Opinion

January 16, 2003

Hell on Wheels

By system

My bicycle has turned against me. It's a simple collection of moving parts so basic that even I understand how it works. But no matter how many bolts I tighten, no matter how many times I fix the fix the brakes, patch th...

January 16, 2003

A Letter of Apology

By system

On Jan. 13, 2003, the Daily Nexus Opinion section ran a column by Steven Ruszczycky entitled "Simian Antics Drive I.V. Residents Ape." While well-intentioned, the column only served to hurt feelings and cause gross embar...

January 16, 2003

People Shouldn’t Be Fooled By Political Pot Smoke and Mirrors

By Robert Sharpe

Kudos to Kristina Ackermann for an excellent overview of 2002 developments in marijuana law reform (Daily Nexus, "2002: The Year in Marijuana," Jan. 14). It's important to note that punitive marijuana laws have little, i...

January 15, 2003

Knick-Knack, Paddy-Whack

By system

The other day I came home from a hard afternoon of shopping for Thor's Tip-Top Thunderbolts and Ten-Trailer Tornados only to find that the weather cavemate had carelessly left out some cream-filled cookies.

January 15, 2003

A Fiscal Proposal

By system

Undergraduates have a substantial tuition increase of $135 coming their way with the regents meeting today and tomorrow to decide if students should pay even more.

January 15, 2003

Is That a Pole in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

By Beth Van Dyke

I was watching the movie "Striptease" over break and I realized two things immediately: a) "Why the hell am I watching this?" and b) "Wow, I've always wanted to twirl around on a pole like that."

January 15, 2003

Students Shouldn’t Stand for Fee Increase

By Marissa Brown

As you may already know, just this past month the UC Regents approved a quarterly tuition increase of $135 to take effect this spring. Now they must decide whether to raise it an additional $795 for the 2003-04 school ye...

January 15, 2003

Patriot Act Is There to Protect Your Rights, Not to Shred Them

By Bill Ryder

By limiting access to our financial institutions, the Patriot Act, I hope, will help dry up the flow of funds to terrorists from within and outside the country.

January 15, 2003

Students Should Know the Facts When Talking About Their Heritage

By Omri Cohen

Palestine has not existed for almost 55 years. Even then, it was not a country, just a British-owned territory called the British Mandate of Palestine.

January 15, 2003

Think: Wednsday January 15, 2003

By system

January 14, 2003

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…

By system

I went up on my roof for the first time the other day and it just so happens that I have a perfect view of the neighbor's yard.

January 14, 2003

Drugstore Cowboy: Some Kid Kills His Sister

By Cory Anthony

It's video games, like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They're becoming so realistic that they distort the minds of young gamers, and the idea of taking a handgun to the head of an old lady for a few bucks in her purse or h...

January 14, 2003

The Road to a New Highway Is Paved with Greed and Green

By Harry Nelson

The city of Goleta has plans to put stoplights on Highway 217, aka Ward Memorial Boulevard, the road that connects the east gate of the UCSB campus with Highway 101.

January 13, 2003

Good Grub

By Staff

When Columbus sailed in the 1400's (and yes, I know he didn't discover shit...), he and his crew took to eating meals at night around halfway through the voyage.

January 13, 2003

Starving Socialist Island

By Henry Sarria

Cuba is up shit creek and there's no paddle in sight. It truly is an economic disaster that came and went, compliments of "El Lider Supremo," Fidel Castro and his little brother Raul.

January 13, 2003

Living Without Vowels: Simian Antics Drive I.V. Residents Ape

By Steven Ruszczycky

Scott is a good kid, even though he smokes cigarettes, cusses and is 27 years old. It's hard not to think of him as a child though because the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome that afflicts him has set his mind permanently around ...