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Drugstore Cowboy: You Owe Us Bonus Rent

April 24, 2003 by Cory Anthony

Ron Wolfe and Associates may count as crazy strangers, but being involved in business with them makes them a little more than strangers.
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Earplugs

April 24, 2003 by

I walked into one of our I.V. supermarkets yesterday. Wait, no. Supermarket doesn't seem like the right term...
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Loud Morning Power Tools Can Blow Me

April 24, 2003 by Marisa Lagos

Certain politicians maintain that an earlier noise curfew could help curb rowdier partygoers, though anyone who has stayed in I.V. for more than five minutes would recognize the sheer stupidity in tha...
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Throwing a Retro Fit

April 23, 2003 by

I rode by San Raf today and to my horror, they'd begun to paint it horrible colors. I thought they were retroftting it for earthquake safety.
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You Get One Phone Call

April 23, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

It's Monday morning and you're running to Campbell Hall from Snidecor. You woke up an hour later than you planned, which means that you didn't have time to take a shower. The only makeup you're wearin...
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A.S. It Is: It Isn’t Over Until the Big Country Cleans

April 23, 2003 by Edward Yan

Last quarter, the UCSB Legislative Council passed a resolution in opposition of war against Iraq with an overwhelming majority; however, two weeks ago, the same council passed a resolution in support ...
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Human Health May Depend on Animal Testing

April 23, 2003 by Justin Moscarello

In front of me the rat lies anesthetized, its back shaved and swabbed with a sterile chemical, my scalpel poised and ready to make the first incision.
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SAFME: Ignorant, Intolerant, or Plain Dangerous?

April 23, 2003 by Moshe Kasher

This past Wednesday and Thursday were two of the most important days in the entire Jewish calendar.
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Abuse Over Substance

April 22, 2003 by Marilyn Dukes Elizabeth Robinson

However, the tone of your recent editorial ("Fuzzy Math," Daily Nexus, April 17, 2003) reads like a personal vendetta that degenerated from commentary on the issue to playground name-calling.
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I Should Be Studying . . .

April 22, 2003 by

It's midterm time again. Everyone is trying their best to study - an attempt that will eventually lead to the downward spiral of beer and video games that mark the last half of every quarter here at U...
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Students Should Help UC LEED the Way

April 22, 2003 by Isabel Millan

The University of California has come so far, but if we don't act now we may lose the race. The regents are on the verge of adopting a clean energy and green building standard that will make the Unive...
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Secret Ballot

April 21, 2003 by

You can vote! You can vote online. You can vote at the polls.That's right, there are two ways to vote this year!
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A Week for Political Fools

April 21, 2003 by Tony Samara

While world opinion on Cuba is varied, once you pull your head out of America's ass you can at least recognize that a tiny, poor country that has been the target of military, economic and political ag...
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Representative Replacement Takes Experience out of the PAC

April 21, 2003 by Scott McDowell

I was shocked and appalled by your article "A.S. Debates I.V. Rep, Cash Flow," (Daily Nexus, April 17). The IVPAC actually addresses many more issues than just the community center mentioned in the ar...
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Not Quite Splitting Hairs

April 18, 2003 by Beth Van Dyke

I live with a gorilla. No, really. A hairy, loud, monkey-butt gorilla. He's my male genome project, my dirty sex maniac and my boy roommate. He's endearing, inebriated and completely incapable of clea...
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