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We need the right balance between wide and narrow street lanes  When I was 12, I went to England and noticed something about the design of the neighborhoods that began to irk me — the two-lane streets were so narrow that they were just about the same size as a single street lane in America.  […]

Social media has transformed comedy by elevating it What makes you laugh the most? Is it your friends, family or favorite comedian? Probably not. For most of us, our laughs are now ignited by the stuff inside the little boxes we scroll through everyday on our social media feeds: Tiktok videos, Twitter zingers and the […]

With all odds up against it, the 92nd Academy Awards did not entirely fall flat At its worst, the Oscars can be a pretentious, stodgy ceremony that fails to capture the true essence of film and the arts. It harps every year at its lack of diversity while still refusing to adapt. But at its […]

I’ll have my cake and eat it alone, too.  I’m writing this column while sitting alone in the dining hall. There are groups of friends conversing to my left and individuals quietly eating to my right. I’m sitting at the crossroads of these two experiences. On one hand, I’m feeling self-conscious about my loneliness. Are […]

Traffic and economic growth might be intertwined, but it’s messier than that Any Bay Area native could tell you about the horror stories of a Costco parking lot on the weekend. When the receptionist at the Fox Rent a Car in Salt Lake City found out my family and I were from the Bay Area, […]

The revolutionary new way to watch your favorite shows (I swear this isn’t satire) “The Bachelor” is a show about marriage that in no way reflects the values of marriage. Now in its 24th season, the show consistently has over 5 million viewers per episode, with a peak of 6.5 million viewers. Bachelor contestants compete […]

How television is able to live up to the quality of cinema No form of artistic expression is more cultivated than another. The intrinsic value that, for instance, classical literature can possess in comparison to free verse poetry is entirely subjective and thus cannot be measured by general perception.  When discussing movies and television — […]

Not everyone wants to be a doctor For the sake of this column, the humanities’ unlikely hero is me. I would like to be taken seriously for once, and I’d like to defend my brothers in English, history, design and all of the other “useless” majors. Entering my first year at Davis, I didn’t comprehend […]

It’s time we join cities around the world and make serious attempts to transition away from cars My utopia is a city with car-free streets. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities, but the traffic and congestion is a primary reason for my irritation with cars. Two summers ago, during a brief visit to […]

Algorithms have taken over and they may never give it back Our social media feeds are no longer an indicator of a ‘natural’ social media experience. The feeds and timelines that are put in front of our faces are algorithmically constructed by the elite in silicon valley.  Of course, social media was never a reflection […]

Treating film as visual literature can make it more worthwhile On the first day of my Intro to Film class, my professor said taking this class would ruin movies for us forever. No longer would we just sit back and take in the thrilling plots or gush over our favorite actors. Instead, a voice in […]

Social media is a game we play against others and ourselves  The video game industry is expected to generate more than $160 billion in revenue this year. It is estimated that 65% of American adults play video games, but we all play digital games of our own each time we scroll through social media.  Gamification […]