Opinion
Do cops have quotas? Do they get a bonus for writing a bunch of tickets?
No, there's no free toaster for every five beer tickets we write. People often talk of quotas and how the police need to show ...
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Being purple must suck. As valid as the other five-sixths of the spectrum, it gets the regularly shaft nontheless. Being split into indigo and violet, for example - totally lame.
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Our best hoops player went down with an injury - damn our luck. Just another blow for the athletics department, who, due to some organizational error, have forgotten to schedule games for the football...
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Have you ever meandered through the streets of Isla Vista and felt the compelling need to check the bushes for the possible creepy guy with the knife waiting for the helpless target to walk by?
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Totalitarian history of Russia and Nazi Germany evokes passionate sentiment of brutality and government policy gone horribly awry in the minds of the American public, who since birth has been surround...
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Whenever people are faced with forces they don't understand or feel powerless to resist, they construct explanations to make them comprehensible. Whenever people are faced with forces they don't under...
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I'm a UCSB alumnus and have heard that the UCSB College Republicans have been trying to host a debate between Phyllis Schlafly and a professor of women's studies, but despite several polite invitation...
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Regarding Shawn Nielsen and Natalie Spritzer's column "Carl's Jr. TV Ads Put Sleaze Into the Special Sauce" (Daily Nexus, Nov 12), I appreciate the fact that a couple of lousy punk teenagers think the...
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Arnold hired a new press secretary, a woman named Thompson. Apparently she worked on Gee-Dub Bush's campaign as well. Strange hiring, I thought. Arnold seemed to have the avoiding questions routine ma...
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People use a wide array of mechanisms to liven up their sexual experiences. From food in the bedroom, to sex toys, to dressing up in a big animal costume with a hole cut out for the genital areas, if ...
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I'm writing a romance novel about the neo-conservative takeover of the White House. Bubbling underneath all the exchanged glances over tables of power, the handshakes and smiles, there is raw emotion ...
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When you see a beautiful woman straddling a vibrating mechanical bull, what's the first idea that pops into your head? Is it, (a) the woman is training for a rodeo, (b) something related to sex, or (c...
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Just over a month ago, I faced a decision that many of us as college students inevitably face at one point or another - the decision to change majors.
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Books may be emblematic of student life, but more recently they've also come to represent student poverty. Expensive textbooks, however, are a headache the University and its professors could prevent.
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The weatherhuman is writing from the road, somewhere in the blackness between Vegas and Baker. It's going to be a long drive for the 'human and associates. Three days of blasting the mind with chemica...
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
