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Fouling Out of Our Beds

May 21, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

As a diehard Sacramento Kings fan, I'm tired of saying it's going to be this year, this is our year, and we're going all the way. No matter what, it always seems like we come up short.
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Academic Thought

May 21, 2003 by The Weatherhuman

People talk about professors being liberal. A few even talk about professors being conservative. But it's much simpler than all that. Most people can tell you what your professors think: They think:
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Living Without Vowels: Bring Your Wallet but Leave Your Clothes

May 21, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

Everyone's at least thought about it. The gentle kiss of the summer sun on bare flesh, the grainy tickle of sand in secret places, the delightful caress of an afternoon breeze across your buttocks. Ch...
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CRECNO-Blind

May 19, 2003 by Staff

Ward Connerly has a notion to make California the first truly colorblind society. His Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color or National Origin (CRECNO) initiative, expected to go to California vot...
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Skittles and LSD

May 19, 2003 by Staff

I spent the weekend listening to old sixties albums. After careful consideration, I don't think that you need acid to write drug induced music.
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Advertise Online!

May 19, 2003 by Staff

I love Google. More specifically, I love their corporate advertising scheme. A friend of mine mentioned the other day that several character actors at Disney World had sued the company because their ...
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Flat Notes for Extravaganza

May 19, 2003 by Gregory Nielsen

Staff writers Jessica Jardine and Drew Mackie accuse the members of A.S. Program Board of purposely creating an Extravaganza with a lineup that students won't like while patting themselves on the back...
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He Said: Nude Dancers—Demeaning or Delightful?

May 19, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

These two types, along with foreign businessmen, are the bread and butter of the stripper industry. Geek type 1 usually goes with a mass of other geeks, tittering like adolescent boys at the thought o...
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Safe Grad Offers Students Information on Booze and Safety

May 19, 2003 by Lacy Potier

I am writing you to express my excitement about the event coming up called Safe Grad. I am an intern on campus for Student Health called S.T.A.R., which stands for Students Teaching Alcohol and other ...
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Letter Blows the Meal Plan Problem Out of Proportion

May 19, 2003 by Lisa Cooper

Is Nick Pasto serious in his column (Daily Nexus, "Don't Play Games With Students' Meals," May 16)? I agree that the food in both dining commons could be better, but to call it harmful and offensive? ...
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She Said: Nude Dancers—Demeaning or Delightful?

May 19, 2003 by Stephanie Tavares

I'm not quite sure what it is about stripping that makes people become the morality police. Is it nudity that they find immoral? Is it the display of sexuality that they have a problem with? These bot...
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Ward Connerly May Be Extreme, But He’s Got the Right Idea

May 19, 2003 by Bert Viloria

I have benefited greatly from previous generations of equal opportunity programs (Educational Opportunity Program in my case), which I have knowingly and approvingly participated in.
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Words to Eat By

May 19, 2003 by Alisha Dahlstrom

College freshmen living in the dorms enjoy the all-you-can-eat buffet offered by UCSB's local five-star restaurant, Ortega. With the buffet, however, come the dumpsters full of wasted food, thrown awa...
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Think

May 19, 2003 by Staff

Living without Vowels: Abstaining From Jackson

May 16, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

AB 205, if passed and signed into action, would extend marriage-like status in California to all same-sex couples who register as domestic partners, establishing rights and responsibilities that would...
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