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Drugstore Cowboy: Two Thousand and Four?!

January 5, 2004 by Cory Anthony

Here we are. The beginning of the Year of Our Lord 2004 and the tail-end of the Chinese Year of the Ram, which ends on Jan 21.
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The Artful Dodger: The Cultural Aftershocks

January 5, 2004 by Drew Mackie

I spent Winter Break in a television trance. But whenever I broke away from VH1's marathon sessions of C-grade celebrities telling me what to remember from the '70s and '80s, I checked out the newspap...
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Hey Thieves: Embrace the Karma Payment Plan

January 5, 2004 by Joel Furman

My computer was stolen. My snazzy Gateway portal to the world was taken from my bedroom during a little shindig - on my birthday, no less - that my roommates and I had.
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Peace on Earth is Too Damn Quiet!

January 5, 2004 by Henry Sarria

With Winter Break over and all of you back in town, the peace that comes with the end of finals is officially over. I must admit, I missed all of you and some of your alcohol-fueled antics.
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Twas the Day Before Finals

December 4, 2003 by Daily Nexus Editorial Board

It would make a great game show. Your school's teaching assistants plan to strike, but you have to guess why. "Is it Eskimo Pies? Are you planning to strike because you want more Eskimo Pies?" Only t...
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Wal-Martyred

December 4, 2003 by

Did you hear about the lady who got trampled at Wal-mart by maniacs in pursuit of DVD players on sale for $30?
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Drugstore Cowboy: Your Mind on My Safety, Hand in My Underwear

December 4, 2003 by Cory Anthony

"Sir, you've been selected by the airline," the man at the security gate of the Santa Barbara Airport says to me, quickly scratching an "X" in red marker on my ticket. Did I win something? Maybe I'm g...
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Nudity for Finals Week Fun

December 4, 2003 by Kate Rice

Dead Week and the finals crunch are always a joy - if you like pain. Caffeine overload headaches and delirium are surely right around the corner for many students due to all-nighters, final papers and...
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Coffee and Hubard’s Slam Against Grocery Strike Misses Point

December 4, 2003 by Frank Ferrante

In "A Strike Against All Sense," (Daily Nexus, Nov. 26) Ben Coffee and Brad Hubbard reflect the logic, sophistication and sensitivity of Scientologists on a caffeine binge. I resent their statement, "...
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Fill Your Holidays With Nachas

December 4, 2003 by Richard D. Hecht

I grew up in a kosher home in Southern California. My grandmother was an immigrant from Odessa who had come to New York in 1914 to what Jews of her generation called the Goldeneh Medineh, "The Golden ...
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Coal & Candy Canes

December 4, 2003 by The Daily Nexus Staff

The Daily Nexus Gives Fossil Fuel to the Foul and Sweets to the Superb. Tension-relieving candy canes for take-home finals and the saintly professors who assign them. Inevitable, end-of-the quarter lu...
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What’s Your Problem? 12-04-03

December 4, 2003 by

"My right leg is three inches shorter than my left." - Nate Brener (junior geology major)
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A Strike Against All Sense

November 26, 2003 by Ben Coffee

In his article, the senior economics major seems to not understand basic economics, much less the larger forces at work. We chose not to honor the greedy picket lines at Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs, f...
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The Wednsday Hump: Ex Sex Is the Emotional Baggage Claim

November 26, 2003 by Kate Rice

Picture yourself having a good time on a date with someone you are interested in. The person's phone rings and as you watch recognition of the number roll over their face like the haze of a fog-filled...
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Answers for the Morning After

November 25, 2003 by John Fry Monique Sherman

Inquiring minds wanted to know, so the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) is here to answer some of those burning college questions. From doubts about your roommate's odor to sexually transmitte...
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