Opinion

October 28, 2003

He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

By Daniel Haier

If there's one way to avoid attention from the law this Halloween, it's to be the law. Dressing as police officers will provide you and your friends the opportunity to live out every law enforcement fantasy you've ever c...

October 28, 2003

Pre-Marinate For Best Results

By The Weatherhuman

A storm is coming. It's coming from where you're from. It's your friends from back home. And boy, are they jazzed about coming to IV for Halloween.

October 28, 2003

He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

By Kristina Ackermann

For those of you thinking about being your favorite Isla Vista Foot Patrol officer for Halloween, here are some reasons to reconsider. First, it's illegal. Now that that's out of the way, let's pretend it's not -just for...

October 28, 2003

Nexus Misses One Piece In Art Photos: Artist’s Name

By Robert Weschler

Last week I was impressed to find how newsworthy my recent activities have been. I was honored to find not one, but two photographs involving my recent work on the front page of the campus newspaper.

October 28, 2003

Letter Slips Down Slope to Just Plain Name-Calling

By Bredan Getzell

In his Oct. 27 ("Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat," Daily Nexus) response to Loren Williams' Thursday column "Marriage Protection Week is a Time to Fight Love," Scott Roney argues that Williams' support of gay m...

October 27, 2003

Where’s Baldo?

By Staff

As sure as there's an American dream, there's an IV dream. Baldo lived it to its depraved extent. He hotboxed FT. He stole booze from the local marts and hats from sorority girls.

October 27, 2003

Blue Traffic Lights: Shades of Gray: Little Certainty in World Affairs

By Joey Tartakovsky

Being for peace should not mean perpetually opposing the use of the U.S. Military abroad, for that is the peace of the ideologue: because the deployment of U.S. soldiers is surely interlaced with imperialism, it must alw...

October 27, 2003

Partying at Sundown

By Constantine Economides

A few weeks ago, a group of Isla Vista's finest Foot Patrol officers served and protected our community by issuing my roommate a citation for violating the infamous midnight noise ordinance.

October 27, 2003

Police Reports a Blot on Nexus’ Reputation

By Suzanne Malloy UCPD Chief

Over the years - more than 25! - I have looked forward to reading the Daily Nexus. As an alumna and long-time employee of UCSB, I have been alternately informed, impressed, amused, and outraged by the quality and content...

October 27, 2003

Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat

By Scott Roney

In his Thursday column, "Marriage Protection Week Is a Time to Fight Love," (Daily Nexus, Oct. 23) Loren Williams ridicules his opponents instead of constructing any logical replies to their arguments.

October 24, 2003

Paper, Plastic, or Protest?

By Henry Sarria

The recent supermarket workers' strike has gotten me thinking of back when I used to be a union carpenter's apprentice for AFL-CIO Local 727 in Miami, Fla. It has also gotten me thinking as to why these workers are strik...

October 24, 2003

The weatherhuman has been approached by agents of the establishment.

By Staff

From: XXX XXXXXXXX of the Alcohol and Other Drug Program: "I was hoping for more insights into the drugs and alcohol scene at UCSB/IV....What would be an effective way to communicate and dialogue with peeps re:gettin hig...

October 24, 2003

Some Other Guy’s Children

By Matt Faust

As a 21-year-old political science major in a decidedly liberal state, I'll be the first to admit that I am biased in my opinions on the war in Iraq. I also have high school friends in Iraq right now, fighting a war I am...

October 24, 2003

Worse Than Sticks or Stones, the “Slut” Label Cuts Deep

By Lauren

As a student walking on my way to class at UCSB, a school that prides itself upon its emphatic dedication to the notion of equality, I find myself lost. I feel as if I am attending a university consumed by hypocritical i...

October 24, 2003

Guerry Deserves No Love for Ignoring Court Rules

By Amanda Pazornik

I am a third-year member of the UCSB women's tennis team and was shocked to read Mr. Guerry's letter ("Tennis Player Calls a Double Fault on Coach's Bad Manners," Oct. 15, 2003) complaining about being kicked off our ten...

October 24, 2003

Television’s Take on News a Far Cry from the Truth

By Jamie Malos

While my roommate was watching CNN tonight I suddenly remembered why I had been avoiding watching this station since 9/11 and after Princess Diana died. The way the news is presented is horribly skewed.