Opinion

June 26, 2002

Inside Isla Vista’s Mess

By Steven Ruszczycky

Of the different properties Val walked me through, this house was the dirtiest. All the other properties fluctuated between slightly messy, a little dust and a small hole here and there, to sparkling clean.

June 26, 2002

Working-class Zero

By Staff

Before deciding what to do with my vacation, I asked the editor in chief how much I would be paid for this summer issue of the Nexus.

June 26, 2002

Slouching Away From Bedlam

By Staff

It's become fashionable now to rage against anything that has the name "David Attias" attached to it.

June 26, 2002

Those Transient Blues

By Stacy Redd

As someone who has vacated a residence upwards of three times now, I am aware of exactly one good thing about the process of moving: You get to eat out, or, at the very least, go to the grocery store and buy fantasticall...

June 26, 2002

Red Tape: The Rest of You Can Get Lost; I’m Staying Right Here

By Josh Braun

I'm not moving this summer. There. I've lost half of your sympathies. All of my stuff will remain in place, collecting Isla Vista dust for another year.

June 6, 2002

It’s dead week folks. The showdown.

By Staff

UCSB is full of do-gooders. People who are trying to end disease, violence and oppression, people who want to save the world. I salute you for your efforts.

June 6, 2002

UCSB Should Mind Its Own Business

By Randall Wright

For the small number of students who do use Umail accounts, Yonie Harris. The dean of students, informed us that the parental notification system will be put in place this upcoming fall.

June 6, 2002

New Parking Plan Punishes Students for Not Buying Permits

By Lisa Smith

For those of you parking on campus next year, pay attention. This is what you need to know to work your way through the recommendations of the advisory committee on parking.

June 6, 2002

Parental Notification, New Ordinances Are Good Ideas

By Michelle Obregon Casey Hayden Onolee Zwicke

The Isla Vista Alcohol and Other Drugs Council endorsed parental notification and the recently approved Community Safety Ordinance. Here's why:

June 6, 2002

Red Tape: Productivity Is Nothing but a Twelve-Letter Word

By Josh Braun

It's the last day before finals and you're reading this because you don't want to study. Yeah, I know how it works. You'll go home in a few minutes and play video games or make yourself lunch. You'll do your laundry or m...

June 6, 2002

Goleta Resident Asks Owners of White Mattress to Pick It Up

By Bob Craig

On Sunday, a small white pickup truck sped from a dirt road leading from a beautiful field next to my house. In it were two college-aged men. I have no way of knowing for sure if they were UCSB students.

May 31, 2002

Attack of the Carnivorous Weathercouch

By Staff

The weathercouch eats things. It's had several previous owners and when we got it, it came with a Gameboy, $1.75, and a remote for someone else's television.

May 31, 2002

Isla Vista, It’s for Your Own Good

By Gail Marshall

Over the last several months, the working group has developed initiatives that, taken in combination, should help make Isla Vista a safer place to live, work and go to school.

May 31, 2002

Environmental Studies Offers More Than Just Hippies

By Zach Baker

In fact, most ES majors are not hippies. The only similarity between ES majors and hippies is a respect for nature and a desire to live with it. If people prone to judgment and stereotyping think that makes me a hippie, ...

May 29, 2002

The Long Hump Goodbye

By Sarah Kent

This is it. It's over. I'm sorry. All good things must come to an end, so they say. And for some of you, I'm sure that this final column is an indication that all bad things too must come to an end.

May 29, 2002