Opinion

April 24, 2001

I’m the Coolest Kid in School

By Staff

All those other assheads running for A.S. president are apparently trying to turn this school-wide popularity contest into some kind of political election.

April 24, 2001

Screenwriters Prove Pen is Mightier Than Hollywood

By Steven Ruszczycky

Pop quiz, hot shot, what do the following have in common: Barney's Existential Journey, Bill and Ted's Hella Cool Trip to the Library, and as much Reality TV as you can stand?

April 24, 2001

‘Concerned Taxpayers’ Seek to Deny I.V. Inclusion in Cityhood

By Henry Sarria

Recently, at a dinner party with friends in Goleta, an interesting question was asked that left me like a deer in the headlights, trying to find an answer. What does it take to get the Isla Vista community to show any in...

April 23, 2001

A.S. Election Endorsements

By Staff

The Daily Nexus tells you who we think are the best candidates in this years Associated Students election.

April 23, 2001

The Mysterious Mipple

By Staff

Life is full of mysteries. ... Who shot JFK? How do they get that cream filling into a Twinkie?

April 20, 2001

Next Time Won’t You Sing With Me

By Staff

Given the fact that today is 4/20, the Weathercorrespondents and I have compiled the "stoner alphabet" for your numb-minded pleasure.

April 20, 2001

Bush Deserves to Bathe in His Own Toxic Rain

By Brendan Buhler

George W. Bush is far too committed to Global Warming to just sit back and let it happen. He's willing to produce as much hot air as it takes. His latest emission of noxious gas was his claim that he's an environmentalis...

April 20, 2001

Myth Shrouds the Truth Behind Sexual Assaults

By Staff

A woman reported to the UCSB police that she was assaulted in a remote parking lot at UCSB at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18. Upon further investigation, she retracted her story.

April 19, 2001

A.S. Election Indifference

By Nathan Clarke

The onslaught of signs over the past two weeks illustrates the candidates' campaign philosophies of advertising themselves, not their theories on the future of the student government.

April 19, 2001

Ooooh

By Staff

Spring is here, and you know what that means. Untalented skateboarders.

April 19, 2001

Professor Attempts to Suppress Student Speech

By Staff

As I spoke out on a megaphone to the crowds of students passing by South Hall just before noon on Monday morning, you emerged from a group of men walking past me and shouted in my face to "Shut that fucking thing off."

April 19, 2001

I.V. Would Be a Cash Cow for the City of Goleta

By Staff

The numbers have just come out from the county, and they show that Goleta needs Isla Vista included in their boundaries to be a strong and healthy city.

April 18, 2001

Fast Times in Isla Vista

By Perfect Park Monument Committee

Wednesday, April 18, is the 31st anniversary of one of Isla Vista's most tragic events - the shooting of UCSB student Kevin Moran as he was trying to put out a fire on the steps of the Bank of America building on Embarca...

April 18, 2001

Cyberspace Is the Battleground for Social Reform

By David Downs

Pop quiz, brainiac: How many miles of chain-link fence does it take to protect the World Trade Organization from 10,000 angry activists?

April 16, 2001

Isla Vista Wow!

By Staff

In a couple of months, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) will nail down the boundaries of Goleta Now!'s cityhood proposal. If incorporation goes through without us, there is little chance of annexation, and I...

April 16, 2001

‘Compassionate Conservatism’ Is a Farce

By Henry Sarria

Do the Republican party faithful, who subscribe to the tenants of the right side of the aisle, see "compassionate conservatism" as part of the program, or is the term nothing more than an oxymoron for the masses?