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Abused Nuclear Policies Result in Racism and Suffering

In the international arena, the highest ranking of international powers is given by membership in the United Nations Security Council, and five permanent members are five declared nuclear weapons stat...
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Your Assigned Reading

Standing in line for readers sucks. Especially when you know what they're going to say. I'm going to save you some time. Here's your assigned reading:
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An Isla Vista Police Party

"Fuck tha police," screamed Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha over Tom Morello's guitar. What a bad, bad thing to say in this situation, I thought, glancing again out the window into ...
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Greeks Party Just as Hard and Responsibly as Everyone Else

In response to Steven Ruszczycky's article. I would like to say, as a member of a fraternity, that this intrusion on our liberties cannot and will not stand.
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Talk to Me and I’ll Tell You to Vote for the MCC Lock-In Fee

During the spring election it might not have been clear to student voters that the MCC already had a small lock-in fee of 75 cents per student, even though this lock-in fee had been confirmed by stude...
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Living Without Vowels: UCSB, Let ’em Ride

We warned you. Don't tell us that we didn't warn you. Chancellor Yang just approved nine of the recommendations in the Chancellor's Special Advisory Committee on Parking's final report.
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Service Unity Responsibility Fun

Free surfboards in the UCen! I swear, I was walking by and there it was, mounted on the wall. You should hurry though, because there are only a couple left.
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Pretty Please, President Bush, Don’t Bomb Saddam

On Sept. 19 a powerful letter protesting Bush administration post-Sept. 11 policies and signed by an impressive number of influential people was published as a full-page ad in the New York Times.
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On the Market

Francisco Torres, UCSB's molested stepchild that's been touched in all the wrong places, may finally become a part of the university-owned residence hall family.
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Welcome Week Wildlife

At the dawn of time, great herds of freshmen roamed the vast expanses of the West. Today their numbers have dwindled to small packs of between 30 and 50 individuals.
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Showering in Good Company

You don't really wanna shower alone, do you?" I never saw myself asking this question of a gorgeous girl without getting slapped in the face. Her reply? "Let's go."
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Fatkid Reclining: Spread a Little Anguish to the World, One Pathetic Loser at a Time

Hi. My name is Alex Benowitz-Fredericks, and I am mean to freshmen. The basic excuse here is one of basic pecking-order cruelty. But that's just an excuse.
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Tranquility Lies Just a Single Free Tibet Away

Despite 50 years of destruction and persecution that have claimed 1.2 million lives and totaled 6000 holy monasteries, the Tibetans still have an undying light in their eyes.
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Last Call

Over the summer, UCSB's Greek system adopted a new set of alcohol regulations for its houses, moving toward a semidry policy that forbids any of the raging Greek parties I.V. residents can so fondly r...
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The Village People

Welcome back, everyone. I would especially like to take this opportunity to welcome all of this year's freshmen to Manzanita Village.
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