Opinion

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?

April 16, 2001

Cockfights

By Staff

Most "important" holidays have two sides: the story adults believe and the story children believe.

April 16, 2001

The Intro

By Staff

I have the social skills of a leper. A dead leper.

April 16, 2001

Justice Is Neither Blind Nor Cheap if You Lack Privilege

By Ted Andersen

Frank was charged with burglary and dubbed "the hot prowler" of Winter Break (a hot prowler is a burglar who is seen while committing the crime). There was only one problem: He didn't steal anything.

April 16, 2001

The Truth About Private Violence

By Steven Ruszczycky

She's lying on the floor, broken. Her left wrist is fractured in three places and a bead of blood is beginning to trickle down from one nostril to her upper lip.

April 16, 2001

A.S. Will Serve Students Better With Student Services Fee Raise

By Staff

I know what you're thinking: What does A.S. do for me and why do they need even more of my money?

April 16, 2001

Take Back the Night Provides a Forum to Examine Rape Culture

By Tara Goddard

Every year we hold Take Back the Night here at UCSB. And every year, after the event, one of the organizers has to write a hurt and angry letter to the Nexus about the stupid, cowardly acts of seemingly requisite antagon...

April 16, 2001

Professor’s Campus Activism Is Appropriate Form of Expression

By Staff

Professor Armbruster's transparency about his point of view and his involvement in campus activism should not make students fear disagreeing with him anymore than students should fear voicing an opinion in a class where ...