Opinion
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.
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Most "important" holidays have two sides: the story adults believe and the story children believe.
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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.
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I know what you're thinking: What does A.S. do for me and why do they need even more of my money?
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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 seeming...
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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 opini...
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If the PLO is a terrorist organization for defending and fighting for their land and homes, then Israel's occupation and destruction of Palestinian homes and communities is no less terrorist in nature...
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Seeing that the Weathergraduation is in June, this is my last sorority rush, and I'll admit that I'll miss them ... but only for their comic value.
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This is a response, directed at those individuals who possibly take offense at, or are offset by, the yellow shirt-wearing Christians seen around campus this weekend.
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Everybody has an opinion on smoking; some of you find it disgusting while others enjoy it. Some of those who can't stand it abandon politeness for loud and obnoxious remarks.
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UCSB is currently home to some of the most substandard athletic facilities for the athletic teams and the general student population in the UC system.
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Although athletics provides the ability to learn to compete and live a healthy life, it does not provide necessary tools for the world that exists outside of the court or off the field.
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Perhaps you've heard of the Crusades. The Crusades were a medieval quest to bring the glory of God back to the holiest of cities, establish His kingdom on Earth and to display His infinite mercy by ha...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
