Opinion

February 6, 2003

Students Need a Greener Place to Play

By Drew Mackie

Of course, I am speaking of the ducks that used to call Storke Plaza reflecting pool home. The pool, once a shimmering image of Storke Tower and blue sky, vanished around September and left in its place a large, ugly pit...

February 5, 2003

Congratulations, I’m Sorry

By system

To give credit where credit is due, I'd like to thank the A.S. Program Board for showing "Bowling for Columbine" last night. Ironically the struggle for tickets was nearly enough to make one resort to gun violence.

February 5, 2003

If You Really Love Them

By Beth Van Dyke

It was just a regular Saturday night. She got off work late and got the usual phone call from her friends partying in I.V. She decided to join them; she really needed a drink. The guy she liked had been a typical prick a...

February 5, 2003

A.S. It is: An Architectural Facelift

By Alexis Krieg

Since I was appointed to the committee at the end of last year, we have looked at project plans for all over campus. As we discuss the building designs with each architecture firm, I try to look out for the needs of the ...

February 5, 2003

Absence of Evidence Should Cut It for the American Government

By Loren Williams

Anti-war activists have faced derision for not explaining in detail why they oppose war with Iraq. It's a clever evasion; the question that needs to be answered is not "Why not war?"

February 5, 2003

A War with Iraq Punishes the Innocent Instead of the Guilty

By Peter Cohen

The way to help the Iraqi people is to continue the inspections while dropping the sanctions. As business picks up and tourism and trade increase, the people would gradually become healthier, stronger and in a better pos...

February 5, 2003

UCSB Students, Show Some Love for Your Fellow Gaucho Athletes

By Chris Austin

I think every UCSB student is proud of his or her school. They show off to their friends what a beautiful place we live in. They bring relatives up, show them Isla Vista and tell them the crazy stories that make UCSB so ...

February 4, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Another Brick in the Wall

By Cory Anthony

Mr. Bush talked about his administration's achievements and tried to pull a fast one on the public, pretending his No Child Left Behind legislation was already a success.

February 4, 2003

Tiny Boxes Make Me Happy

By system

If you tried to do Monday's crossword, the answer to 13 down was "REFIT." Twenty-five across was "REPENT." Of course, you would need an extra box to spell either of them.

February 4, 2003

We Might as Well Face It, the United States Is Addicted to Oil

By Joey Tartakovsky

Being addicted to oil from Arab autocracies, like we are now, is terrible policy. It gives such states influence that they shouldn't have, given our vastly different interests and lack of shared values.

February 4, 2003

For the Love of Outer Space

By Henry Sarria

But knowledge of the safety aspects never eliminates the shock that affects all aspects of our society and the rest of the international community when such a disaster occurs.

February 4, 2003

Everyone Should Drill for Information About the Environment

By Kerry Vineberg

It is disturbing that one has to delve so deeply for new, clear information about what the administration is doing.

February 4, 2003

Think

By system

February 3, 2003

Lab Rat: Remember the Beauty of Exploration

By Josh Braun

More pressure, less funding - this is the true recipe for disaster. Corporations, politicians and public interest all have something to say about how scientists ply their trade. And as I learned about it, I learned about...

February 3, 2003

Achoo!

By system

I hate dust. Living in Isla Vista is like setting up a shanty insida a vacuum bag. I leave my stuff out for a week and when I retrieve it I feel like an Indiana Jones raching for a spider-covered idol in the back of some...

January 31, 2003

Living Without Vowels: A Better Kind of Outbreak

By Steven Ruszczycky

Lots of people are pretty mad about Bush's State of the Union Address, so mad that they held peaceful demonstrations and mocked the commander in chief's pronunciation of the word "nuclear."