Opinion

February 27, 2003

Make Like a Tree and Leave

By Henry Sarria

With everything going on in the world today it is so easy to overlook the things going on in our very own backyard at times. Sure, international politics affects us all on a big scale. But it is the events occurring dire...

February 27, 2003

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

By system

Thursday's forecast: Sunny and dry, apparently.

February 27, 2003

Policy Would Let Connerly Ward Off Researchers

By Dexter Ligot-Gordon

Last Saturday, the California Republican Party voted unanimously to support the initiative. California Republican leaders have a history of alienating moderates and people of color and greatly differ from the national Re...

February 27, 2003

Murder Case Leaves Dead Opinion Walking

By Drew Mackie

On Tuesday, the rootin' tootin' state of Texas executed its 298th inmate since the death penalty's re-institution in 1982. Capital punishment - both in Texas and in non-crazy states - is an unsightly blemish on the Unite...

February 27, 2003

U.S.A. Leads the Charge Into a Brave New World

By Joey Tartakovsky

The anti-war movement has little to do with an actual war. It's about something larger with even greater significance for which Iraq has only been the catalyst. It has opened a deep political rift that suggests placing t...

February 26, 2003

What Is It Good for?

By Matthew Lamont Stern

A successful war against Saddam Hussein will lift the sanctions that many protest, U.S. aid will help curtail hunger and rising death tolls and Iraq will have a chance at a government that is democratic.

February 26, 2003

The Overworked Weatherhuman

By system

Wednesday's forecast: Today, expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the mid-40s. The week should be dry through Friday, but expect light showers Saturday afternoon.

February 26, 2003

A.S. It Is: This Weekend, Join Us for the Student of Color Conference

By Isabel Millan

The issue of war has been and should be on everyone's mind to some degree. The Santa Barbara community has been very responsive to this issue simply through the ongoing Saturday peace marches downtown.

February 26, 2003

Face It, Nice Guys: Every Girl’s Crazy ’bout a Badass Man

By Beth Van Dyke

Cornfed is beyond hope, forever past the point of naughty. When girls think of turning him on, they think of teddies - not the lingerie, the bear.

February 26, 2003

When It Comes to Eating Disorders, Handle With Care

By Lisa Nelson

Confronting a friend with an eating disorder is difficult but not impossible, and is always necessary. The challenging part is choosing the right words and the right time to approach your friend so he or she might hear a...

February 26, 2003

Effective Student Activism Comes in All Shapes, Colors and Sizes

By ROB CUNNINGHAM

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Daily Nexus printed a general polemic against campus activism written by Cory Anthony and titled "Protesting Protesters." This column was particularly in point for those of us at CalPIRG, since t...

February 25, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Protesting Protesters

By Cory Anthony

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003 - millions around the globe unite in an unprecedented outcry against both the upcoming war in Iraq and the United States' ruthless foreign policy.

February 25, 2003

Tracking Trilby

By system

We ran a news brief off the wires yesterday, "Expert Says High Gas Prices Should Drop Soon," which carried the predictions of one Trilby Lundberg.

February 25, 2003

Dishonesty Is Not the Best Policy, College Republicans

By Rebekah Waldron

This Tuesday, the College Republicans will be bringing Shannon Reeves, a conservative black lecturer to UCSB as part of their "American Heroes" lecture series.

February 25, 2003

U.S. Is About as Helpful as Tons of Radioactive Waste

By Ryn Winslow

George W. Bush has always insisted on the importance of disarmament and he only mentions Hussein's injustices to win the sympathetic vote even though protecting human rights is not the goal.

February 25, 2003

Backpacks Have No Place at a Gauchos Basketball Game

By Chris Austin

This letter is written to inform the students of UCSB of a couple issues regarding this week's men's basketball games vs Long Beach State and UC Irvine. The game on Thursday, which is being televised live on Fox Sports W...