Opinion
Under our justice system we are all innocent until proven guilty. With this said, I, along with many others, can't break myself from believing that the allegations of child molestation against Michael...
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Tuesday, the assistant county editor and I drove up to Neverland after hearing that law enforcement officials were combing Jackson's ranch. I brought along a friend's copy of Jackson's 1979 album "Off...
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I was watching the CNN coverage of the Michael Jackson situation. I know, it's stupid, it's sensational and only an idiot would care about it. But enough about CNN.
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I attended the much talked-about debate between Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson. Among many of the appalling opinions Schlafly conveyed, I was most offended by the way she incorrectly genera...
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I understand that Isla Vista Master Plan meetings are not exactly Woodward and Bernstein material, but I was disappointed in the last two articles printed in the Nexus as both contain egregious errors...
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Those 12-year-old boys have got it pretty damn easy: chasing bullfrogs down at the creek, stealing apple pies from neighborhood windowsills and playing tickle-fight until the wee hours of the morning ...
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After reading two editorials and the article about the Halloween post mortem, I felt it was a good time to talk to students directly. My name is Carolyn Buford, and I am the person responsible in larg...
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Made a few trips to the dump today. It's expensive to use the dump. Paying someone else to take my stuff got me thinking about the weird ways money works. There is paying for stuff you already own...
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There seems to be a lot of confusion in this country about feminism. Even experts on the subject seem to have a difficult time explaining it. Experts Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson both adm...
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Beer goggles are my favorite party accessory because they compliment almost any outfit. Don't get me wrong, I am horny all the time, but there is a clear-cut difference between typical me and the peni...
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Correction: On Nov. 19, the weatherhuman did not want to write the weather. The weatherhuman, in fact, wanted to go home. And since the weatherhuman is anonymous, and therefore, cannot be fired...
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Girl-girl action. Yeah, I just started a column with a fragment. But I also just succeeded in getting the attention of almost every male eye crossing this page. Shameless, but effective.
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Close your eyes and imagine a typical DP party. Keg stand to your right, D.J. on your left, and straight ahead is a crowd of people standing around yelling, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" You push through the cr...
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My oceanography teacher stated an interesting opinion that most of you weather-spoiled Southern Californians could associate with. He said, "Santa Barbara must be the coldest warm place I have ever li...
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Bradley Dean asked me a question. He inquired of "all Democrats and people opposed to the war in Iraq and pre-emptive warfare: What is the United States to do when threatened with blatant hostility?"
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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
