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Happy Halloween

October 30, 2002 by Staff

Halloween, midterms, and Parents' Weekend. There is truly something evil about the season. At the very least, it will get things over with.
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A.S. It Is: Redevelopment Blues

October 30, 2002 by Eva von Thury

Parking, parking, parking; less spots to park in and a whole lot more parking fees.
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Students Should Take an Interest in Our Nation’s Future

October 30, 2002 by James Wygant

Our collective fates and the fates of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians are being decided upon at this very moment by the Bush administration, who now have complete congressional authority to use m...
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These Tasty Oral Tips Come Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

October 30, 2002 by Beth Van Dyke

An Isla Vista Halloween brings out the Britney in every girl who would otherwise dress no sexier than a pencil case. It can bring the 6-foot-tall bong out in every male daydreamer. It is a time of mys...
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Blame Marshall and Students for I.V.’s Bad Rap

October 30, 2002 by Amy Giles

Since a great deal of us students currently reside in Isla Vista, whenever something goes wrong, the finger gets directly pointed at us. I.V. has degenerated into a poster-, trash- and graffiti-ridden...
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A.S. Should Keep a Closer Eye on RecCen Pool Use

October 30, 2002 by Tom Beers

I'm a little disturbed to read that the water polo team is using the RecCen pool. The RecCen is chartered to be used for recreation, not for intercollegiate sports.
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No One Marshals Support for the Environment Like Gail

October 30, 2002 by Pedro Nava

In our county, these same kinds of special interests have bankrolled a recall to try to remove one of our strongest environmental defenders: Supervisor Gail Marshall.
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Daily Nexus Art Isn’t Racist; It’s a Part of My Childhood

October 30, 2002 by Mandy Cheng

In response to Alice Shin's article about Rad Sechrist's drawing, I would like to point out to you that Rad didn't pull that drawing out of his butt.
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Trick or Treat?

October 29, 2002 by Staff

They scheduled Parents' Weekend on Halloween weekend this year. No joke. Just the hilarious, awful truth.
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Drugstore Cowboy: Wellstone Leaves Behind Lofty Standards for D.C.’s Politicians

October 29, 2002 by Cory Anthony

Senator Wellstone always concerned himself with the protection of those basic rights that our nation has promised us.
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Lab Rat: Take a Voyage Through the Relatively Wonderful World of Time and Space

October 29, 2002 by Josh Braun

If you're driving at 60 miles per hour and spit out the window of your truck - not something I'd recommend - you might see your spit fly forward at 10 miles per hour (in the split second before the wi...
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Daily Nexus Art Is More Insensitive Than It Is Amusing

October 29, 2002 by Alice Shin

While I'm sure that Sechirst meant well, publishing a cartoon riddled with so many clichŽs tends to imply that the Daily Nexus supports the act of identifying different ethnic groups by using ste...
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Think

October 29, 2002 by Staff

McWorld Series

October 28, 2002 by Staff

I was an Angels fan as a kid. If you like rooting for the underdog, there's nothing like a baseball franchise that hasn't won a series since 1961.
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A Ghost of Halloween Past

October 28, 2002 by Armand Ramirez

Take a typical weekend in Isla Vista, pack the streets to a standing room capacity of 15,000 18- to 22-year-old residents and visitors, add costumes and a cultural excuse to deny inhibitions; what do ...
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