Opinion

July 11, 2025

Your Fourth of July playlist is full of dissent

By Lucy Dixon

Lucy Dixon discusses "patriotic" music and the American tendency to misunderstand it.

July 11, 2025

Biochemist reviews a couple viral health trends (it’s not looking good)

By Elizabeth Lee

Elizabeth Lee debunks viral health trends and the people who created them.

July 3, 2025

Could avoiding AI prepare you for an AI integrated world?

By Justus Swan

When you are racing against a deadline and craving a non-judgmental study buddy, ChatGPT becomes the perfect match — handing out information in spades until all of a sudden those small helping hands start to feel like ...

June 17, 2025

Letter from the editor: Student journalism as conversation and connection

By Amitha Bhat

Amitha Bhat reflects on her term as Editor in Chief and emphasizes the significance of student journalism.

June 17, 2025

Letter from the editor: No woman is an island

By Emily Yoon

Emily Yoon reflects on her time as Editor in Chief and the importance of partnership, integrity and accessibility in the newsroom.

A girl sits surrounded by all of the great things that Isla Vista has to offer.

June 5, 2025

Best Of 2025: On the map

By Sneha Cheenath

The very best that UCSB has to offer, on an interactive map.

May 30, 2025

Best Of 2025

By Daily Nexus Staff

The very best that UCSB has to offer, all in one place.

May 29, 2025

A word from our 2025 seniors

By Faith Talamantez, Jesse MacDonald, Erick Ruvalcaba

Three of our beloved seniors reflect on their years cramped beneath Storke Tower.

May 29, 2025

A word to our 2025 seniors

By Daily Nexus Staff

For the 2025 Best Of Edition, the Daily Nexus Opinion section heard from members of our editorial staff about the very best of the best: our 2025 seniors.

May 22, 2025

Unraveling the dupatta: A trendy scarf or a story of cultural erasure?

By Kaavya Saini

Kaavya Saini discusses the scarf draped across your TikTok feed.

May 22, 2025

Colonial Naming at UCSB and the Inadequate Land Acknowledgement

By Ben Wollack

Ben Wollack's lunch got him thinking about the perpetuation of colonial values at UCSB.

May 22, 2025

AITO: should attendance be required?

By Malia Guy, Ben Wollack

Dear professors, stop requiring attendance It’s only week 4, and I’m sick for the second time. My fever is raging at 102 F, but I scarf down several ibuprofens and force myself to roll out of bed and head to campus w...