Opinion

November 29, 2000

A.S. Directory Blunder Amounts to Monkey Work

By David Downs

Ignore the bumbling fools in Austin and Tennessee for a sec and pay attention to UCSB. Trust me, there are bumbling fools locally to make fun of, and they are wasting your money as we speak.

November 29, 2000

America Must Suffer the Consequences of Apathy

By Ken Spain

"If you're not turned on to politics, politics will turn on you." Ralph Nader used these words once, and I am writing to reiterate them. Now that the certification is in and it seems as if "W" is goin...

November 28, 2000

Take One for the Team, Al (Staff Ed)

By Staff

Three weeks after the fact, Florida's electoral future has fallen deeper into the darkness than many imagined it ever would - the battle has dragged on long enough, and patience has worn thin.

November 28, 2000

Eight Years of Bush and Dick

By Alex Small

Alex Small makes a few predictions for the upcoming Bush years.

November 28, 2000

Internship Honors UCSB Professor

By Mel Fabi

Celebrate with us! On Wednesday night, the Associated Students will convene for its last legislative assembly of the Fall Quarter.

November 28, 2000

Smokers Cause Harm to Campus, Students

By Staff

Editor, Daily Nexus: I am writing in response to Constantine Economides’ opinion piece on banning the on-campus sale of cigarettes (Daily Nexus, “Leg Council May as Well Ban ‘Bad’ Food,” Nov...

November 28, 2000

A.S.P.B. Prices Given Bad Rap By Artsweek

By Staff

Editor, Daily Nexus: I am writing in regard to a mention in the “Things to Do” calendar featured in Artsweek on Nov. 16. The article is a very nice piece about the show put on by Associated Students Program B...

November 27, 2000

Do as We Say (Staff Editorial)

By Staff

If any of you were searching for real news this weekend, you would have had to wade through all the "who the hell cares anymore?" coverage of the presidential race.

November 27, 2000

Bush Wins; Bring on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse

By Brendan Buhler

"You can't have nice things." That's what I said on Nov. 8 to explain why George W. Bush would be the next president.

November 22, 2000

Turds and Tulips

By Staff

The Nexus Talks Turkey, Hands Out Flowers and Feces for Recent Happenings

November 22, 2000

What I.V. Needs Is a Good Flushing

By David Downs

The Low Down - In an ideal scenario, a monster 8.3 earthquake would roar out of a dormant fault line in the Santa Barbara Channel and reduce Isla Vista to rubble.

November 22, 2000

Non-Profit Organizations Put the Green in Gray

By Brendan Buhler

Today's gubernatorial civics lesson: It isn't bribery if the $2.4 million dollars is nonprofit. Gray Davis, our democratically bought and paid-for governor, is a busy man.

November 22, 2000

Fence Will Not Keep People Out

By Staff

Beach access is a commonly used public resource, and people tend to walk around, or over, fences that stand in their way

November 21, 2000

There Is Light at the End of Payday Tunnel

By Mel Fabi

Bills, bills, bills. Are you financially frustrated? Do you have problems paying your rent on time? Could this month translate into another late cell phone payment?

November 21, 2000

Leg Council May as Well Ban ‘Bad’ Food

By Constantine Economides

On Nov. 15, 2000, the Associated Students Legislative Council considered eliminating the sale of tobacco products on campus. What a wonderful notion. Why not take away adults' legal right to purchase completely legal pro...

November 21, 2000

Nexus Obligated To Print Pollution Levels

By Staff

The Shoreline Preservation Fund would like to thank the Daily Nexus for publishing the Oct. 30 article "Ocean Monitors Suggest Locals Stay Out of Water."