Opinion
Ms. Tavares, give your friend George some credit. He's not that kid you picked up from the football game anymore. In fact, he's not a kid at all. George is an adult, and he is an American. In this cou...
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Sometimes I just don't get it. Maybe the problem is that some people are very stupid. The people I'm referring to are the ones complaining about the Daily Nexus's coverage of Riccardo Apollo King's ar...
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In order to properly understand our present predicament, we must know that the philosophy of anti-Americanism exists in a different class of thought from anti-U.S. criticism. The former is a prejudice...
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I will likely make many enemies for writing this column. That said, the story which I am about to recount to you involves actions so heinous and so utterly impolitic that I have no choice but to expos...
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Many people who live vegetarian live longer and have more energy, mental alacrity, and sex drive - and kill no other living beings in the process.
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As a queer person of color, there are distinct moments in your life that serve as markers for personal growth: learning to love your skin and your culture, coming out of the closet and pissing off con...
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I see that once again the Daily Nexus jumps on another chance to cast shame upon the minority community. What a treat to open the paper and see an arrest of a person of color captured in photo for the...
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The Governator announced a couple days ago that he is thinking of changing our State Legislature from full to part time. He thinks they might be more efficient that way.
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These days I rarely walk from my home on the West Campus to Del Playa Drive on weekend nights; perhaps only two or three times so far this year. When I do, someone yells "Aren't you a bit old" or "Str...
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My younger brother's friend George is in Iraq. At least, I'll call him George although that's not his real name. He is a happy-go-lucky, lanky guy. Like all of my younger brother's friends, he is a bi...
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Beef. It's what's for dinner; at least in my house, as I am proud to declare my membership in the omnivore club. It's not as if red meat is on the menu every night. But in my home a steak never goes u...
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This letter is in response to Meghan Palma's article ("White Guys, Yellow Fever; Dating's Just Not Easy," Daily Nexus, April 4). I am a first generation immigrant from the Philippines who moved here w...
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Damn those unlucky few who didn't snag tickets to the "Kill Bill" back-to-back sneak preview double feature. It was the best thing to come to UCSB since the tube top, but because of those few, we luck...
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You've probably noticed that the bike paths are all cluttered with red, yellow and green signs urging you to vote in the upcoming Associated Students. elections. If you have noticed them, you probably...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
