Opinion

January 28, 2003

Sparse UCSB Lacrosse Coverage Ignores Achievements of Players

By Richard Schooler

UCSB has four potential All-Americans this year with several promising freshman recruits. The games are free. The sport is a great spectator sport. You are right on the field at the Pit.

January 28, 2003

Think

By system

January 27, 2003

The Old Bait and Switch

By Matt Murray

If ever there was a time when student voices needed to be heard in Sacramento, it is now. With the state facing a $34 billion budget deficit, funding for vital services - from healthcare to education - is in dire jeopard...

January 27, 2003

“I Know Now Why You Cry”

By system

Did anyone else catch the pre-Superbowl show where Arnold introduced himself and half of the Raiders as a new race of Terminator machines?This is the same man who wrote a daycare bill for the last election. He plans to r...

January 27, 2003

Don’t Let Your Beliefs Bring an End to Academic Discussions

By Aaron Tapper

I am perplexed that a member of the Jewish community would take issue with calling a region of land by a certain name, even if "officially" this land is not labeled in this manner.

January 27, 2003

Ad Misrepresents the Aim of Planned Pregnancy Advocates

By Staff

Reproductive rights advocates are committed to defending legislation that recognizes women's moral and legal right to determine whether and when to become pregnant.

January 24, 2003

A Mad Man’s Choice

By Henry Sarria

It is as inevitable as tomorrow. A military strike on Iraq is looming like the dark cloud that war truly is, and it can happen at any given moment. So what then?

January 24, 2003

Where Did I Leave That?

By system

With midterms beginning and the first paper assignments of the quarter due, cleaning is not high on the list of priorities amongst the weathercavemates.

January 24, 2003

Living without Vowels: We Don’t Have to GRID and Bare Bigot’s Assignment

By Steven Ruszczycky

Jerry Thacker looks very unassuming. He's middle-aged with a disarming, aw-shucks smile. He looks more appropriately suited for overalls and a nice pumpkin farm where the kiddies come every October.

January 23, 2003

The Problem With Pigskin

By Drew Mackie

This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. But if you're like me, whether one pirate-themed team triumphs over a second pirate-themed team amounts to mere pieces of eight.

January 23, 2003

Tannenbaum, But Not Forgotten

By system

There's a preponderence of dry, discarded Christmas tree corpses all along the sidewalks of Pasado. What's a prank-loving weatherhuman to do? It's the Evergreen Ding-Dong ditch.

January 23, 2003

Concerning War With Iraq, Might Does not Make Right

By Peggy Tsieng

I don't want innocent blood shed for war, I'm afraid for my friends and family if war breaks out and I believe people in Iraq and certainly around the world have the same fears and hopes.

January 23, 2003

Editorial Makes the Nexus Just as Foolish as Ward Connerly

By Steven B. Crotti Grad Student Assoc.

I suggest that in the future you try to make sure that what you allow to be printed in your paper makes at least some sense. The main point in your staff editorial (Daily Nexus, "Go to Hell," Jan. 22) makes your paper lo...

January 22, 2003

The Most Unkindest Cut of All

By system

The weathercavemates have taken to loaning out important dishes. Slowly but surely, the entire nonedible contents of our kitchen are disappearing.

January 22, 2003

Go to Hell

By system

On Dec. 13, UC Regent Ward Connerly appeared on "Wolf Blitzer Reports" and issued a halfhearted defense for the comments made by Sen. Trent Lott during Strom Thurmond's birthday party.

January 22, 2003

No Matter How Old You Are, No Still Means No

By Beth Van Dyke

I must have a sign on my forehead that reads, "Please sexually harass me if you are over 40 and you love to go to 634 on college night. I'm desperate."