THURSDAY Fowl behavior Turkeys were causing a traffic hazard on Loyola Drive. FRIDAY iPhone 6? Someone ordered an iPhone on eBay and got a piece of paper instead, on Bueno Drive. SATURDAY Oh nuts A driver swerved to miss a squirrel and hit a stop sign on Lyndell Terrace. Fast food There was a picnic […]

I messed up. I realized this when my phone began to update me with Facebook messages from people that I had never met saying that they thought my last column was racist and ignorant, among other qualities. I’m going to be honest with you all: I burst into tears each time; it didn’t matter that […]

On Oct. 26, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) proposed the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The bill has bipartisan support from 25 cosponsors and is supported by the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Motion Pictures Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America and others. “There are four tracks to the bill and not […]

Every Thanksgiving I participate in my family’s tradition of writing down three things we are thankful for on a card. This is followed by passing the cards around, reading them aloud, and attempting to guess who has written each card. Although my submission last year of “bitches, money and mo’ bitches” was particularly popular, especially […]

After beginning the season on the road and taking down a Pac-12 opponent, the UC Davis women’s basketball program came back home to host its first two home games of the season. They won by comfortable margins in both games and emerged with a 4-0 season record. The victories mark the first of Jennifer Gross’ […]

The UC Davis Quad has been reoccupied following a rally of around 5,000 people on Monday at noon. The rally was held in solidarity with non-violent student protesters who were pepper sprayed during a protest on Friday. The East Quad was completely covered in students, alumni and community members listening to speeches made by students […]

I am writing in response to the Nov. 14 column entitled “Hors d’oeuvres”. I understand that it was written at least in part to be humorous, but unfortunately it came across as a misrepresentation of both Veterans Day and Christmas. I have worked with veterans at a VA hospital and I do agree that Veterans […]