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Nookie With Neighbors

April 7, 2004 by Kate Rice

Young, privileged people in college communities are always seeking instant gratification. Most would say that such situations create an ideal that we can always have what we want whenever we want it, ...
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Lend Me Your Helmet

April 7, 2004 by

On Tuesday I had a guest lecturer in my Sports Appreciation class (I figure my last quarter of college is a great time to challenge myself) talking about "cycling for fitness.
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King, Parks, Newsom: Pioneers for Change

April 7, 2004 by Neil Visalvanich

In Nicholas Romero's opinion piece on gay marriage, he claims that because California state law explicitly prohibits gay marriage, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's issuance of marriage licenses to g...
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Knock: Welcome to UCSB; Now Leave

April 6, 2004 by Drew Atkins

Seeing the herds of casually dressed adults and bright-eyed youngsters making their way through campus, I feel threatened. I don't like these people. They bother me. I want to see them gone.
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Don’t Trust Infomercials When Dealing With Cops

April 6, 2004 by Mark Signa

I got a speeding ticket and the cops were using radar. I read the book on how to fight radar and it seemed pretty easy, but when I got to court, the judge wouldn't let me ask all of the questions that...
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Art School Expels Overly Creative and Offensive Student

April 6, 2004 by Lauren Girard

When someone brings up the subject of suppression of free speech, I tend to think of right-wing hatemongers who want to use their Second Amendment rights to shoot the First Amendment in the back of th...
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Details Magazine Defames Asians, Gays

April 6, 2004 by Christine Bai

I was extremely sickened by this month's issue of Details magazine. In the April 2004 issue, author Whitney McNally writes a nasty article about Asian men with a title that reads "Gay or Asian?".
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Insiders Notes on Iranian Politics and All of Its Dangers

April 6, 2004 by Sam Kamyans

It is of obvious consequence that the events on 9/11 rendered the world a different place. Many of the actions the United States has taken, whether unilaterally or with international support, can be d...
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Skid Plaza

April 5, 2004 by

Did you see the destruction around Storke Plaza after this weekend? There was trash everywhere. It looked more like a place to get heroin than a place to relax and study.
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Blue Traffic Lights: One Major Breach in Security…

April 5, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

One bright morning in 1999, former counter-terrorism czar Richard A. Clarke walked into his office and knew something was wrong. His secretary of 10 years was looking at him in a way she never had bef...
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Correction: I’m the Champ

April 5, 2004 by

The weatherhuman has once again won the prestigious weatherhouse NCAA pool.
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The Cruel Repercussions of Newsom’s Actions

April 5, 2004 by Nicholas Romero

There are two conclusions that must be drawn from the same-sex marriage license debacle in San Francisco: One, marriage and monogamy can be considered normative human appreciations that cross the line...
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Celebrate Losing Your On-Campus Job in Las Vegas

April 5, 2004 by Becky Quiles

Apparently, I have an attitude problem. Until recently I was unaware that I had an attitude. Most people who know me would say that I am laid-back, passive and nonconfrontational. Last week I had a sc...
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Mary Jane Ain’t That Bad; Just Ask Our Friend Amsterdam

April 5, 2004 by Opinion Editor

Imagine stepping up to the counter at your local cafe and ordering off of a menu that includes White Widow, Hash Plant Haze and Master Kush. Government-regulated marijuana dispensaries aren't just in ...
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Whitewashed Racism

April 1, 2004 by Patrick Callahan

I wish to make note of the blatant racism shown in Loren Williams' "The Survival of the Fittest for Dummies" article (Daily Nexus, March 30) published in Tuesday's issue. His expressed belief that the...
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