Opinion

February 12, 2002

Living Without Vowels: The Stabbing Pain in Your Heart Is Raw Love

By Steven Ruszczycky

Whoever said love is the universal language is full of shit. The true language of the universe is pain and loss. Everyone can testify that they've been hurt, be it a stubbed toe or the death of someone close.

February 12, 2002

Don’t Be a Prick; Keep Campus Clean for Future Generations

By Lynne Pritchard

"I pay money to go to school here, so I can trash it if I want." Those were the words that came out of the mouth of a student that I had requested to stop skateboarding on the planter in front of the Psychology building.

February 12, 2002

Landlords Want to Get Rid of the Defender of Tenant Rights

By Alexis Stone

This program would never have been made available if Gail Marshall did not fight for our rights. Now the landlords want to remove Gail from office by forcing a special recall election in the middle of the summer.

February 11, 2002

Good Thing It’s Always Sunny

By Staff

Monday's Forecast: Try back tomorrow

February 11, 2002

Face Off: Should Pharmacists Prescribe the Morning-after Pill?

By Josh Braun Stephanie McCoy

A new California law that allows pharmacies to distribute emergency contraceptives (EC) - commonly known as the morning-after pill - without doctor's prescriptions was enacted in January.

February 8, 2002

To Lefty, For 79 Years of Loyal Service

By Staff

Winter Quarter is the shittiest poo to ever be shat upon God

February 8, 2002

Don’t Forget the Olympic Athletes Who Died in ’72

By Eliav Appelbaum

The tragedy of Sept. 11 is sure to resonate in the minds of all the athletes, coaches and spectators. International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage declared with a raised fist, "The Games must go on!"

February 8, 2002

Three Snakes Devour Ellwood – Kinda

By Brendan Buhler

The Ellwood Bluffs are going to get screwed up - just not as badly as before.

February 7, 2002

Humiliating Comedians Is Repetitive

By Staff

So when Carrot Top suggested we go fuck ourselves, we relaxed, let him rant, and made sure the tape was rolling.

February 7, 2002

Homeless Need a Safe Campground in Isla Vista

By Chris Omer

We decided the best thing to do was set up a camp in the central park of Isla Vista to create a community of homeless in defiance of the anti-sleeping ordinance and in support of a safe sleeping space.

February 7, 2002

Monorail is the Way to Solve the Prevalent Parking Problem

By Mike Shinn

I feel that the campus should build a monorail tram. I feel that this would solve most of the problems that we have on campus in addition to other benefits.

February 6, 2002

Bad Sex Means Wet Spots, Urinary Tract Infections

By Sarah Kent

Sex, for instance, is not all orgasms and hard nipples. There are times when it and the aftermath are just horrible.

February 6, 2002

Random Acts of Sadism

By Staff

Labels rule people's lives. Case in point. A Nexus editor burning the midnight oil retreats to his office, secure that precious caffeine awaits.

February 6, 2002

Grape Boycott By-Law May Be Old, but It Isn’t Outdated

By Ivan Perez

So, if students went on a hunger strike tomorrow to get UCSB to boycott the products of a company behaving as irresponsibly as Pictsweet, would they succeed? I hope so.

February 6, 2002

Don’t Listen To That Fink; Marshall’s Good for I.V.

By Jim Keenley

In sum, if you like the idea of crappy housing, filthy water, unsafe streets, greedy landlords and being disenfranchised by a summer election, then by all means support the recall.

February 6, 2002

Closing Down Delta Trail Will Protect Plovers, Keep Beach Open

By Adam Garcia

The snowy plover is a threatened bird that roosts on our coast; they're the little white and sandy colored guys that hunker down at the mouth of the Devereux Slough.