Editorial

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May, administrators discuss reopening campus, vaccine distribution and athletics Chancellor May, Provost Mary Croughan, Vice Chancellor Pablo Reguerín, Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff, Associate Chancellor Karl Engelbach, Dana Topousis, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Michael Sweeney, Campus Counsel, Richard Tucker, Academic Senate Chair, Rocko DeLuca, Acting Athletics Director Below is a transcript of the meeting that […]

Early morning classes may disrupt sleep cycles for most university students, which may have a negative effect on their learning outcomes The typical weather of Winter Quarter—rainy weeks, bitter cold mornings and short days with little sunlight—is often enough to demotivate most Davis students during the winter months. This year brings added challenges, as students […]

In addition to its remarkable handling of the pandemic, the university has had many incredible achievements UC Davis’ efforts to bring free and accessible COVID-19 testing to both its own students and the broader Davis community were recently recognized in an article in The New York Times. The Editorial Board agrees that the university’s mass […]

The vaccine brings good news, but we are farther from the end than we might think  When news of a COVID-19 vaccine hit, it was all anyone could talk about—for weeks, our news feeds were overtaken by the high success rates, approval of the vaccine and, eventually, a rollout plan. It was the light at […]

While internships can be valuable education experiences, interns should be paid a living wage for their work In the midst of summer internship applications, many students—members of the Editorial Board included—can begin to lose track of the goal of an internship: to gain experience in a field of interest. But this is not entirely our […]

Biden-Harris administration must take strong steps to tackle environmental and public health crises The first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s term appear very promising if Biden and his administration are able to achieve what they set out to do. On the issue of COVID-19, Biden outlined a plan to vaccinate 50 million Americans in […]

The BLM movement and grassroots organizing is an extension of what King stood for Though the 1950s and 60s—the era of the Civil Rights Movement—may seem like the distant past, the fight for racial equality is far from over. Images of the violence with which police responded to peaceful protestors 55 years ago in Selma, […]

The Editorial Board sees multiple misuses of money by UC Davis during this unprecedented pandemic Attending college right now is challenging. With physical distancing from the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty from political insurrections and stress from remote learning, students require greater support from the university in order to succeed. The Editorial Board believes that the university […]

Students, faculty and staff deserve more information about UC plans Though the recent University of California Office of the President (UCOP) press release on Jan. 11 stating plans to resume in-person instruction in the fall has come with excitement, the Editorial Board has mixed feelings about the announcement. The decision was made by UC President […]

Predominately white rioters who violently stormed Congress were met with significantly less force than peaceful BLM protestors over the summer Wednesday, Jan 6., 2021, brought both hope and grief to an already-fracturing America. That morning, Jon Ossoff was declared winner of the senate runoff election in Georgia, making him the first Millennial elected to the […]

The Editorial Board reflects on some of this year’s greatest challenges and sources of hope From adjusting to working from home to inspiring societal change through social justice movements to incredible advancements in science, we reflect on some of the most significant aspects of this year below. Online learning has been an adjustment for students, […]