Editorial

Spoiler alert: it’s not finals season By THE EDITORIAL BOARD We’ve all heard the benefits of gratitude extolled: better sleep, less anxiety, lower levels of depression and so on. During the Thanksgiving season, gratitude is especially placed in the limelight. As an Editorial Board, we want to acknowledge that this holiday has a complex history […]

Take time to celebrate yourself and your found family, no matter where you are   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   This quarter has been uniquely difficult. There has been no shortage of traumatic events, both locally and globally, that have been difficult for many members of our community to process and recover from. While every […]

The Editorial Board endorses five candidates for ASUCD Senate By THE EDITORIAL BOARD ASUCD fall elections began on Monday, Nov. 13, and voting will be open through Friday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Undergraduate students can cast their votes on the ASUCD elections website.   This election cycle, there are 21 candidates running for six available […]

To: Students everywhere (and also some of our professors, to be honest) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  Hi all, Hope you’re doing well! You’re probably rather busy with midterms and early holiday preparations, but if you have a minute, we’re hoping to share some tips with you on how to combat your email anxiety. To some, […]

Why UC Davis needs to reevaluate the goals of academic advising   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   You’ve just barely crawled across the halfway line of fall quarter and, before you know if you will actually pass CHE 2A, it’s time to schedule your winter quarter classes. You should probably figure out what those classes […]

Why did we cut home economics? By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  Many students leave college with a vast breadth of academic knowledge and the ability to churn out endless assignments on little sleep. However, if you asked these same people to mend a torn sweater, what their credit score means or how to cook something other […]

Whether through submitting guest-ops or leaving a comment on an article, take advantage of the space that student journalism holds for community engagement    By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   In today’s world, trying to become educated about current events can be difficult when it feels like people are trying to tell you what to think, […]

This November, write for yourself, not the grade By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Along with many fall festivities, November brings a new one for avid writers. National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, began in 1999 and challenges people to write an entire novel — or 50 thousand words of one — in just 30 […]

Amid recent world events, we urge the UC Davis community to balance action with empathy   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence and hateful speech, including islamophobia and anti-semitism.   The Israel-Palestine conflict has been ongoing for decades, with some arguing that its roots stem from far earlier. […]

A guide to finding a sustainable costume on a budget By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It’s that time of year again, and dressing up for Halloween has never been more difficult. Back in the day, you’d simply inform your parents that your only desire was to dress up as a ladybug for the third year in […]

Here’s a start to respecting the land you occupy By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As UC Davis students and current inhabitants of Patwin land (pronounced puht-win), it’s our responsibility to educate ourselves about its history. How little we know about the land we live on makes it that much easier for us to disconnect ourselves from […]

What we owe to each other when sick   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   My last happy sick day was in third grade, spent enveloped in a mess of blankets, watching “The Princess Bride” for the second time that day. Back then, missing a day of school was a fair trade: one day of sympathy […]