Opinion

November 4, 2003

PATRIOT Act Threatens the Future More Than Liberals

By Heather Wilson

The Nov. 3 editorial, "Your Friendly PATRIOT Act," missed a crucial piece of "whiny liberals'" objection to the USA PATRIOT Act. It isn't a misguided fear of government that leads such notoriously liberal organizations a...

November 4, 2003

Confidence Shouldn’t Be Fear-Inspiring to All Males

By Alisha Dahlstrom

Before addressing Katherine Drabiak's argument that men can't handle an assertive female, let me clarify an important point: Despite my accusations against the male species, I indeed like the gender.

November 3, 2003

Your Friendly PATRIOT Act

By Henry Sarria

Sure, Big Brother is watching with the KH-11, KH-12, Lacrosse, Onyx and Vega satellites. Big Brother can monitor phone and e-mail communications. Search warrants are easier to obtain.

November 3, 2003

That Was a Lot of Money Back Then

By Staff

Things are never how they appear on Halloween. My companion at an exclusive downtown bar amazed me with their ability to keep up for hours with my rare weatherhuman dance attack.

November 3, 2003

California and PIRG Help to Clean Up Clean Air Act

By Laura Baker

As I was reading "Lawsuit Against Clean Air Act Looks to Block New Changes" in the Oct. 28 issue of the Daily Nexus, I was surprised to discover a few interesting facts missing.

November 3, 2003

No, Seriously – We Didn’t Mean to Be That Offensive

By Richard Jenkins Advisor OSL

The Halloween flyer was intended to increase student awareness about current Isla Vista laws and regulations. I apologize to anyone that it might have offended.

November 3, 2003

UCSB Must Remedy the Intersection of Certain Doom

By Anthony Socpatz

I almost lost my life. I am not here to preach about the importance of driving safely. We should instead focus on the future and on preventing this from repeating.

October 31, 2003

Slippery Like a Pissed-On Pig

By Staff

Watch your step tonight. There's going to be horses with cop-jockeys stalking the streets of I.V. Personally, I'm not sure how we're going to handle the smell.

October 31, 2003

Relief for the Rash-Ridden

By Monique Sherman

Do you have questions about your health but don't have enough time to ask even your permanent couch roommate, a connoisseur of mysterious insect bites, about the effects of an itchy, unknown rash?

October 31, 2003

Cookies ‘n’ Milk: the New Beer for Halloween This Year?

By Drew Atkins

Students of UCSB, I come before you today with intrepid ideas and profound propositions. Gone are the days of the kegger, I say to you - gone, cast into that dark place where such barbaric things of the past go to die.

October 31, 2003

Cops Shouldn’t Chat When They’re on the Clock

By Roland Reeds

With Halloween weekend parties upon us, I'm sure the police department has been putting in much time and effort beefing up their force, pulling out all the stops and definitely sparing no tax money for this year's crazy ...

October 31, 2003

Huff’s Anal Sex Column Soils the Holiest of Holies

By Chris French

In response to Christina Huff's article last Wednesday ("A Back Door to Sexual Delight? Butt of Course!"Daily Nexus, Oct.29), I was disgusted reading your article. Not the topic - everyone is entitled to their own sexual...

October 31, 2003

DeFranceschi Brightens Up a Curvy Girl’s World

By Cassie McBride

I am writing you regarding the article "Curvy Cate Shouldn't Try to Be Skinny Minnie" by Sam DeFranceschi that ran on Oct. 29. I don't know how else to express how I felt after reading the article except to say that I wa...

October 31, 2003

Jack-o’-Hot Line

By Staff

The pumpkins reign tonight. I tell ya, those toothy fuckers will wait to bite you on the ass as you stumble drunkenly home from another famous Isla Vista Halloween - with the teeth you carved with your fat cousin Penny. ...

October 30, 2003

Human In Black

By Staff

The weathercomputer is on the fritz once again. The friendly technical support representative diagnosed my grumblings as resulting from a faulty motherboard.

October 30, 2003

How the Grinch Stole Halloween

By Staff

"Halloween in Isla Vista: The Party Is Over." This is the subject line of the anti-fun e-mail that Richard Jenkins at the Office of Student Life sent out to students at UCSB, schools across California and schools nearby ...