsons when Ben & Jerry's is two for $5.

November 24, 2003

Noseless Pop Star’s Arrest Raises Some Eyebrows

By Henry Sarria

Under our justice system we are all innocent until proven guilty. With this said, I, along with many others, can't break myself from believing that the allegations of child molestation against Michael Jackson are true.

November 21, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Don’t Wanna Grow Up

By Cory Anthony

Tuesday, the assistant county editor and I drove up to Neverland after hearing that law enforcement officials were combing Jackson's ranch. I brought along a friend's copy of Jackson's 1979 album "Off the Wall" for the r...

November 21, 2003

CNN Is for Jacko-ffs

By Staff

I was watching the CNN coverage of the Michael Jackson situation. I know, it's stupid, it's sensational and only an idiot would care about it. But enough about CNN.

November 21, 2003

Schlafly Buzzes About Feminism Inaccurately

By Lisa Castagnola

I attended the much talked-about debate between Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson. Among many of the appalling opinions Schlafly conveyed, I was most offended by the way she incorrectly generalized feminists and ...

November 21, 2003

Misquotes, David Crosby Mar Nexus News Stories

By Bryan D. Brown Housing Co-op Representative

I understand that Isla Vista Master Plan meetings are not exactly Woodward and Bernstein material, but I was disappointed in the last two articles printed in the Nexus as both contain egregious errors in reporting that m...

November 21, 2003

12-Year-Old Hot Line

By Staff

Those 12-year-old boys have got it pretty damn easy: chasing bullfrogs down at the creek, stealing apple pies from neighborhood windowsills and playing tickle-fight until the wee hours of the morning with Michael Jackson...

November 20, 2003

Good Intentions Gone Awry

By Carolyn Buford

After reading two editorials and the article about the Halloween post mortem, I felt it was a good time to talk to students directly. My name is Carolyn Buford, and I am the person responsible in large part for the Hallo...

November 20, 2003

Food Ain’t Free

By Staff

Made a few trips to the dump today. It's expensive to use the dump. Paying someone else to take my stuff got me thinking about the weird ways money works. There is paying for stuff you already own...

November 20, 2003

Gender Equality as Elusive as Feminism

By Loren Williams

There seems to be a lot of confusion in this country about feminism. Even experts on the subject seem to have a difficult time explaining it. Experts Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson both admitted in Tuesday's d...