Opinion

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

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

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.

February 19, 2002

Students Can Vote on the Recall With Absentee Ballots

By Benjamin Wood

One's whereabouts at the time of the election should not interfere with one's right to vote. You have the right to vote by mail with an absentee ballot.

February 15, 2002

Column a Disservice to Journalistic Profession

By Joe Banasch

This is in response to Eliav Appelbaum's column "Don't Forget the Olympic Athletes Who Died in '72." I cannot stay silent in face of such inflammatory and substandard journalism.

February 15, 2002

Gratefully Guzzling

By Staff

I liken Valentine's Day to a pinkened skin rash. Cheesy candy, plastic flowers, pathetically hollow cards, bad commercials, a blinding overflow of pink and red, and way too much PDA (public displays of affection).

February 15, 2002

Get Off Your Cell Phone and Learn to Bike, You Jerk

By Alexis Allen

I know that cell phones are an integral part of our culture. But how necessary is it to be in constant communication during the five to eight minute ride to and from campus?

February 14, 2002

Barbaric Tenants Are to Blame for the Slum of I.V.

By Jackie Silverman

I took a job as the on-site manager of the building I live in. After holding this job for a quarter and a half I have developed a different outlook on what goes on in I.V.

February 14, 2002

Weather Dating Game

By Staff

The weathermates have attributed the weatherpet's ill temper to lack of companionship. I have decided to wield my three inches of power to make a small mammal love connection and find him a special lady.

February 14, 2002

Both Pleasure, Peril Await if You Sleep Around

By Rebecca Present-Thomas

With all the hormones raging among the average college student, the concept of an "open relationship' is not uncommon

February 14, 2002

Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Smooching

By Michelle Lemire

I'd like to take a moment and look at another important issue at hand: the dreaded V-Day. No, not you, Vagina Monologues. I mean Valentine's Day, loved by so many, and yet hated by so many.

February 14, 2002

Queer Student Union Can Be an Inclusive Organization if We Take Pride In It

By Michael Rasmussen

Queer Pride Week for UCSB is more than two months away, and the divisions within our campus' queer community are already becoming evident.

February 13, 2002

Join Us

By Staff

Apparently I am officer material.

February 13, 2002

Who Needs Legislative Council?

By Mel Fabi

Let's eliminate district representation and, in place of it, have the chairs of the boards, committees and commissions as the new representatives.

February 13, 2002

Homeless’ Demands are Clueless

By Henry Sarria

The homeless people want the I.V. Recreation and Parks District to give them a campground. This was attempted once before at the Red Barn on Estero Road, but they literally burned that opportunity to the ground.

February 13, 2002

This V-Day, Support Your Local Vagina

By Sarah Kent

Men, this column is dedicated to you figuring out how the hell to make your woman scream in orgasmic ecstasy. Women, maybe this column will help your man be a little less clumsy.