Opinion

May 6, 2002

The Sports Fee Failure Means the Death of UCSB. Yeah, Right.

By Brett D. Gibson

I could not agree more with Jennifer Rudy's assessment of the A.S. elections (The Reader's Voice, "UCSB Students Dropped the Prestigious Ball During Elections," May 2, 2002, Daily Nexus).

May 3, 2002

I’ll Be a Millionaire

By Staff

Scientists recently announced the development of Radio-Controlled Rats(tm)(c)(r), rats with electrodes in their brains that can be made to perform different tasks.

May 3, 2002

Clowning Around

By Staff

Out-going Gauchoholic Leggies at Wednesday night's Leg Council provided more fun for Daily Nexus reporters than a massive clown orgy, it was also an act of pure spite and bad form.

May 3, 2002

No One Is Laughing at Racist Abercrombie & Fitch Shirts

By Christine Bai

As an Asian-American, I was pretty pissed off when I read the recent articles on Abercrombie & Fitch featuring negative, stereotypical images of Asians on their new line of T-shirts.

May 3, 2002

Wily Vipers Burn Associated Students Behind Them

By Brendan Buhler

In tactics reminiscent of Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov's, Representative Martin T. Doyle is burning every financial field and shooting every cash cow that SAC forces could find useful, and a great deal besides.

May 3, 2002

Night, Weekend Parking Fees Are Unjust and We Must Fight the University on This

By Sara Martinovich

Did I read correctly in April 29th's Nexus that UCSB has found a new way to swindle money out of the student body? Please tell me it is not true that "Parking Services will charge $2 per night/weekend for undergraduates....

May 3, 2002

There’s at Least One Reader Who Enjoys Kent’s ‘Wednesday Hump’ Sex Columns

By Jay Bridges

I would like you to know that I personally enjoy Sarah Kent's sex columns. I actually look forward to them. I do find it puzzling that anyone can really take offense to what she writes about

May 1, 2002

Isla Vista on Trial

By Staff

Isla Vista has never killed anyone with a car or made anyone take drugs. The lawyers for David Attias - a former UCSB student who hit five people with a car, killing four of them - claim I.V. is responsible for their cli...

May 1, 2002

Let It Fee

By Staff

Fee increases are a lot like diarrhea. They're both ugly, sometimes painful and most of us wish they never happened. Whether we like it or not, though, both serve a purpose.

May 1, 2002

Give Em’ a Hardy Cheer Again, Hurrah!

By Staff

I made a decision to conquer senioritis. As the weeks go on it has become harder and harder to roll out of bed and face the last class of my undergraduate education (being taken pass/fail).

May 1, 2002

The Examined

By Staff

Observe the calm of the graduating seniors. Though they have screwed off all quarter and rebelled against their masters only to be caught and put to midterms, they calmly await their fate and prepare to shuffle off this ...

May 1, 2002

It Affects Me: Part 4: Searching for Help in All the Right Places

By Imani Rupert Muriel Philips

It's been three days since it all happened. Eva claims that she is fine, but I have my doubts. She hasn't been herself - she's been really quiet.

May 1, 2002

UCSB Students Dropped the Prestigious Ball During Elections

By Jennifer Rudy

The barely 30% of UCSB that turned out to vote spoke and said that they want this university to continue to remain mediocre at best.

May 1, 2002

Preventing Babies Has Never Been So Much Fun

By Sarah Kent

I've mentioned before that sex can suck because of all those consequences that come from it. Pregnancy, for example. Or STDs. AIDS. Lots of fun stuff.

May 1, 2002

Student Should Check the Facts Before Crying Holocaust

By Summer Cagle

For one so concerned with the historical (and current) suffering of the Jewish people, Joey Tartakovsky shows a startling lack of empathy and understanding.

April 30, 2002