Opinion

January 18, 2002

Even Nexus Webmasters Need To Read Other Papers

By CHRISTOPHER SHEA

I read two paragraphs of Jason La's "If You Think Celebrities Are Paid Too Much, Don't Help Pay Them" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 17) and I couldn't read any more.

January 18, 2002

Recalls Cost Too Much Cash To Fool Around With

By JOHN GALLO

Coming out of the Bookstore on Monday, I was flagged down to sign petitions.

January 17, 2002

Is That Your Final Answer?

By Staff

I figured out how to pay off the weatherloans.

January 17, 2002

Montecitans Don’t Like 101? Let Them Eat Asphalt

By Henry Sarria

Aesthetics don't necessarily equate to function. Just because something looks nice it doesn't mean that it'll actually work or that the problems of the past will magically go away.

January 17, 2002

If You Think Celebrities Are Paid Too Much, Don’t Help Pay Them

By Jason La

The public has no right to dictate where corporations should funnel their money unless you are a shareholder, nor does it make any sense to do so.

January 16, 2002

Lecture Hall Hygiene

By Staff

There is no polite way to tell someone their stench is suffocating.

January 16, 2002

CIA Spies Persians With Its Blind Eye

By Ladan Moeenziai

The Los Angeles Times reported that, in an attempt to keep their eye on the activities of Iran, the CIA has reassigned a number of its spies to the heavily Iranian-populated city of Los Angeles.

January 16, 2002

It May Be Really Weird, but RealDolls Mean Sex to Some

By Sarah Kent

From dildos to rubber vaginas, inflatable women to inflatable sheep, sex with the synthetic is offered as an alternative or a supplement to "normal" sexual activity.

January 16, 2002

Think New Books Are a Rip-off? Then Photocopy Your Material

By Jon Getty

Writers like Ted Andersen (Daily Nexus, "Selling Off Your Arm, Leg and Spleen for a Quality Education," Jan. 15) need to fundamentally reconsider how they buy books.

January 15, 2002

Billions Can’t Buy Beaches

By Staff

It's probably wrong to gloat when other people fail, but when a billionaire fails to keep the public off of the beach in front of her 25-acre estate, it's hard not to gloat.

January 15, 2002

Living Without Vowels: See the Rats Scurry From Enron’s Sinking Ship

By Steven Ruszczycky

Perhaps most interesting is the uncanny ability of rats to jump ship when the vessel faces imminent doom. However, when the good ship Enron started taking on water, the government decided to ignore the vermin's desperate...

January 15, 2002

Selling Off Your Arm, Leg and Spleen for a Quality Education

By Ted Andersen

I walked into the Isla Vista Bookstore on Monday afternoon with a bantamweight bank account and high hopes. I left a half an hour later a confused and broken man.

January 15, 2002

Comics: thINK

By Staff

January 14, 2002

The Cart of Darkness

By Staff

There are many professions which deal with the dark aspects of humanity: doctors, divorce lawyers and journalists are just a few.

January 14, 2002

They’re a Deal at $130.

By Staff

Sneakers reached the limits of tasteful, sensible design in the late eighties. Since then sneakers have splintered into the cross trainer, the tennis shoe, the basketball shoe ...

January 14, 2002

If You’ll Recall, I Had Nothing to Do With It

By Jim Thomas

There have been a few letters suggesting I have played a pivotal role in the Goleta Project Area Committee flag incident and the recall efforts of 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall.