Opinion

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 ...

April 11, 2003

At the Speed of My Lights

By system

To simplify my life, my bank and my electric company got together and let me pay my bill online.

April 11, 2003

A Foreign Democracy

By Adam Rich

We are the great liberators, harbingers of freedom, steadfast in our resolve, ever fighting for justice and democracy worldwide... if the price is right.

April 11, 2003

Assumptions Cloud the Complex Fedayeen Argument

By Joey Tartakovsky

Alok Paranjpye's letter (Daily Nexus, "The World's Governments Don't Know the Meaning of Altruism," April 10, 2003) is so saturated with silly misunderstandings and foolish assertions I felt compelled to reply.

April 11, 2003

Protesters Can Oppose the War but Support the Troops

By Holly Chadwin

I have often read comments by pro-war demonstrators that anti-war advocates and demonstrations are demoralizing to our country and our soldiers. The implication by some pro-war speakers that anti-war demonstrators are an...

April 10, 2003

Distractions

By system

I have a huge string of two-hour lectures this quarter, so I've been looking for ways to ease my pain. I asked a few friends for their advice and came up with a list of the TOP TEN THINGS PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN A TWO HOUR ...

April 10, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Know Your Legal Limits

By Cory Anthony

"Can I see some I.D.?" This is the first time somebody's asked me that without blowing an entire evening to hell. I'm finally 21, a day I have been waiting for with explosive anticipation since my junior year in high sch...

April 10, 2003

The World’s Governments Don’t Know the Meaning of Altruism

By Alok Paranjpye

This is in reference to Ken Spain's letter, (Daily Nexus, "Column About Fedayeen Fighters Makes Heroes Out of Monsters", April 8) wherein he challenges Edward Gorenshteyn to be better informed about world affairs.

April 10, 2003

Support Women’s Commission When It Takes Back the Night

By Henry T. Yang

As the week (April 14-17) devoted to "Take Back the Night" activities approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the important contributions that the A.S. Women's Commission makes to this campus.

April 9, 2003

Vote Weatherhuman

By system

The campaign continues. There appear to be hundreds of SUN signs, hundreds of Gauchoholics signs, hundreds of SAC signs.

April 9, 2003

Girls Just Want That Sweat, Sweat Love

By Beth Van Dyke

I love to watch men play sports. I'll watch any sport. Really, I'm not picky. The cute little uniforms, tight shorts, muscle flexing, field frustration and men, sweating it out for my viewing pleasure, while I sip on a G...

April 9, 2003

Help Take Back All Five Nights Next Week

By Kimberly Stiner-Zercoe

Take Back the Night is an annual event to raise awareness about issues surrounding sexual assault while also protesting the current climate of fear and violence that women must confront in today's society.

April 8, 2003

A Time To Shut Your Mouth

By Toney Henry

In a time of national crisis since the fall of the World Trade Center and the now active military engagement against terror in Iraq, shouldn't we all be uniting as Americans, content with the very society in which we liv...

April 8, 2003

Course Objectives

By system

My professor said something interesting about academic discussions today. She said, "The idea of discourse is rather vague and nebulous."But I heard, "The idea of this course is rather vague and nebulous."Tuesday's forec...

April 8, 2003

Saddam Should Kiss His Tyrannical Butt Goodbye

By Henry Sarria

Insane Hussein is hiding out. The losing regime is relying on young Iraqis to sacrifice themselves as well as innocent civilians in order to stay in power. This regime is coming to a rapid close.

April 8, 2003

You Can’t Say That on Music Television

By Drew Mackie

As if its rejection of all actual music in favor of fresh-faced, Generation Y-aimed reality programming weren't proof enough that the execs at MTV sniff glue, MTV has decided to lighten the international gloom of waging ...