Opinion

February 27, 2002

Sex Bites: Finding Edible Aphrodisiacs

By Sarah Kent

Sure, we all know the saying that we're sexy in our own special way. Nonetheless, don't you feel, deep down inside you, that there should be a way to enhance your sex life or that of your partner?

February 27, 2002

Should Drugs Cost You Gov’t Grants?

By Eneri Rodriguez

In 1998 a provision was made to the Higher Education Act that would delay or deny federal financial aid based on a drug conviction. Instead of increasing educational access as the HEA has done in the past, this provision...

February 27, 2002

Nexus Neglected to Recount Tragedy’s Entire Story

By Jason Schock

Although I respect and appreciate the Nexus' intentions in presenting its memorial to the victims of the shocking events on Sabado Tarde a year ago, readers should have been given a complete recounting of the facts.

February 26, 2002

Here Comes the Sun

By Staff

There is a mathematical equation that defines laundry output in Isla Vista. The more sun = less clothing worn.

February 26, 2002

Beggers Can’t Be Choosers

By Staff

Perhaps - just perhaps - the speaker's platform at a memorial service is the wrong place to push a political agenda.

February 26, 2002

Living Without Vowels: There’s Nothing Strange About Being Queer

By Steven Ruszczycky

It was a hell of a weekend. I knew I was in deep when I sat listening to Susan Stryker, a male-to-female transsexual who emanated power and form as she discussed spirituality and a Stonewallesque riot that occurred in th...

February 26, 2002

Sweet Victory on a Salt Lake for the ’02 Olympics

By Curtis Brainard

"Here we are - the center of the world."

February 26, 2002

Anderson Is the Best, Most-Liked Candidate for SB County Sheriff

By Erik Nelson

On March 5, everyone in Santa Barbara County will have the opportunity to vote for a new sheriff. This is a unique election because the current sheriff is retiring, thus leaving space for a contested race.

February 26, 2002

Funny, We Didn’t Order AppeThai’s Discrimination Platter

By Yesenia Curiel and Shantel Martinez

February is the month of Black history, a month when we must all, as a society, recognize any prejudices that we might have against others.

February 26, 2002

Think

By Staff

February 25, 2002

Face Off: Should the Homeles Have a Shelter Near a School?

By Josh Braun Stephanie McCoy

On April 1, the Santa Barbara Homeless Day Center and Winter Shelter will temporarily relocate to Ortega Street across from the Santa Barbara Community Academy elementary school while a second story is built onto the ori...

February 22, 2002

Doyle Does Not Need to Give Apology

By Joshua L. Baker

Let me express my utter and total displeasure with the letters written in the Daily Nexus on Wednesday, Feb. 20, "demanding" that Mr. Martin Doyle apologize for his remarks made a couple of weeks ago

February 22, 2002

Weather: Career Day

By Staff

There comes a time in one

February 22, 2002

Our Culture Should Not Accept Sexism

By Jeffrey Bucholtz

After five years as a UCSB student, I thought I'd seen it all. I was sure I had seen all the assholes and all their asshole moves. But of course, I was wrong.

February 22, 2002

Now is the Time to Remember Last Year’s Grief

By Holly Bradbury

February 2001 was a month marked by shocking, out-of-the-ordinary, deadly, life-altering events that impacted many individuals both at a personal level and at a community level.

February 22, 2002

Mongoose: Don’t Be Sheep, Recall is About Cows

By Brendan Buhler

The No On Recall folks have a point when they say that the recall campaign is backed by a shadowy cabal of Isla Vista's landlord scum - there are two of them and as of December they contributed a whopping 2.8 percent of ...