Opinion

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

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

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

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...

April 16, 2003

“Some People Know What Time it is. Some People Don’t.”

By system

Have you been yelled at by an A.S. candidate today? I have and it sucks.

April 14, 2003

The Left Gets Radical

By Joey Tartakovsky

Because of the war in Iraq, fierce campus debate and political activism regarding U.S. foreign policy has been unleashed. But something's wrong with this picture: The campus left has become confused with the mainstream l...

April 14, 2003

The Golden Rule of Frizz Fighting

By system

What is it that life revolves around? Hair. Yes, it seems that all the important puzzles in life can be reduced to hair questions. Look at Helene Curtis' stunning list of topics: Pregnancy and motherhood? "Nine months ...

April 14, 2003

Slings and Arrows

By system

Okay, so there was this Greek guy named Zeno (no that

April 14, 2003

The Silence to the South

By Henry Sarria

In an attempt to silence the voices of dissent, Fidel Castro has ordered the arrest of at least 75 individuals for merely speaking their minds. The world's back is turned so it is time to round up anybody who dares to qu...

April 14, 2003

Reality Television Is Anything But Real

By Drew Mackie

"Mr. Personality" follows an attractive single woman as she dates 20 bachelors in hopes of finding a match. The gimmick here is the brightly colored foam masks that hide the bachelors' faces.

April 14, 2003

Letter Incorrectly Addresses Issues of Indian and Iraqi Strife

By Mike Wills

Mr. Tartakovsky claims (incorrectly) that India is free of terrorism and extremism that plague other Muslim nations. Why is he incorrect? Even if we discount the violence in Kashmir, blaming it primarily on Pakistan, the...

April 14, 2003

Rape Culture Silences and Shames the Women of UCSB

By Valerie Ibarra

Shame is what we must overcome. Cross your legs, smile, look pretty, be polite and don't let anything bad happen to you. I vow: Next time to be rude to those who are rude to me and to others, to love who I wish...To all ...