Opinion

April 30, 2001

The Rich Can Afford to Bear the Brunt of Taxes

By Staff

In an April 26 letter to the editor, Justin M. Ruhge put forward the following point of view: It is unfair to disproportionately tax the rich in favor of the poor.

April 27, 2001

Snot Rockets

By Staff

I often paw at the warm rivers of gooiness streaming into my mouth, wondering how much snot the Weathersnout can purge in 50 minutes.

April 27, 2001

‘Cuz 60 Ain’t Bad

By Staff

But really, who is going to elect a candidate who is neither here nor there, nor anywhere except in the three-and-a-half inches at the bottom of Page 2?Sixty people, that's who.

April 27, 2001

Turning Back the Clock on Civil rights

By Staff

In one day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions, one inhibiting enforcement of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the other allowing police officers greater leeway to make arrests for minor violations. In a word, it is e...

April 27, 2001

Military Terrorist Movement – Students Should Be More Aware of Activities at Vandenberg

By Tuuli Saarela

How much do you know about what goes on at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, just 30 minutes north of UCSB? For most of us, our knowledge is limited.

April 27, 2001

Tax Cuts Will Disembowel Government, Slash Vital Programs

By John Bennett

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society." If this is true, then President George W. Bush would like us to pay less for civilization.

April 27, 2001

People Learn Valuable Lesson From Car Towing

By Staff

I'd just like to say that I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone whose car got towed from Sabado Tarde Road on Monday.

April 26, 2001

Pimping and Pandering in Sports Media

By Brendan Buhler

Only the scars of last weekend are left. Or rather, forming. Forming on my right middle finger and on my sunburned, blistering left arm.I'm not surprised.

April 26, 2001

Students Should Back Bush’s Tax Cuts for Rich

By Staff

For too long, the former Democratic president Bill Clinton did nothing but tax, tax, tax us until the Republicans stopped him.

April 26, 2001

Landlords Want Goleta to Exclude I.V. From City

By Staff

It looks like Venoco, the big oil giant, will be included in the city of Goleta. It will be very easy for Venoco to pour money into Goleta City Council campaigns and advance its own interests.

April 26, 2001

No Bike Racks at Beach Leads to CSO Impounding

By Staff

Put in a bike rack for people who use the beach, and until that time, CSOs should not be cutting locks and leaving people stranded!

April 25, 2001

Weatherstealth

By Staff

For the past two nights, the Weatherposse and I have executed stealth missions (photos coming soon to the Nexus website) to erect my A.S. popularity contest signs all over campus.

April 25, 2001

Consumers, Not Producers, Are the Key to Undoing Globalization

By Sean Corbin

Protesting the WTO, the multinational conglomerates (i.e. The Gap, Inc.) and the plague of environmental destruction wrought by industry, though ideologically honorable, is futile.

April 25, 2001

Lewd Acts of Five Men Terrorize Woman in I.V.

By Staff

My anger quickly turned to sheer rage when three of these males jumped on the front of my car and began licking my window, making obscene sexual gestures and banging their fists against my vehicle.

April 24, 2001

Abortion Opresses Women

By Dr. Jeanne Heffernan

As a pro-life feminist, I speak in a voice rarely heard amid the din of American politics. A world of soundbites and slogans, it has little time to explore the complexities of pro-life feminism, but the university is rip...

April 24, 2001

Road Rage

By Staff

A campus project choked to death in university red tape is certainly nothing new. However, sometimes the frustratingly slow pace of bureaucratic machinery manages to surpass all expectations. Case in point: the Broida Ex...