Opinion

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 ...

February 22, 2002

‘Little Slutty Column’ Sets a Bad Example for Isla Vistans

By Kristen Shepperd Phillips

We just have one question for Sarah Kent: are you blind or are you just damn ignorant?

February 22, 2002

‘What Goes Around Comes Around’

By Amanda Marie McCann

Sarah Kent's column in general is almost a cute attempt at being UCSB's own Carrie Bradshaw, but not quite.

February 21, 2002

Who Can Beat Gray Davis?

By Michael C. Warnken

In March the race for the governor of California, the most populous state, is going to heat up.

February 21, 2002

Guinea Pig Heart

By Staff

The weatherpet has dark secrets.

February 21, 2002

Daily Nexus Betrayed Journalism, Commission on Disability Access

By Scott Talkov

It is truly a shame that the articles published by the Daily Nexus, supposedly one of the more progressive UC newspapers, are half-researched and grossly inaccurate.

February 20, 2002

S.A.M. We Are

By Staff

The SB Homeless Day Center and Winter Shelter is being remodeled. It plans to move across the street from an elementary school. SB Community Academy mothers, we'll call them S.A.M., are outraged over the shelter.

February 20, 2002

Fortune Hunter

By Staff

There is buried treasure under Los Carneros. That is why road crews keep digging up sections of the street only to inexpertly patch the holes.

February 20, 2002

The Dos and Don’ts of Cheating on Him or Her

By Sarah Kent

So, after a little investigative reporting on my part, here it is: The informational, unofficial guide on how to successfully (as successfully as possible, at least) cheat on your significant other.

February 20, 2002

The Problem With Parking at This School

By Eric Zimmerman

I sincerely hope that the time has finally come when UCSB will abolish its practice of providing its faculty "privileged" parking at student and staff expense!

February 20, 2002

Beware of Dangerous Fad Diets

By Lynnae Pedrotti

Diets can make people lose "weight," but is it really the type of "weight" they want to lose, and can they realistically keep it off?

February 20, 2002

Please Learn Respect for Queer Community Issues

By Michelle Morales

We at A.S. Queer Commission are strongly appalled by the ignorance behind Martin Doyle's comments regarding "lesbian pornography" at the Leg Council meeting on Feb. 6.

February 20, 2002

Doyle Should Apologize for His Ignorant Remarks

By Dora Morse

Doyle's conduct was extremely unbecoming of a legislative council representative - a representative for the student body, of which about 54 percent are women and, theoretically, 18 percent of whom are queer.

February 19, 2002

Living Without Vowels: Sure They All Have Mustaches, But Which One’s Butch?

By Steven Ruszczycky

Jim Thomas, Santa Barbara County's sheriff for the past 12 years, will be leaving office in 2003. His intentions have turned political, running against Marshall in an election this summer and relying on others to throw t...

February 19, 2002

Golden Whining

By Staff

As I sat on my couch and knocked back another beer, I realized that I would never compete in the two-man luge.

February 19, 2002

Olympics Refuses to Remember the Slain Israeli Athletes of ’72

By Joey Tartakovsky

Since the Munich Massacre in 1972, those wishing to honor the dead have requested the International Olympic Committee do so as well, but the IOC has resisted, citing concerns about protests from Arab representatives.