Opinion

November 27, 2001

We Can’t Afford High Rents for Grad Students

By Edward Collins

Higher rental fees incurred by graduate and undergraduate students slow their academic progress and discourage them from applying to UCSB.

November 26, 2001

Jesus Mutants!

By Staff

My home town is full of mutant people! Obese mutants! Acned mutants! Jesus mutants! Mutated Mutants! Witness to such perverse genetic disaster require months of trauma counseling among Santa Barbara’s tanned and to...

November 26, 2001

Red Tape: We’ve All Got Tickets for the Attack of the Clones

By Josh Braun

U.S. politicians have generally agreed, to the point of grandstanding at times, that cloning a human would be an unconscionable and unethical act. They just never got around to outlawing it.

November 26, 2001

Sands Beach Closure Leaves Room for Plovers and People

By Darlene Chirman

A rope-and-post fence will delineate a 1,300-foot long area, to direct people around the roost on the wet sand. This will protect 90 percent of the roost area. The majority of the beach is still available for recreationa...

November 26, 2001

Free of Goleta, We Can Label Our Town Isla Vista With Pride

By Temmo Korisheli

Well at least one good thing may come out of the recent Goleta cityhood vote.

November 21, 2001

It Was Only 10-3

By Staff

Here at the Nexus, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. In the traditional Nexus sloshball game against A.S., held last weekend, there was much that was deserving. For example: although there were at least 10...

November 21, 2001

Don’t Get Spoon-fed News About the War in Afghanistan

By Drew Atkins

When people cease to point out our government's faults, usually because they fear the response from others, they give up control over their government's actions.

November 21, 2001

There’s No Beating Around the Nuclear Secrets, Bush

By David Downs

Let us all give thanks this week. We don't live in a nuke-worthy city, we're not on any government dissident lists, we will remain blissfully ignorant of how jacked up the world is becoming.

November 21, 2001

Stop Your Complaining and Whining; Back Up Your Beliefs

By Loren Williams

I've heard variations on "America - love it or leave it" far too often recently. It's amazing that people can claim to be patriotic and simultaneously be so ignorant of the values for which our country stands.

November 21, 2001

Foot Patrol Doesn’t Deserve the Flack that People Give It

By Tara Minassian

"Fucking Pigs" and the like are the words screamed from various parties on DP as the cops walk down the street. How do they react? They laugh it off.

November 21, 2001

Show a Little Consideration When You Park Your Automobile

By Rachael Prewett

We've all seen what a bitch it is to park in I.V. I know it's horribly difficult for the car-dependent to drive up and down the street looking for a legal parking space.

November 20, 2001

A.S. It Is: The SAT Flunks Out When it Comes to Diversity

By Eneri Rodriguez

The SAT I has been proven to be culturally biased; its ability to predict the success of a college student is almost insignificant.

November 20, 2001

WeatherDefiniton

By Staff

The Turkey Drop noun. 1 the cutting of one's losses in mid-November.

November 20, 2001

Living Without Vowels: Meet the New Boss in Afghanistan, Same as the Old Boss

By Steven Ruszczycky

The Northern Alliance isn't your typical Boy Scout troup either. Their treatment of women hasn't been much better than that of the Taliban. Also, they've been devouring the care packages dropped by American planes.

November 19, 2001

Red Tape: That Kind of Muzak Don’t Soothe the Soul

By Josh Braun

Try as I might, I couldn't place it. Then without warning, it happened. The orchestra on the PA system began playing Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence."

November 19, 2001

Life With Father

By Staff

The weatherfather instilled valuable advice via fear. To prevent the weatherchildren from swimming in the lake he described amoebas. Amoebas, as I understood them, were amorphous carnivorous demons from the bottom of pea...