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A Tale of Two Cities

May 3, 2001 by Staff

The birth of a new city is before us. No doubt the gestation has been long and the labor arduous, but the real pain is being inflicted upon those of us waiting expectantly for the Local Agency Formati...
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NNNN-TSSSS

May 3, 2001 by Staff

I was studying at the library yesterday when a delightful young man asked if he could sit at my table. Not feeling particularly threatened, I said yes. He sat down and unpacked his backpack, carefully...
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Nexus, University Fail Lecturers

May 3, 2001 by George Yatchisin

Never believe the old saw that bad news coverage is better than no news coverage at all.
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Pro-Life Feminism Follows an Action-Based Philosophy

May 3, 2001 by Staff

In many respects, "pro-life feminism" agrees with the philosophy of "inclusive pacifism."
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Obsessive Exercise Is an Overlooked Eating Disorder

May 3, 2001 by Staff

Compulsive exercise. Many of us have heard about the staggering percentages of eating disorders among students on the UCSB campus, but do we realize that obsessive exercise is one of them?
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Students Must Consider Whether Tax Cuts Are Fair

May 3, 2001 by Staff

The submission regarding tax cuts (Reader's Voice, "Students Should Back Bush's Tax Cuts for Rich," April 26) is the most blatantly propagandistic string of sentences I have seen grace the pages of th...
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Building Blues

May 2, 2001 by Staff

There is no question that the proposed I.V. Community Center would be a wonderful asset to this town - but the more pertinent issue at hand raises a question of priority.
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Incompetence Smells Worse Than So-called Swine

May 2, 2001 by David Downs

Once, when I was a lowly crime reporter, I asked a wise old Isla Vista cop why he was always so polite to us Nexites. He said, "It's never a good idea to mess with people who buy ink by the barrel."
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A Summer of ‘Gray-Outs’

May 1, 2001 by Michael C. Warnken

Oh yes, rolling blackouts (or Gray-outs as I like to think of them) are coming, and they will be here in abundance this summer. The state of California is in an energy crisis and the governor is in ho...
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Lunchtime Lockdown

May 1, 2001 by Staff

I have observed UCSB departmental offices for four years. As a public service, I will now print the secretive campuswide schedule for these offices.
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U.S. Missile Shield Is Best Protection From Attack

May 1, 2001 by Staff

Right now we are on the top and this means we cannot be complacent and stop technological progress just because we are scared of what it may bring.
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Rich or Poor, Bush’s Tax Plan Collects Fair

May 1, 2001 by Staff

Whether or not one agrees with President Bush's tax plan, Mr. Perez's "fuzzy math" and ignorance of the tax code needs to be corrected.
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Feminists Against Abortion?

April 30, 2001 by Steven Ruszczycky

Here's a new one for your list of oxymorons: Pro-life feminist. The terms may seem mutually exclusive; however, Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, tried with limited success to...
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Dysfunctional Weatherfamily

April 30, 2001 by Staff

I spent the last few days with the extended Weatherfamily. As you might have imagined, Weatherfamily gatherings are a little "different." Over the course of five days, I ...
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The Rich Can Afford to Bear the Brunt of Taxes

April 30, 2001 by Staff

In an April 26 letter to the editor, Justin M. Ruhge put forward the following point of view: It is unfair to disproportionately tax the rich in favor of the poor.
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