Opinion
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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The weatherhuman has a long history of bitching about the graffiti that appears around campus. Here I go again.
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Last week, billionaire financier George Soros announced that he would donate up to $5 million to the progressive grassroots organization, MoveOn.org. Soros called the presidential elections in 2004 "a...
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Monkeys are trapped using baited bottles attached to trees. Bottlenecks are wide enough for monkeys to slip arms in but narrow enough to prevent removing hands grasping peanut bait.
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
