Opinion

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

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

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

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...

February 25, 2003

Bodies Are More Than Just Decorations; Celebrate Them

By Ayumi Kameda

I'd like to take a moment during Eating Disorder Awareness Week to address the theme "Celebrate Your Body." I challenge everyone to do just that this week. Well, actually I hope everyone does this all 52 weeks of the yea...

February 25, 2003

Don’t Let the Man Get You Down: Stop Patriot Act II

By Tom Sanders

Right now, our government is preparing a piece of legislation designed to cripple our rights to privacy more than ever, and our nation's press has said next to nothing.

February 24, 2003

Pest Control

By system

As I am writing this, there is a mosquito hovering above my head, which looks, from my perspective, to be about the size of a Cessna light aircraft.

February 24, 2003

More Moral Mathematics

By Nico Pitney

In all spheres of human life, individuals face a massive burden if they wish to justify the use of violence. This burden has never been remotely met by the Bush administration and is becoming even harder to justify in li...

February 24, 2003

Isla Vista Redevelopment Can’t Help You If You Don’t Help It

By Jeffrey Marek

I.V. residents and other interested parties who are concerned or curious about I.V. Redevelopment must attend its meetings. Students such as Peter and Joe can bitch about I.V. Redevelopment PAC all they want, but if they...

February 24, 2003

Saddam’s Only Ultimate Goal Is Full Control of the Middle East

By James Collins

Eradicating Israel is an intermediate step for [Saddam Hussein] on his path to dominate the Middle East. He is a secularist, and he couldn't care less if Israel were a Jewish state, Christian state or even Muslim state. ...

February 21, 2003

Center of the Middle

By Henry Sarria

Last week's developments will make or break the case against Saddam Hussein's regime. In a sense, the Security Council has given the Hussein regime enough rope to either hang itself with or rein in all programs involving...

February 21, 2003

I’ve Got Lots of Class

By system

Everyone has one - that last class at the end of the day. All your other classes have been over for hours. You've gone home, eaten dinner, watched TV. Then suddenly you look at the clock and realize: "Damn. I have to ...