Opinion

November 7, 2001

I Imagine Turning Parasitic Slugs Loose on Their Bureaucratic Equivalents

By David Downs

The bucket of slimy, hungry leeches I dumped on President Healton's duct-taped lap is stinking up her ritzy Washington D.C. office.

November 7, 2001

Slithering Out of Stoplights for Old Town Goleta

By Brendan Buhler

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the road to UCSB is paved with committees. It's a wonder it's paved at all, and who knows if it'll ever get to Old Town Goleta.

November 7, 2001

A.S. It Is: It’s What You Do Outside the Classroom that Matters

By Brian Hampton

There are hundreds of things to do while at UCSB and most of them aren't on Del Playa

November 7, 2001

Support Israel; ‘The Muslims Are Out To Destroy our World’

By Justin M. Ruhge

Let's support the Israelis. They are a democracy in a sea of dictators. Arafat is a criminal that this country should replace with some less radical Palestinian leader.

November 7, 2001

UCSB’s Lecturers Are Hardly Part-time, Disposable Lackeys

By Nick Tingle

I had trouble with the headline for this article, especially with the word "part-time."

November 6, 2001

Down 8-6 But Up 3-0

By Staff

I went out last night to watch a few members of the weatherposse play intramural soccer. Unfortunately, two players got lost in the fog trying to get there and another fell down one of the holes in the RecCen “fiel...

November 6, 2001

A No Vote on H is Good For Goleta

By Staff

A city of Goleta is a good idea, except that the city of Goleta appearing on today's ballot doesn't include most of Goleta Valley and will probably fail financially.

November 5, 2001

Red Tape: National Error in Space Administration Goes for Broke

By Josh Braun

If you blinked, you may have missed it. On Oct. 23rd at 7:26 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, NASA's newest Mars probe, Odyssey, slipped safely into orbit around the red planet with little fanfare. Scientists breathed a sigh ...

November 5, 2001

Nominal Charge for Water

By Staff

The weathermates and I decided to engage in a little sport at the bowling alley this weekend.

November 5, 2001

My Home Is My Sanctuary, Not Your Barf Bowl

By Rebecca Turek

Last winter, eight friends and I signed a lease for a 6600 block oceanside house on DP. We knew living on the 6600 block was going to be quite different but we had no idea exactly how it was going to affect our sanity.

November 5, 2001

Coulter’s Terrorism Speech Was Only a Liberal-Bashing MarathonConor

By Nick Brubaker

The title of the lecture was "The Terrorists and Their Left-Wing Sympathizers." Terrorism was clearly a side note because it was bash-the-liberals night at UCSB.

November 5, 2001

‘American Hero’ Should Rethink Her Medieval Opinions

By Ruth Kim

Wow. That was all that I could say when I read the article on Ann Coulter. Tell me again how she is an "American Hero"?

November 2, 2001

Exploring the Method to bin Laden’s Madness

By Drew Atkins

When investigating criminals, the main thing you look at is the motive behind their crimes. If we are to believe that Osama bin Laden was behind the Sept. 11 attacks, then an examination of his motive is in order.

November 2, 2001

Beautiful Trailers on the Bike Path

By Staff

Today I took a midterm while ignoring giant purple flashing runway lights in my peripheral vision.

November 2, 2001

Hey Gals, Keep the Cheeks Covered at Bike-a-Thong

By Vanessa Rivers

I've seen more underwear in the last month than I ever thought possible.

November 2, 2001

I Don’t Remember Saying You Could Grab My Ass

By Gabrielle Winicki

I was having a fun time walking down State Street on Halloween night until some guy, thinking he was hot stuff, grabbed my ass as I was walking by him.