Opinion

March 5, 2001

Four Alarms (Staff Editorial)

By Staff

Santa Barabra County Fire Chief John Scherri said the county fire station, located on University Road behind Harder Stadium, lacks the equipment and manpower to handle a major fire in the Isla Vista/UCSB vicinity.

March 5, 2001

A.S. and Local Media Negligently Overshadowed Isla Vista’s Tragedy In a Quest to Make Headlines

By Staff

A display of shameless, sensationalist journalism and attention-seeking student politics tainted the public outpouring.

March 5, 2001

Disabled Student Conference Aims at ‘Accessing Education’

By Mel Fabi

The organizers chose this theme for the conference because we believe that education is a right, regardless of one's socioeconomic status, gender, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, and/or ability.

March 5, 2001

Column: Bush’s Performance in Office Deserves National Respect

By Ken Spain

"W's" 49 minute-long speech diverted the media's attention, and thus the American people's, just long enough to give the citizens of this great country what they needed - hope for the future.

March 5, 2001

Column: Embracing Friends, Family Can Help Heal Pain

By Gail Marshall

The events of the past week have touched us all. We have learned much about our community and ourselves over these last several days.

March 5, 2001

New Election Code Gives Student Body Greater Voice

By Staff

I am writing in response to the persistent and blatant attacks on the upcoming election code.

March 5, 2001

[Re]I.V. Project Must Balance Local Population

By Staff

Transform a seaside community/college town into a college town/seaside community, and what do you get? More drunken fights and rudeness, loss of neighborhood quiet zones, more apartment fires and more traffic accidents.

March 5, 2001

Local Leaders Failed to Act Rationally After Tragedy

By Staff

After one occurred over the weekend, it would have been nice to look toward local leaders with faith in their abilities, but, personally, this was not possible.

March 2, 2001

The Community Mourns — Most Never Knew the Victims, But None Will Forget

By Henry Sarria

As we watched the ghastly images on the grainy home video tape play on CNN, the full impact of the carnage started to hit me, and my friends could see it. Very seldom do I cry or does my voice choke, but this time it hap...

March 2, 2001

A.S. Week of Reflection Should Be for Mourning

By Staff

Why are you overshadowing a week of reflection that should be set aside strictly for mourning the tragic loss of four innocent victims with substances we don't even know were involved in the accident?

March 2, 2001

Bearing Bad News: The Regrets of Delivery

By Staff

Some days I really hate my job. It's an easy job. I just deliver newspapers. You know, like the Daily Nexus.

March 1, 2001

Candlelight Vigil Allows People to Share Emotions

By Vicky N. Leung

Beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Storke Plaza, we will join together in a time for remembrance and reflection.

March 1, 2001

MADD Offers Advice for Stuents Who Are Grieving

By Frank Hamilton

This process must be faced, and the grief worked through if there is to be any resolution to your feelings. The pain will subside.

February 28, 2001

Wake Up and Smell Your Spectacle Society

By David Downs

The rain comes down in a halo of streetlight amber. Thousands of students stand silently in the road weeping. Behind the silence, a dozen power generators hum the TV stations' live feeds.

February 28, 2001

Column: Students Should Have Say in Elections Code

By Mahader Tesfai A.S. President

The new tally system is a loophole to get around the A.S. constitutional amendment that states that student representatives shall be voted in by 50 percent plus one of the A.S. student membership.

February 28, 2001