Opinion

April 30, 2003

My Gay Brother Is Better Than an Older Sister

By Beth Van Dyke

I've definitely made out with girls. I was about 13 when my older brother Scott related to me over a car wash that he called his boyfriend "Pookie" on occasion.

April 30, 2003

You Shouldn’t Ignore the Reasons for War

By Ana Kaczmarek

Apparently Scott Englund's television is stuck on FOX. His statement that this war was "fought for entirely moral reasons" (Daily Nexus, "Protest Signs Tell More About Liberal Delusions Than Iraqi War," April 28, 2003) i...

April 30, 2003

Letter Misinterprets Intent of Signs on Women’s Center Lawn

By Staff

This is in response to Scott Englund's letter (Daily Nexus, "Protest Signs Tell More About Liberal Delusions Than Iraqi War," April 28, 2003). As an employee of the Women's Center, I would like to firstly explain the sig...

April 30, 2003

Think

By Jenny Promack

April 29, 2003

Democracy in the Balance, Day 2

By system

Attention students: The true winner of the campus elections is being kept from you. Despite the repeated inquiries by my aides, A.S. refuses to say how many votes I received. They say I didn't pay a fee, they say I'm "no...

April 29, 2003

Bad Timing Just Happens

By Mar Logrono

The Student Action Forum on the Middle East (SAFME) recently organized a lecture - "Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and the Prospects of Global Empire" - by two well-known analysts of Mideast politics that took place during the ...

April 29, 2003

Some Violence Can Be Fun for Everyone

By Drew Mackie

It's Fight Night, the frat-sponsored celebration of old-fashioned pugilism. Although the juxtaposition of the two events might raise an eyebrow or two, they're completely unrelated. But I can almost hear the groans from ...

April 28, 2003

Another election come and gone.

By system

S.A.C. swept the executive offices and the Gauchoholics tanked harder than a sorority pledge during Rush Week. The question on everyone's mind, though, is why didn't the Weatherhuman win? Something smells funny to me. I ...

April 28, 2003

Election Aftermath: Sign Watch 2003

By system

In order to make sure that all our political animals don't soil our campus greens any longer than absolutely necessary, the Daily Nexus is proud to present Sign Watch 2003. Candidates, you have a little less than three d...

April 28, 2003

One Country’s Terrorist

By Joey Tartakovsky

Why is it that we, along with a handful of liberal democratic nations around the world, ought to be particularly concerned with the threat of terrorism? Because of one simple but powerful axiom: Terrorism only works agai...

April 28, 2003

Winners Get to Write the History Books, Hide Their War Crimes

By Neil Wollman

We have all deservedly heard of the terrible cases of war crimes committed recently by the Iraqis. But why have we not heard of the war crimes committed by the U.S.? There have been cases of the U.S. violating or potenti...

April 28, 2003

Protest Signs Tell More About Liberal Delusions Than Iraqi War

By Scott Englund

This week's display of protest signs outside the Women's Center is a stunning example of blind partisanship and utter disdain for the truth. Comparing the president of the United States to Hitler proves just how out of t...

April 25, 2003

Starting to Reign

By system

That's right. And let's be honest. If you haven't voted by now, then you're not taking the election seriously anyway. So sit your ass down in front of a computer, log on and vote Weatherhuman.

April 25, 2003

Living Without Vowels: Federal Blood Money

By Steven Ruszczycky

Last week, the New York Times reported that scientists studying HIV/AIDS were warned by workers at the National Institute of Health not to mention the words "gay," "transgender," "sex worker" or "anal sex" in any of thei...

April 25, 2003

UCSB, Take the Future of I.V. Into Your Own Hands

By Jefferey Marek I.V. PAC Representative

For those Gauchos that are unsure about I.V.'s Master Plan, it is a process that seeks to make I.V. more hospitable and enjoyable for its long-term residents, student residents, business owners and landowners.

April 25, 2003

Selective Nexus Coverage Ignores Anti-war Protests

By Joseph Martinez

How bizarre that Pro-Troops Rally on Saturday that only had about 100 participants received a whole article's worth of coverage ("Locals Hold Pro-Troops Rally," Daily Nexus, April 21, 2003).