Outside Opinions
Yes, I know. A.S. looks bad — real bad right now. But I promise that is going to change. Amid resignations, accusations of extortion, disqualifications and what looks like flat out partisanship, I p...
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If you live in Isla Vista you are undoubtedly familiar with the large presence of the homeless population. We bike by them everyday, yet few of us take the time to truly get to know their stories. Man...
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Private prisons are jails or detention centers where individuals are confined by a third party that has been contracted by local, state or federal government agencies. Unethical, baseless and hypocrit...
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Maybe I just don’t get it, but as a longtime reader of the Nexus’ drug articles, I still find myself at a loss as to what the paper or frequent drug columnist Kevin McCarty is actually advocating....
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The six-fingered man from “The Princess Bride” once said, “If you haven’t got your health, then you haven’t got anything.” This principle still holds true today but has now been amended to...
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On May 10, I attended an event held at the MultiCultural Center featuring Venezuelan-American editor Eva Golinger who spoke on “21st Century Socialism.” Golinger is an adviser to Hugo Chavez, Vene...
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Masturbating is part of my everyday life. I’ve got that thing down to a science. I don’t even need to be horny to beat off. I’ll do it just because I’m bored and there’s nothing good on TV.
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For as long as I can remember — and yes, I’m counting those intermittent college nights that might be a bit fuzzy — I’ve been conditioned to believe that all good things come to those who wait...
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I didn’t attend the A.S. Legislative Council session because, frankly, I don’t care for the organization or any other political/religious student group on this campus. I think their ideological se...
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Freedom of speech is under assault at UCSB, and what happened at Associated Students Legislative Council last night should send a chill down the spine of every student interested in free and open deba...
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When I heard the news of Bin-Laden’s death early Monday morning Spanish time, I felt what most Americans probably felt at the news: excitement and relief, knowing that justice had been served to...
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I call attention to the various chalk protests we see on our campus walkways. Some decry an unjust imbalance between defense spending and spending on education. These chalk slogans are classic example...
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Osama bin Laden is dead, shot in the head during a courageous military operation in Pakistan led by U.S. Naval Special Operations Forces. The news was applauded at home by raucous Americans outside th...
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News of the death of al-Qaeda’s leader Osama bin Laden hit me unexpectedly with the same surreal feeling as the tragic events of 9/11. More than 10 years since the initial attack on the twin towers,...
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Tucked away in the corner of the Associated Students Main Office is the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA). If you don’t know where that is, I won’t hold it against you. Being a caseworker in th...
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Ends on ‘good terms’ but is blocked on Instagram
Slow fade
Ghosting them on a random Monday
“It’s not you, it’s me”
Drunk Uber “we need to talk” voice memo
Presents a notes app pros and cons list
Asks to still be friends
Drops their stuff off, never speaks to them again
Texts “this isn’t working” then posts from another country
“It’s not me, it’s you”
Tells them they need to focus on Econ 10A
Delivers a hand-written letter to their mom
