Opinion

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...

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...