Opinion

March 5, 2003

There’s No Reason Why Only Christians Should Suffer for Lent

By Drew Mackie

The use of Yiddish to describe a solemn Christian tradition might seem out-of-place. However, as Christian-specific a holiday as today might be, its theme of sacrifice spans faiths.

March 5, 2003

UCSB Students Should Take Part in Isla Vista Master Plan Meetings

By Jon Eggart

As some of you may know, there's something going on in Isla Vista called the Master Plan. For over a year, a committee has been meeting to decide the future look of I.V.

March 4, 2003

Make-up Work

By system

Don't ditch class. Kerr Hall is a scary place. At 10 o'clock at night the building is dark and creepy. It looks something like an old castle in the moonlight. All the windows are dark.

March 4, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: The War on Finals Week

By Cory Anthony

I don't plan to still be a passenger when this ship goes down, but I do plan on having a bachelor's degree in English. Which requires, in my case, finishing three more quarters of Chinese after this one.

March 4, 2003

On March 5, Walk out of Class and Into an Anti-War Protest

By Nico Pitney

The newly formed Student Coalition for Peace calls on UCSB students to join hundreds of other college campuses and participate in the national one-day student strike on March 5, 2003. We believe that the great majority o...

March 4, 2003

Impounding Bikes Is a Band-Aid Solution to Parking Problem

By Conor Coughlan Chris French Pascal Palancade Ramiro Saldain

This letter is in regard to the bike rack problem outside the Carrillo Dining Commons. Because of the poor design of the Carrillo Dining Commons and the limited amount of space available for bike parking, students are fo...

February 28, 2003

This is Just the Day

By system

In memory of the late, sweatered Fred Rodgers of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," and out of sympathy for the nation's embittered obituary headline writers:

February 28, 2003

Feverish

By system

I hate being sick. It started with a sniffle. Then my nose wouldn't stop running. Then it stopped up and I started coughing instead. Now my day is divided into three parts: sickness, overmedication, and sleep. On the bri...

February 28, 2003

Dungeons & Soldiers

By Steven Ruszczycky

Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Democrat from New York, is also staunchly anti-war, but he figures that the folks calling the shots would be less inclined to pick a fight with Saddam if their wealthy children were ...

February 28, 2003

Plants and Poop

By system

Leafy green tulips to the county for leaving the ficus on Pardall alone. Tulips as well to the tree people who shacked up with mother nature in protest.

February 28, 2003

Student Protesters Help Keep Things in Perspective

By Joseph Martinez

In response to Cory Anthony's editorial, I first want to say that I agree that protesting is not "an end in and of itself." Making noise and marching down the street should be a last resort to get divergent voices heard.

February 28, 2003

A Conservative Defense

By Ed Chen

In response to Rebekah Waldron's mischaracterization of College Republicans (Daily Nexus, "Dishonesty Is Not the Best Policy, College Republicans," Feb. 25, 2003) I, the organizer of the Shannon Reeves event, would like ...

February 28, 2003

Pro-Life Ad Is an Insult to a Woman’s Right to Choose

By Katrina Hale

One of the most common feelings of rape victims is intense helplessness and lack of control over their own bodies. And then we, as a society, have the audacity to tell these women that we will decide what they can do wit...

February 28, 2003

War With Iraq Will Only Bring More Woes

By George Gregg

In Matthew Lamont Stern's opinion piece "What Is It Good For?" (Daily Nexus, Feb. 26, 2003), his arguments boil down to the assertion that an American invasion and occupation of Iraq would be for the Iraqi people's own g...

February 28, 2003

UCSB’s Health Education Can Help You Out

By Michelle Lemire

I just wanted to find out who on this campus cares about their body, their sex life and their wellbeing. I know I do; that's why I took a class at Student Health on communication and sexual health two years ago as a fres...

February 28, 2003

Daily Nexus Disappoints with Ill-Conceived Advertisement

By Lauren Ralph

Throughout my four years at UCSB, I have diligently read the Nexus almost every morning, interested to see what is affecting the UCSB campus and its students. I was absolutely horrified, however, to read last Thursday's ...