Opinion

October 29, 2001

Red Tape: Tune Out Tonight, Every Night for ‘When Reality TV Attacks’

By Josh Braun

My problem is not so much with reality television. It's more with the fact that it's hard to find anything else on sometimes.

October 26, 2001

Use Energy Efficiently for the Future

By Adam Brandt

What role does energy play in your life? What role does oil play in the lives of those around the world?

October 26, 2001

KEEE-YAAA! Extreme Quarter

By Staff

Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year.

October 26, 2001

Parking Spots Should Come Before Building

By Staff

150 to 200 parking spaces are to be eliminated in December, and the administration does not have plans to replace them. This is gross mismanagement on the part of the administration and shows a serious disregard to the q...

October 26, 2001

Think

By Staff

October 25, 2001

They Burn Leeches, Right?

By Staff

The weatherroommates and I are in mourning today

October 25, 2001

When the S.M.U.R.F.s Fight UCSB, Bet on Asphalt

By Brendan Buhler

In a development that should surprise no one, UCSB's administrators, professors and staffers can't agree where to park it or how to pay for it.

October 25, 2001

You Wouldn’t Hit a Guy With Crutches, Right?

By Andrew Lum

"Man you've got glasses I don't wanna hurt you," he stutters, adding "I'm Hawaiian, you don't wanna mess with me."

October 24, 2001

What are the Chances?

By Staff

Whenever midterms are pinning me down, I try to get some perspective. It could be worse. Atrsweek editor Eric James, for example, just got her wallet stolen in Hollywood by a 7-foot tall drag queen crackhead. Wednesday&#...

October 24, 2001

A.S. It Is: Building on Home Plate

By Brian Hampton

This project would provide 972 beds for single graduate students over a 312,610-square foot area, on what is currently Storke Field.

October 24, 2001

We Can (and Should) Dance if We Want To

By David Downs

Since I'm a tall, lanky fucker, I keep my booty-shakin' subtle. Tall, lanky people look like morons when they flap their limbs around the dance floor.

October 24, 2001

Bitter Critics Need to Taste Sweet I.V. Life

By Tiffany Miller

While I have never met Alice, I'm convinced that she is a bitter, cynical person who believes that she is better than everyone else.

October 24, 2001

Hey, Freshman: Stop Your Bitching and Get a New Bike

By Staff

I'm sure you'll get better adjusted to campus life and maybe even parties. You may eventually start going to 8 a.m. classes in your pajamas like the rest of us rather than in make-up.

October 24, 2001

The Beach Is Not Your Dumping Ground; Let’s Keep It Clean

By Staff

In just one day, we managed to pick up 25 large garbage bags worth of trash all along the shores below DP, plus a TV, an old computer, two decomposing mattresses, several plastic chairs and tiki torches, three bikes and ...

October 24, 2001

Isla Vista, the ‘Death Trap’ That Hides Pockets of Culture and Artistic Talent

By Henry Sarria

I don't know how many times I've heard it said, but if there were a dollar for every time it has been said to me, then a millionaire I would be: "Isla Vista is a cultural black hole/death trap."

October 23, 2001

No One Rallies Around the Flag Like A Moron

By Steven Ruszczycky

There's just something about trying times that brings out the worst in people. While most would resort to anger or fear, Americans have a distinctive talent for falling back on their ability to be inhumanly stupid.