Opinion

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

Ring, Ring

By system

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

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

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 ...

April 18, 2003

Endorsement Blows It Over Office of Student Life Lock-In

By Britt Andreatta Office of Student Life

I was rather shocked and dismayed by your recent "endorsements" issue. Not so much at the stands you took but because of the sloppy research you did in doing so.

April 18, 2003

UCSB Athletics Are More Useful Than the Nexus Believes

By Chris Austin

This letter is in response to the Daily Nexus' opposition to both the Aquatic Facility Fee and the Athletic Scholarship Fee ("Election Endorsements," April 16, 2003).

April 18, 2003

Beware of Motives Behind Supposed Liberal Organization

By Sabrina L Pinnell

In the past few weeks, I have seen an information table from Lyndon LaRouche's organization - the International Caucus of Labor Committees/LaRouche in 2004 - in front of the Arbor.

April 17, 2003

The Elusive Weatherbutton

By system

What is a campaign anyway? Let's start with the word and break it down. "Camp" - to live somewhere temporarilyin rugged conditions. Okay, that's college. I can dig it.

April 17, 2003

Fuzzy Math

By Daily Nexus Editorial Board

From the same people who squandered student money in tech stocks and have continually asked students for more cash in the past three elections comes another Associated Students blunder - the sliding-scale constitutional ...

April 17, 2003

All Three Election Parties Come With Their Share of Problems

By Maritza Torrez

Walking around campus these days, I see tons of signs littering the lawn. Smells like election season. From what I can tell, there are three major political parties on campus: The Student Action Coalition, Student Unity ...

April 17, 2003

Voting for the Arts & Lectures Fee Is the Nobel Thing to Do

By Walter Kohn

I have just heard from a friend that students are being asked to commit $2 per quarter for Arts & Lectures support. From my own experience, I felt and still feel that such programs provide very valuable personal enrichme...