Opinion

October 15, 2001

Beware the Foreign Menace?

By Staff

Asking students if they are terrorists will not help either. No one fills out a student visa application with, "I would like to study engineering at the California Polytechnic Institute and blow up the White House when i...

October 15, 2001

Save I.V. From Idiots

By Staff

People who live here are sick of hearing I.V. criticized - but there is something wrong with this town.

October 15, 2001

Red Tape: What Are You Doing, Josh? I’m Scared, Josh. Let’s Talk.

By Josh Braun

My last computer fried when a glass of water spilled over it. I'm tempted to do the same to my new one -- and this time it will be on purpose.

October 15, 2001

America’s in Afghanistan Over Blood, Not Crude Oil

By Eric Petersen

Mr. Weston. Stop your socialist rhetoric, amusing as it may be. Go read a history book and learn a little more about the outside world.

October 15, 2001

Measure H Is Bad for Goleta

By Daniel Huber

On Nov. 6, one third of Goleta Valley's residents will vote on Measure H. If you live in West Goleta, you might be among them. For the fourth time in 14 years, a group has put a cityhood measure on the ballot.

October 15, 2001

Keeping Smokers Away Will Keep People Safe From Toxic Fumes

By Dawn Dunn

This law will not change the 25% of smoking tables allowed on a patio, but we are hopeful that it will allow the 83% of non-smoking public to enjoy cleaner air.

October 15, 2001

Christina Sandoval is a Dedicated Public Servant, Sarria is Out of Line

By Staff

I question your decision to allow this person to use the campus newspaper to make threatening statements and personal attacks on a distinguished member of our community.

October 12, 2001

Rent Control

By Staff

There is an apartment building on Abrego called "Casa Dinero Perdido." The weathermate tells me that this translates roughly from Spanish as "the house of lost money."

October 12, 2001

It’s the Noisy Apes That Get Noticed

By Steven Ruszczycky

Some of the things I've seen make me realize that it's no wonder people look at the student population of I.V. and denounce it as New Sodom.

October 12, 2001

10 Clowns Slither Onstage at Goleta Circus

By Brendan Buhler

Ten people are running for five city council seats in a non-existent city that will probably go broke.

October 11, 2001

Ugly Exteriors Hide the Hidden Beauty of UCSB

By Josh Braun

In architecture, they have a saying: "Form follows Function." Lately, when I look at our campus, I get the feeling that Form is trailing somewhere off in the distance. More likely it fell off a cliff and Function went on...

October 11, 2001

D’oh!

By Staff

The Simpsons was my only break in a long strenuous day of meteorological study and gesturing in front of a blue screen. Yes, yes I know there is one episode at 6- but really, is that enough?

October 11, 2001

Preservation Isn’t Just for the Birds

By Eric Cardenas

I ask the question, "Isn't it possible to provide protection for the plover while still providing for human use?"

October 10, 2001

Pernicious Plover Ploy

By Henry Sarria

At what point does environmental concern become a threat to the environmentalism itself? When it's mixed with hypocrisy, for starters.

October 10, 2001

Weather Palace

By Staff

I am lazy. The weathercave is cold in the winter and hot in the summer with extremely poor plumbing. On the bright side, it’s stationary. All I ask for is a home without wheels. So, while the weathercave has remain...

October 10, 2001

Sidewalk Writing Stinks – Chalk It Up to Stupidity

By David Downs

Civil Rights are evaporating fast and I'm tempted to agree with an unconstitutional amendment. Campus would be much less annoying if we flogged every half-assed activist chalking dumb sidewalk slogans.