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“I didn’t want to change my name” — From spending six years in a refugee camp to coming out as a trans woman, how...

May 29, 2020

Former ASUCD senator shares what motivates her, future aspirations “People believe in you.” Ko Ser Lu Htoo’s father told her this when she was elected to...

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Culture Corner with Josh Madrid

May 29, 2020

The Arts Desks' weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows Television: “Hollywood” on Netflix Hollywood is a miniseries that fantasizes about the LGBTQ experience...

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How meditation calmed my mind and changed my mind

May 27, 2020

Focus your breath to focus your life “To think we are too stressed to train the mind, is like thinking that our head hurts too...

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How are students adjusting in the pandemic era?

May 26, 2020

Class, social networks during COVID-19 In-person classes and campus buildings have been closed for more than half of Spring Quarter. Some students stayed in Davis...

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Glee Cast version vs. original song

May 26, 2020

It must be said. Disclaimer: Before you disagree or get upset, I have, like, really incredible taste in music. Also, I took a class called...

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Hollywood’s “Lolita complex” still a problematic issue for young, female stars

May 25, 2020

Preservation of innocence of child actors while simultaneously hypersexualizing their every move creates vicious cycle Child actress Millie Bobby Brown sparked controversy at the 26th...

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Oh no, I’m with them: my quest to befriend a rapper

May 25, 2020

If I could charm the guys at my local In-N-Out to sneak some free fries in my order, how hard could it be to...

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Sexual recession heightened by social distancing

May 22, 2020

Staying six-feet apart in the streets and in the sheets Sex is a highly taboo subject in American culture. We would rather use euphemisms like...

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Culture Corner with Itzelth Gamboa

May 22, 2020

The Arts Desks’ weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows Movie: “The Half Of It” dir. Alice Wu Wallflower Ellie Chu spends her high...

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Looking into Last.fm

May 20, 2020

Exploring the possibilities of the music tracking website There's a sense of mystery surrounding one's musical habits. Sure, you know more or less what genres...

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Enter 100 gecs — pop music’s logical conclusion

May 20, 2020

Like something out of a warehouse in early 2000s East Berlin. Do you remember the first time you heard something that would change everything? One...

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Music that defines us

May 20, 2020

Historic moments of political upheaval, social unrest marked by era-defining music Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys debuted her new song “Good Job” during a CNN virtual town...

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Commentary: Fads of Generation Z’s juvenescence

May 19, 2020

Underlying implications of fads, changes over generations As a materialistic nation, embedded in American culture is a want for what we don’t have. Fads come...

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UC Davis Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh awarded Guggenheim fellowship

May 15, 2020

Watenpaugh focuses on UNESCO world heritage site On April 8, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation awarded UC Davis art history professor Heghnar Watenpaugh with a...

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Shelter-in-place advice, based on your Hogwarts house

May 15, 2020

Like horoscopes but for houses J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts houses are such a popular concept that just about everyone on the face of the planet knows...

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