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Misinformation Doesn’t Help Skateboarding’s Bad Reputation

May 7, 2003 by Daniel Ernst

The picture and caption on the front page of the Daily Nexus titled "The Daily Grind" on Friday, May 2, worries me for several reasons.
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The Road Map to Peace

May 6, 2003 by Joey Tartakovsky

This is an important time for those who wish for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and perhaps a time for optimism, too. As the current conflict reaches its 31st month, a number of portentous f...
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Up All Night

May 6, 2003 by

I pulled my first all-nighter of the quarter last night. When I tried to take notes in class today, I would look down at the page occasionally and find that I had scribbled down only the first and las...
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In Wake of Elections, the S.U.N. Party Also Rises

May 6, 2003 by Edward Yan

Okay, so S.A.C. and Gauchoholics claim they have overcome their long history of partisan bickering and worked together to get out the vote, however they neglected to stop directing their attacks on th...
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Columnist Is Incorrect in Criticisms of A.S.

May 6, 2003 by Anthony Flores

After reading Cory Anthony's column (Daily Nexus, "No Change Comes Easily," May 1, 2003), I was struck by a number of falsehoods that I feel should be addressed. Being the only elected officer of Asso...
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The United States Has a Friend in the Middle East

May 6, 2003 by Celia Soudry

Terror is terror regardless of its target, and terrorist cells existing throughout the world stand for one universal purpose: the murder and destruction of Christians, Jews, Hindus and those who espou...
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Keep Moving and You Won’t Get Hit

May 5, 2003 by

It's about this time of the year that everyone looks forward to moving. You've discovered all of the leaks, splinters and hanging live wires that your apartment has to offer and you can still fantasiz...
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The Daves-Rougeaux Show

May 5, 2003 by Jonathan Kalinski

Since taking over this year as executive director, Don Daves-Rougeaux has brought stability to an organization that desperately needed it. However, with that stability has come a perceived control ove...
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Isla Vista Foot Patrol Deserves Residents’ Praise, Not Derision

May 5, 2003 by Dorothy Dent

I would like to strongly echo Henry Sarria's article (Daily Nexus, "Defending the Foot Patrol," April 30). We are very lucky to have this excellent style of community policing in our small, dense, stu...
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Living Without Vowels: Swallow You Whole

May 2, 2003 by Steven Ruszczycky

In the wee morning hours of Thursday, April 24, two UC Police Dept. officers happened across 13.17 feet and 85 pounds of Burmese python coiled up, cold and near death in a parking lot on the Devereux ...
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Goods and Services

May 2, 2003 by

The weathercavemates and I are in the habit of playing horrible practical jokes on one another. One of the more original ones involves stealing an unsuspecting 'mate's checkbook and writing naughty th...
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Education Comes Second to Celebration for Pride Week

May 2, 2003 by John Zayac

I was flipping through the Daily Nexus on Monday morning, anxious to see what this week, the once-a-year week set aside for queers to be openly embraced by our campus community, had to offer.
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Defense I.V. Amounts to Nothing but Wasted Breath

May 2, 2003 by Juan Verde

While I admire Henry Sarria's opinion "Defending the Foot Patrol" (Daily Nexus, April 28,2003), it will go on deaf ears for many reasons. To start with, his intended audience, the Grand Jury, doesn't ...
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Drugstore Cowboy: No Change Comes Easily

May 1, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Myself, I really don't care about the color of the person who represents me. Or the gender. Or the shoe size. All I want is someone who may be able to get something done.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction

May 1, 2003 by

Nexus people bet on weird things, like election outcomes or the number of mosquitos we can kill on a given day in our pest-infested office. Today's lead story is the Los Alamos contract. So naturally,...
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