Opinion

April 24, 2003

Earplugs

By system

I walked into one of our I.V. supermarkets yesterday. Wait, no. Supermarket doesn't seem like the right term...

April 24, 2003

Loud Morning Power Tools Can Blow Me

By Marisa Lagos

Certain politicians maintain that an earlier noise curfew could help curb rowdier partygoers, though anyone who has stayed in I.V. for more than five minutes would recognize the sheer stupidity in that assumption.

April 23, 2003

Throwing a Retro Fit

By system

I rode by San Raf today and to my horror, they'd begun to paint it horrible colors. I thought they were retroftting it for earthquake safety.

April 23, 2003

You Get One Phone Call

By Beth Van Dyke

It's Monday morning and you're running to Campbell Hall from Snidecor. You woke up an hour later than you planned, which means that you didn't have time to take a shower. The only makeup you're wearing is left over from ...

April 23, 2003

A.S. It Is: It Isn’t Over Until the Big Country Cleans

By Edward Yan

Last quarter, the UCSB Legislative Council passed a resolution in opposition of war against Iraq with an overwhelming majority; however, two weeks ago, the same council passed a resolution in support of the troops with t...

April 23, 2003

Human Health May Depend on Animal Testing

By Justin Moscarello

In front of me the rat lies anesthetized, its back shaved and swabbed with a sterile chemical, my scalpel poised and ready to make the first incision.

April 23, 2003

SAFME: Ignorant, Intolerant, or Plain Dangerous?

By Moshe Kasher

This past Wednesday and Thursday were two of the most important days in the entire Jewish calendar.

April 22, 2003

I Should Be Studying . . .

By system

It's midterm time again. Everyone is trying their best to study - an attempt that will eventually lead to the downward spiral of beer and video games that mark the last half of every quarter here at UCSB.

April 22, 2003

Abuse Over Substance

By Marilyn Dukes Elizabeth Robinson

However, the tone of your recent editorial ("Fuzzy Math," Daily Nexus, April 17, 2003) reads like a personal vendetta that degenerated from commentary on the issue to playground name-calling.

April 22, 2003

Students Should Help UC LEED the Way

By Isabel Millan

The University of California has come so far, but if we don't act now we may lose the race. The regents are on the verge of adopting a clean energy and green building standard that will make the University a national lea...

April 21, 2003

Secret Ballot

By system

You can vote! You can vote online. You can vote at the polls.That's right, there are two ways to vote this year!

April 21, 2003

A Week for Political Fools

By Tony Samara

While world opinion on Cuba is varied, once you pull your head out of America's ass you can at least recognize that a tiny, poor country that has been the target of military, economic and political aggression by a superp...

April 21, 2003

Representative Replacement Takes Experience out of the PAC

By Scott McDowell

I was shocked and appalled by your article "A.S. Debates I.V. Rep, Cash Flow," (Daily Nexus, April 17). The IVPAC actually addresses many more issues than just the community center mentioned in the article, including hou...

April 18, 2003

Not Quite Splitting Hairs

By Beth Van Dyke

I live with a gorilla. No, really. A hairy, loud, monkey-butt gorilla. He's my male genome project, my dirty sex maniac and my boy roommate. He's endearing, inebriated and completely incapable of cleaning anything.

April 18, 2003

Ring, Ring

By system

You know what stops you when you crash on your bike?The asphalt.

April 18, 2003

Student Health Fee Is No Reason to Get Sick

By Neco Armstrong

Coughing. Cold sweats. Warts. Pus-filled wounds. Slimy STIs (STDs). Urine. There's nothing quite like working at UCSB Student Health. Every year Student Health sees about 40,500 sick visitors. And we at least pretend to ...