Opinion
A partisan Republican would have little or no difficulty painting me as a member of the liberal elite. The liberal elite is composed of individuals who are politically liberal. Their elite status is d...
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While I agree with most of what Joey Tartakovsky said in "Blue Traffic Lights: Globalization Gives Folks What They Want" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 12, 2004), I could not stay silent to perhaps the most egreg...
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For generations Californians have recognized the importance of higher education to a free and prosperous society. Under the higher education master plan, the top 12.5 percent of high school students ...
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Congratulations to Craig Belon for winning himself a big ol' bag of dank bin candy by spotting the new Nexus font and getting to the office to report it all by 10 a.m.
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Painted ladies of Isla Vista, douse your Jackson Pollock faces in turpentine. I'm here to liberate you out from beneath your layers of makeup.
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Every morning, I wake up and face the day by greeting three of my most beloved friends: M.A.C., Clinique and L'Or
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I'm writing this letter in response to Ms. Baldwin's "The State of the State" letter, which appeared in last Friday's opinion section.
Ms. Baldwin is apparently unhappy with our governor's running of ...
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You go out to party on a Friday night and after a few drinks - soda, of course - you come home to find that someone has gone through the apartment and taken your collection of Doors, Led Zeppelin and ...
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The fact that there are few places left on earth to which one can travel and encounter unfamiliarity with at least some aspect of life in this globe-spanning Goliath has been used to argue that Americ...
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If, after the recent mad cow scare, you thought eating fish was a safer dinner option, think again. While the health effects associated with mad cow disease are severe, the scope of the problems remai...
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Over Winter Break, I drove onto campus and walked around. I was struck by the changes I have seen since I came here in 1967. The campus has become much more crowded and much less pleasing over the pas...
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A well-delivered speech can give you a gut feeling. Words are emotionally coded. They carry inferences, demands and promises. Coming from the mouth of a masterful politician and/or actor, well-choreog...
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Made it through the first week. It's nice to be back in school. In case you didn't notice, the 'human didn't have much to say on the academic front last quarter. Yeah. Didn't do too well.
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With the United States on Code Orange, now is a great time to consider the role that fear plays in public policy. You could argue that it doesn't. There are, after all, no laws against spiders, ninjas...
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Everything shower every day
Has an extensive tote bag collection but never brings one to Trader Joe’s
Reusing condoms
Collecting tears to water their plants
Asking to shower together to “save water”
Air conditioning and electric blanket running simultaneously
Has gone from Temu to SHEIN for bikini purchases
Fracking
On their 10th flight out of Santa Barbara Airport this month
Owns seven Stanley cups
Wrote their environmental ethics essay with ChatGPT
Vegan contributing to Big Almond
