Opinion

September 26, 2002

Showering in Good Company

By Cory Anthony

You don't really wanna shower alone, do you?" I never saw myself asking this question of a gorgeous girl without getting slapped in the face. Her reply? "Let's go."

September 26, 2002

Fatkid Reclining: Spread a Little Anguish to the World, One Pathetic Loser at a Time

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Hi. My name is Alex Benowitz-Fredericks, and I am mean to freshmen. The basic excuse here is one of basic pecking-order cruelty. But that's just an excuse.

September 26, 2002

Tranquility Lies Just a Single Free Tibet Away

By Leron Kattan

Despite 50 years of destruction and persecution that have claimed 1.2 million lives and totaled 6000 holy monasteries, the Tibetans still have an undying light in their eyes.

September 20, 2002

The Village People

By Staff

Welcome back, everyone. I would especially like to take this opportunity to welcome all of this year's freshmen to Manzanita Village.

September 20, 2002

Last Call

By Steven Ruszczycky

Over the summer, UCSB's Greek system adopted a new set of alcohol regulations for its houses, moving toward a semidry policy that forbids any of the raging Greek parties I.V. residents can so fondly remember.

September 20, 2002

Run Over

By Staff

The Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking handed over a recommendation to Chancellor Yang this summer, calling for the instatement of weekend and night parking fees.

September 20, 2002

Homecomings and Shortcomings

By Marisa Lagos

When I arrived in Siena this June, I spoke barely a word of Italian and knew virtually nothing about the place I had chosen to spend my summer.

September 20, 2002

Red Tape: New School Year Brings New School Year Resolutions

By Josh Braun

I was all set to write an informative column this week, when at the last minute someone stole my idea for the staff editorial (See upper left). Bastards.

September 20, 2002

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

There seem to be three broad categories of signs: the vitally important, the theoretically useful and the utterly useless.

September 20, 2002

Missing Car Turns Up at Towing Company; Police Suspected

By Cory Anthony

Perhaps it's just my naivet

August 28, 2002

Hungry, Hungry Opinion

By Staff

The Opinion page is a hungry beast, and without you, it would be nothing. It dwells here in the middle of the Daily Nexus, five days a week, ranging from an anorexic to a plump four-page spread.

August 28, 2002

Please, Allow Me to Introduce Myself

By Staff

I am the Weatherhuman - a faceless, genderless entity whose job it is to defend the populace, or at least make them laugh until it doesn't hurt anymore.

August 28, 2002

CC to UC Ain’t Nothing but a Heartbreak, Baby

By Matthew Kustura

Of all the transfers I have made in Santa Barbara, such as transferring a 12-pack of Natural Ice from the liquor store to my stomach, or transferring myself to the beach, the transfer from SBCC to the hallowed halls of U...

August 28, 2002

Living Without Vowels: Welcome to Fantasy Isla Vista

By Steven Ruszczycky

I've worked summer Orientation for the past two years, and I could bet my paltry paycheck on the fact that a good number - if not the majority - of freshmen made their way down to I.V. at night to sneak in a little previ...

August 28, 2002

Drink Your Way to a Higher Education in the UCSB Residence Halls

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Now, we don't know about you, but here at the Nexus we prefer our fish kippered, so here's the official Life in the Dorms Drinking Game.

August 28, 2002

The College of Creative Studies May Be Small, but It Knows How to Educate

By Stacy Redd

When I learned about the College of Creative Studies, where autonomy abounds and no one will tell you what do even if you ask them, I knew it was going to be just what I needed.