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Daily Nexus Art Isn’t Racist; It’s a Part of My Childhood

October 30, 2002 by Mandy Cheng

In response to Alice Shin's article about Rad Sechrist's drawing, I would like to point out to you that Rad didn't pull that drawing out of his butt.
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Trick or Treat?

October 29, 2002 by Staff

They scheduled Parents' Weekend on Halloween weekend this year. No joke. Just the hilarious, awful truth.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Wellstone Leaves Behind Lofty Standards for D.C.’s Politicians

October 29, 2002 by Cory Anthony

Senator Wellstone always concerned himself with the protection of those basic rights that our nation has promised us.
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Lab Rat: Take a Voyage Through the Relatively Wonderful World of Time and Space

October 29, 2002 by Josh Braun

If you're driving at 60 miles per hour and spit out the window of your truck - not something I'd recommend - you might see your spit fly forward at 10 miles per hour (in the split second before the wi...
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Daily Nexus Art Is More Insensitive Than It Is Amusing

October 29, 2002 by Alice Shin

While I'm sure that Sechirst meant well, publishing a cartoon riddled with so many clichŽs tends to imply that the Daily Nexus supports the act of identifying different ethnic groups by using ste...
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Think

October 29, 2002 by Staff

A Ghost of Halloween Past

October 28, 2002 by Armand Ramirez

Take a typical weekend in Isla Vista, pack the streets to a standing room capacity of 15,000 18- to 22-year-old residents and visitors, add costumes and a cultural excuse to deny inhibitions; what do ...
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McWorld Series

October 28, 2002 by Staff

I was an Angels fan as a kid. If you like rooting for the underdog, there's nothing like a baseball franchise that hasn't won a series since 1961.
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Weekly Column Helps Me Get Over the Wednesday Hump

October 28, 2002 by Michael Lipka

Every Wednesday morning, the students at UCSB wake up, get dressed and grab themselves one of the greatest newspapers in the world: the Daily Nexus.
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Vigils Help Us Remember the Destructive Power of Hate

October 28, 2002 by Nelson S. Maltez

Women, queer and trans-identified individuals face violence and palpable hostility everyday. If you doubt it, think about the last time that you heard someone say fag, dyke, bitch or queer.
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This Is Halloween

October 25, 2002 by Staff

Don't carry weapons on your costume, fake or real. Halloween's the time to have fun and give a good scare, but no one should have to get hurt. If you do decide on a costume that reveals as much skin a...
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All Right, I See Your Point

October 25, 2002 by Staff

My professor has an affectation. He carries around an eight-foot pointer, which he waves with a flourish and has taken to resting on his groin while answering questions.
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Strangers Say the Darndest Things in Lecture Halls

October 25, 2002 by Drew Mackie

"I thought I was having sex, but it turns out I just passed out on top of the dryer while it was on." People say some damn funny things when they think nobody else can hear them.
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He Said: The Sound of Music Makes Me Want to…Release a Horde of Apex Predators Upon the World

October 25, 2002 by Brendan Buhler

Some people say that the musical is a magical art form, a representation of the way the world ought to be. The people who say this are either unnaturally thin types who savor the bitter tea of life be...
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She Said: The Sound of Music Makes Me Want to… Sing, Dance and Laugh Like There Is No Tomorrow

October 25, 2002 by Sarah Gorback

Remember the good old days back in high school when the girls gathered on the bleachers to sing verses of "Summer Lovin'" and jumpsuit-clad boys danced in unison in their auto classes?
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