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Porn Is Not the Enemy

September 26, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

Slithering into Isla Vista in a grimy rut well-worn by the vices of alcohol, drugs, sexual harassment and objectification is that lusty, gonad-shaking demon called porn.
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Drugstore Cowboy: This Isn’t Comedy Central?

September 26, 2003 by Cory Anthony

The circus surrounding the upcoming recall election on Oct. 7 has made California politics the best source of laughs since George W. coined the term "strategery." Wednesday night's debate did not disa...
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Don’t Blame Us When Your Kids See Your Breasts Online

September 26, 2003 by Michael D. Young Vice Chancellor S.A. Yonie Harris Dean Of Students

We in the UCSB administration have no desire to monitor or regulate your private lives. We do, however, believe you should be warned about an exploitative new "business" practice that might impact you...
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Politicians Don’t Belong in Office; Schwarzenegger Does

September 26, 2003 by Madeline Zamoyski

For those of you who missed it, let me recap. Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante admitted that he and Gov. Gray Davis "spent too much" in the past few years, mounting to a $12-20 billion deficit.
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Racial Statistics Can Cause Discrimination as Well as Prevent It

September 26, 2003 by Charles Akemann UCSB Mathematics Prof.

Private companies (e.g. banks and insurance) are prohibited from collecting racial and ethnic data. Proposition 54 would extend that ban to the public sector, with certain exceptions.
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Big Fat Moore Hypocritically Insists on a Big Fat Ticket Price

September 25, 2003 by Troy Greenberg

Yesterday I was delighted to find out that Michael Moore would be speaking in Santa Barbara on Friday. I remembered his outburst during the Academy Awards show last year and I thought to myself that t...
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Bad Trip

September 25, 2003 by Staff

As a devoted weather professional I try to keep my head in the clouds as often as possible. Every once in a while, however, the Weatherhuman is a little too high in the clouds.
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We’ll Use them for Kindling

September 25, 2003 by Staff

So the university is sending out fliers on the dangers of Halloween revelry in hopes that they will discourage students from inviting their friends to town and partying like mad.
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The Unwelcome American

September 25, 2003 by Nico Pitney

"The Battle of Algiers" depicts the urban guerrilla warfare waged between Algerian nationals and the French colonial army in the 1950s during the struggle for Algerian independence.
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Look at the Rump on That One

September 24, 2003 by The Weatherhuman

The long lines of students in front of the local copy shops resembled doomed cattle in more ways than one.
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Colorblind or Just Blind?

September 24, 2003 by Tiye Baldwin

Higher education is the de facto gateway to economic success and political power in the United States. Like magic, 54 could erase any documented disparity - paper trail - between the blacks and white...
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Legends of the Fall: Ready, Ripe and Unrequited

September 24, 2003 by Christina Huff

As the Fall Quarter rolls in, unabated and disposed, new desires and wants creep into the heart and soul of every UCSB student. Every year, whether rain or drought, a fall harvest of ripe and deliciou...
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Bush’s Doublespeak Jeopardizes National Welfare

September 24, 2003 by Drew Atkins

I've been giving some thought recently to doublespeak, the concept introduced in George Orwell's novel 1984 that entails people accepting two opposing positions at the same time.
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