Opinion

May 4, 2001

Students Should Support Players’ Artistic Freedom

By Staff

As a student of this university you should be aware that there are consequences to standing up for your rights.

May 4, 2001

There Is No Point in Looking for a Diet Miracle in a Bottle

By Staff

The advertisers behind diet products definitely know how to target their audience. People want the quick, easy way out, and this is definitely the case when it comes to losing weight.

May 3, 2001

NNNN-TSSSS

By Staff

I was studying at the library yesterday when a delightful young man asked if he could sit at my table. Not feeling particularly threatened, I said yes. He sat down and unpacked his backpack, carefully laying its contents...

May 3, 2001

A Tale of Two Cities

By Staff

The birth of a new city is before us. No doubt the gestation has been long and the labor arduous, but the real pain is being inflicted upon those of us waiting expectantly for the Local Agency Formation Commission to ann...

May 3, 2001

Nexus, University Fail Lecturers

By George Yatchisin

Never believe the old saw that bad news coverage is better than no news coverage at all.

May 3, 2001

Pro-Life Feminism Follows an Action-Based Philosophy

By Staff

In many respects, "pro-life feminism" agrees with the philosophy of "inclusive pacifism."

May 3, 2001

Obsessive Exercise Is an Overlooked Eating Disorder

By Staff

Compulsive exercise. Many of us have heard about the staggering percentages of eating disorders among students on the UCSB campus, but do we realize that obsessive exercise is one of them?

May 3, 2001

Students Must Consider Whether Tax Cuts Are Fair

By Staff

The submission regarding tax cuts (Reader's Voice, "Students Should Back Bush's Tax Cuts for Rich," April 26) is the most blatantly propagandistic string of sentences I have seen grace the pages of the Nexus.

May 2, 2001

Building Blues

By Staff

There is no question that the proposed I.V. Community Center would be a wonderful asset to this town - but the more pertinent issue at hand raises a question of priority.

May 2, 2001

Incompetence Smells Worse Than So-called Swine

By David Downs

Once, when I was a lowly crime reporter, I asked a wise old Isla Vista cop why he was always so polite to us Nexites. He said, "It's never a good idea to mess with people who buy ink by the barrel."

May 1, 2001

A Summer of ‘Gray-Outs’

By Michael C. Warnken

Oh yes, rolling blackouts (or Gray-outs as I like to think of them) are coming, and they will be here in abundance this summer. The state of California is in an energy crisis and the governor is in hot water.

May 1, 2001

Lunchtime Lockdown

By Staff

I have observed UCSB departmental offices for four years. As a public service, I will now print the secretive campuswide schedule for these offices.

May 1, 2001

U.S. Missile Shield Is Best Protection From Attack

By Staff

Right now we are on the top and this means we cannot be complacent and stop technological progress just because we are scared of what it may bring.

May 1, 2001

Rich or Poor, Bush’s Tax Plan Collects Fair

By Staff

Whether or not one agrees with President Bush's tax plan, Mr. Perez's "fuzzy math" and ignorance of the tax code needs to be corrected.

April 30, 2001

Dysfunctional Weatherfamily

By Staff

I spent the last few days with the extended Weatherfamily. As you might have imagined, Weatherfamily gatherings are a little "different." Over the course of five days, I ...

April 30, 2001

Feminists Against Abortion?

By Steven Ruszczycky

Here's a new one for your list of oxymorons: Pro-life feminist. The terms may seem mutually exclusive; however, Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, tried with limited success to show that such a th...