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Full of Myself

November 19, 2003 by Staff

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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Hype Over Girl-on-Girl Action Excludes Guys | He Said….

November 19, 2003 by Travis Hunter

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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Hype Over Girl-on-Girl Action Excludes Guys | She Said…

November 19, 2003 by Stefanie Bautista

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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Eternal Sunshine Isn’t Something to Whine About

November 19, 2003 by Staff

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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Administration’s Assumptions Are the Only Blatant Hostility

November 19, 2003 by Katrina Hale

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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No to Idiots with Opinions

November 18, 2003 by Staff

The weatherhuman has a long history of bitching about the graffiti that appears around campus. Here I go again.
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Aggressive Progressive: The Liberals Strike Back

November 18, 2003 by Nico Pitney

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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No Bottled Bait Is Worth Being a Dead Monkey Over

November 18, 2003 by Neil Paul Baker

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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Liberals Should Smoke the Dope Out of the White House

November 18, 2003 by Ethan Roberts

Several articles and opinion pieces have been published in the Daily Nexus recently. I found "Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives" (Nov. 12) by Drew Atkins to be quite funny.
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Your Car Isn’t Your Castle

November 17, 2003 by Mark Signa

I was sitting in my car when an officer caught me drinking a beer. I got the Minor in Possession ticket, but the officer also searched my car even though I told him I wasn't giving him permission to. ...
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Wait ‘Til You Get There

November 17, 2003 by Staff

I read that a couple dozen Iowa National Guard troops tried to avoid being shipped to Iraq by taking illegal drugs prior to drug tests the night before deployment - and got sent anyway. Talk about a b...
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Sexy, But Not Sinister, Neo-Conservatives Get Things Done

November 17, 2003 by Bradley Deal

I would like to address the disrespectful and ignorant article written by Drew Atkins on Nov. 12, "Sexy, Sinister Neo-Conservatives." First off, his comments regarding the president of the United Stat...
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Debate Supporters Get It Together Despite Hesitation

November 17, 2003 by John Peters Exec Dir College Republicans

On behalf of the College Republicans at UCSB, I would like to thank the Women's Center for finding someone to debate Phyllis Schlafly.
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Big Mistake

November 14, 2003 by Staff

Halloween in Isla Vista: The party is over. Seriously, this time. It was 15 days ago. But that only brings next year's festivities 15 days closer. Planning can never start too early. Planning can neve...
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Cop Out

November 14, 2003 by Staff

Well, the 'human went and got shitfaced before coming up with today's column. Now I'm staring at the roof of this goddamned cave, trying to think, like I have so many times before.
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