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Blue Traffic Lights: Howard Dean’s Political Fury Could Be a Liability

January 21, 2004 by Joey Tartakovsky

This is democracy at its best. A swarm of candidates, all vying for electoral favor with persuasive ideas and intelligent policy, vetted by a discerning public and a vigorous media corps.
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Paper Nazi Must Be Stopped Before He Wastes Any More

January 21, 2004 by Chris Cassidy

This is a response to the column printed on Jan 14 entitled "Assignments or State-Sponsored Eco-terrorism?" (Daily Nexus).
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Nexus-Stealing Apes Can and Should Be Taken Down

January 21, 2004 by Martin Doyle

I am very sorry to hear of the incident in Santa Barbara. Though debates were often heated when I was there, I thought we at least respected our collective right to put our viewpoints out there into t...
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Damn Skippy: Animated Misinformation

January 20, 2004 by Loren Willams

Did you ever watch "Captain Planet" in your childhood? I did and was enough of a sucker to like it. Though I enjoyed it, and despite its excellent intentions, I have to say that "Captain Planet" dama...
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Daily Nexus Corrections

January 20, 2004 by

In the January 16 article, "High-Tech DNA," several facts regarding DNA were misstated. A DNA molecule consists of two long chains of nucleotides, not amino acids. Also, adenine pairs with thymine, an...
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Hey! That’s My CalPIRG You’re Talking About

January 20, 2004 by Andrea Angus

This column is in response to last Thurday's column by Alec Mouhibian, "Campus Littered With CalPIRG Representatives" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 15, 2004).
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Correction: It’s Tuesday

January 20, 2004 by

Nothing for you today. I tried fitting a joke in this "space," but found it impossible. I hate corrections.
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Pondering Pap Smears

January 16, 2004 by Marquesa Finch Monique Sherman

SHAC, the Student Health Advisory Committee is ready to bring you another installment of health care info. Testing for sexually transmitted diseases is a thought that crosses many students' minds, tho...
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Double Bastard

January 16, 2004 by

Birthday time again. You know how the 'human feels about birthdays. Only this time, it's all doubled - the joy, the madness, the fear and hating - all doubled.
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Bad Manners Along the Bike Lane

January 16, 2004 by Amy Krakower

The other day, I was double-crossed. While on the trusty bike I like to call Rinaldo, I experienced what many of us bicyclists have - an accident. The male perpetrator came from behind, passed me on t...
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Stolen and Dumped Hot Line

January 16, 2004 by The Opinions Staff

It's a good thing that fuckwad didn't gank the Friday Daily Nexus. Otherwise, both of our faithful Hot Line readers would miss out on their weekly strip o' mirth.
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Running on Rocket Fuel

January 15, 2004 by

So now Bush is all jazzed about landing us on Mars. Will someone please tell him that's not where the candy bars come from?
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May Wild Dogs Devour You

January 15, 2004 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Sometime before 10 this morning, some foul beast of a man, possibly aided by others, took all available copies of the Daily Nexus from at least 10 of the racks on campus and threw them in trash bins n...
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Cellular Hell on the Road and on a Dinner Date

January 15, 2004 by Henry Sarria

I went out on a date downtown with a girl I met through a friend. We met up at Longboards Grill for dinner and all was going great until her cell phone started ringing every couple of minutes. The fir...
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Campus Littered With CALPIRG Representatives

January 15, 2004 by Alec Mouhibian

Walking on campus recently, I was interrupted from an intense conversation with myself by a little man who asked, "Have you pledged for the environment yet?"
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