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Weatherfever-Catch It!

October 29, 2003 by Staff

Why do I have to get sick? Why me? What did I do to deserve this? And how will I bring laughter to the masses when I can't even breathe?
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Badger the Badge, Please

October 29, 2003 by Mark Signa

This letter begins what I hope will be a continuing series promoting communication between the students of UCSB and law enforcement of our area.
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Just in Time for Halloween: the UCSB Boogeyman

October 29, 2003 by John Eggart

I would just like to say how extremely disappointed I am in the tone and nature of the email distributed to the UCSB student body.
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A Backdoor to Sexual Delight? Butt of Course!

October 29, 2003 by Christina Huff

The sexual revolution in the last few decades has opened the backdoor to previously unacceptable sex practices.
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Curvy Cate Shouldn’t Pretend to Be Skinny Minnie

October 29, 2003 by Sam Defranceschi

Beautiful - "having qualities that delight the senses, especially the sense of sight." Sexy - "arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest."
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He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

October 28, 2003 by Daniel Haier

If there's one way to avoid attention from the law this Halloween, it's to be the law. Dressing as police officers will provide you and your friends the opportunity to live out every law enforcement f...
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Pre-Marinate For Best Results

October 28, 2003 by The Weatherhuman

A storm is coming. It's coming from where you're from. It's your friends from back home. And boy, are they jazzed about coming to IV for Halloween.
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He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

October 28, 2003 by Kristina Ackermann

For those of you thinking about being your favorite Isla Vista Foot Patrol officer for Halloween, here are some reasons to reconsider. First, it's illegal. Now that that's out of the way, let's preten...
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Nexus Misses One Piece In Art Photos: Artist’s Name

October 28, 2003 by Robert Weschler

Last week I was impressed to find how newsworthy my recent activities have been. I was honored to find not one, but two photographs involving my recent work on the front page of the campus newspaper.
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Letter Slips Down Slope to Just Plain Name-Calling

October 28, 2003 by Bredan Getzell

In his Oct. 27 ("Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat," Daily Nexus) response to Loren Williams' Thursday column "Marriage Protection Week is a Time to Fight Love," Scott Roney argues that Willia...
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Blue Traffic Lights: Shades of Gray: Little Certainty in World Affairs

October 27, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

Being for peace should not mean perpetually opposing the use of the U.S. Military abroad, for that is the peace of the ideologue: because the deployment of U.S. soldiers is surely interlaced with impe...
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Where’s Baldo?

October 27, 2003 by Staff

As sure as there's an American dream, there's an IV dream. Baldo lived it to its depraved extent. He hotboxed FT. He stole booze from the local marts and hats from sorority girls.
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Partying at Sundown

October 27, 2003 by Constantine Economides

A few weeks ago, a group of Isla Vista's finest Foot Patrol officers served and protected our community by issuing my roommate a citation for violating the infamous midnight noise ordinance.
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Police Reports a Blot on Nexus’ Reputation

October 27, 2003 by Suzanne Malloy UCPD Chief

Over the years - more than 25! - I have looked forward to reading the Daily Nexus. As an alumna and long-time employee of UCSB, I have been alternately informed, impressed, amused, and outraged by the...
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Assault on Marriage Protection Falls Flat

October 27, 2003 by Scott Roney

In his Thursday column, "Marriage Protection Week Is a Time to Fight Love," (Daily Nexus, Oct. 23) Loren Williams ridicules his opponents instead of constructing any logical replies to their arguments...
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