Opinion

October 23, 2003

‘Assylum’ Isn’t an Accurate Representation of Psychology

By Amanda Maffett

On Oct. 21, 2003, you ran a comic strip titled, "The Assylum." This comic strip offended me because I have spent a week in a psychiatric hospital. I ended up in the hospital because last year, I tried to kill myself and ...

October 22, 2003

Hot Hot ‘Human

By Staff

Hot day yesterday, huh? I have trouble getting motivated when it's that hot. I just want to lay outside naked and get drunk and sweaty with someone special.

October 22, 2003

Hot and Ready for Action

By Christina Huff

Nothing feels better than waking up and knowing you have a hot date lined up for the evening. It's not just any date, it's the date with that special someone you've been seeing for a few weeks.

October 22, 2003

Have Your Cake, Eat It and Save a Slice

By Randall Shulman

They say you can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's not necessarily the truth. All too often it seems we measure out cakes and our lives by an "all or nothing" standard.

October 21, 2003

And the Truth Shall Set You in Pee

By The Weatherhuman

How about the open letter from the Chancellor about National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week? Long, boring and full of statements like "Alcohol abuse directly undercuts the return on your parents' educational investmen...

October 21, 2003

Sexual Assault Is Not Sex

By Max Anders

People in this society who are committed to reducing sexual assault fall under a common misconception that must be clarified. We are dedicated to the end of rape and sexual assault, not sex! In fact, many of us happen to...

October 21, 2003

Weekend Campaign Hopes for Three Days Free of Rape

By Henry T. Yang Yonnie Harris Michael D. Young

Between Oct. 23 and Oct. 26, UCSB's Rape Prevention Education Program will initiate a new campaign entitled, "I Want a Truce." This campaign seeks as its goal three days without sexual assault in our community.

October 20, 2003

Why is Money Green?

By Staff

What is with the commercials for the new twenty-dollar bill? Why do they need to advertise money? If I can use this new bill to purchase things, I assure you I will use it.

October 20, 2003

Searching for Even Steven

By Katrina Hale

Something has been bothering me more and more. I have followed the debate in the Nexus opinion page with continuing dissatisfaction. This feeling of unease climaxed Wednesday night when I attended a talk in I.V. Theater ...

October 20, 2003

Adelman’s Lecture About Israel Doesn’t Add Up

By Tom Simson

Dr. Jonathan Adelman is a supposedly highly respected member of his field. I attended his lecture titled "Israel/Palestine: Myths and Realities" on Oct. 15th and expected to come to better understand the Israeli-Palestin...

October 20, 2003

The Reader’s Voice: What’s Your Problem? Quote Is a Problem for STD Victims

By Anonymous

I would like to respond to one of the quotes in the Daily Nexus's Wednesday, October 15th story,"What's Your Problem?" Ricky Denoda is quoted as saying, "I'm visiting and I heard that one in 20 of the females around her...

October 20, 2003

Huff’s Smutty Column Stinks Worse Than Giving a Rim Job

By Celia Soudry

I am writing in response to the distasteful and hardly comedic column I have been reading in the Nexus. As a freshman I would proudly pick up the Daily Nexus every Wednesday looking forward to Beth Van Dyke's witty and h...

October 20, 2003

Vague, Illegally Posted Signs About Feminism Are Bad Ads

By Staff

Walking around campus recently, I noticed a ton of small white flyers taped over many of the flyers I had posted for an event at the Women's Center, the 11th Annual National Young Women's Day of Action Faire.

October 17, 2003

Nexus Coverage Must Be Accurate

By Miguel Mendoza

On Oct. 15, 2003, Students for a Free Tibet enacted a mock execution of Tibetan political prisoners on the UCSB campus. Thankfully, the Nexus was able to send out a reporter to cover this action.

October 17, 2003

Please Read the Weatherdegenerate.

By Staff

Those swine at the Corner Store charge two dollars for a Bic lighter. I call them gougers and liars--their store isn't even on the corner of anything. Then again, there are a few naming problems on this campus.

October 17, 2003

The Ignored Refugees

By Neer Lerner

Skirmishes between Jews and Arabs in 1930s-40s pre-state Israel produced a Palestinian refugee population. It is often argued that the Israeli government should compensate the descendants of the Palestinian refugees who ...