Opinion

Columns

Sign of the Times

Virtual Reality

Argument in the Office

Wanna Write for Opinion?

All Opinion Posts

Nexus Should Cover Club Sports Like My Rowing Team

May 13, 2002 by Christopher Lem

I think that the Daily Nexus' coverage of club sports is pathetic. Everyday readers look at the sports page and are constantly reminded of how much our NCAA Division I Teams suck ass.
read more

Always Bundle up Your Genitals, There is Disease, Infection in I.V.

May 13, 2002 by Jonathan Siders

Does everyone in I.V. have sex? And if they do are they being safe about it? No, not everyone is having sex, in fact 17 percent of UCSB students do not engage in oral, anal or vaginal sexual intercour...
read more

Feces Finders

May 10, 2002 by Staff

It's a shitty job but it's good that someone's going to do it. Some malicious fecal matter is adrift in our oceans and now we're going to know how much is really there.
read more

More Peanuts for the Masses

May 10, 2002 by Staff

You know the big boxes that arrived in Storke Plaza Thursday?
read more

The Best Anniversary Gifts Are Fire and Flood

May 10, 2002 by Brendan Buhler

When the date approaches and your steely eyed girlfriend wonders just what you have in store for her, you plan. While no man wishes for war or anniversaries, they are thrust upon us for the preservati...
read more

I’m in SAC, but I’m Not a Party Person

May 8, 2002 by Edward Yan

I hate to say it, but I agree with Jonathan Kalinski for once. He was right that in real politics this is how the game is played.
read more

Weather Talent

May 8, 2002 by Staff

I am retooling the weatherrésumé. I have decided that while there are a lot of things I am very good at, they are not necessarily things I want to advertise.
read more

The Red Tape: Bioethics Research Blues

May 8, 2002 by Josh Braun

Researching bioethics issues is fascinating. It's my job. It's a pain in the ass. The problem is that few people in the news media appear to have any idea what they are actually talking about.
read more

Weather: I Thought We Were Friends, Dave

May 8, 2002 by Staff

The WeatherComputer has been rebelling. It shuts down on its own, runs programs nobody tells it to; it's trying to take control.
read more

A.S., Divided by Parties, Cannot Stand

May 8, 2002 by Jenna Reed

Here's an idea: In order to form a more cohesive and efficient government, let's create a party system for A.S. Brilliant fucking idea.
read more

Nexus Sex Columnist Misses The Point Behind Neo-Pagan Rituals

May 8, 2002 by David Gartrell

I was bewildered by columnist Sarah Kent's depiction of the maypole at a neo-pagan spring festival as "a big, old symbol of a male-dominated universe".
read more

Imagine the Day When Boobies Rule the Earth

May 8, 2002 by Sarah Kent

I couldn't help (being a sex columnist) stepping back and being struck by exactly what this maypole represents - nothing more than a big, gigantic penis. It's just a big, old symbol of a male-dominate...
read more

It Affects Me: Part 5: Awareness Eases the Pain

May 8, 2002 by Imani Rupert Muriel Philips

I haven't talked to Eva; she hasn't contacted me since I left the pamphlets on rape and counseling on her bed. I've gone to more meetings, and I've started to swing by the Women's Center to help out.
read more

When It Comes to Test Taking, We All Need Secret Identities

May 8, 2002 by Rosie Fletcher

Should finals and midterms be anonymous? I think they should. Since coming here in September, I have heard others saying that perhaps they got a worse mark than they deserved because the professor did...
read more

Benefits From a Parking Fee Hike Worth the Chump Change

May 8, 2002 by Wayne Dilly

After reading some of the complaints about the new increase in parking fees, I have to question if people understand why they are raising the fees.
read more