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UC cannot meet sustainability goals without students’ help Besides being unbelievable, it’s also heartbreaking to see the results of our negligence of the environment. We constantly hear about how climate change is affecting other people or other species in other places. Although it’s very saddening to hear, in most cases we are typically not affected […]

What will campus do to address students’ health after Mental Health Awareness Month has ended? Words are some of the easiest things to gift to any cause. They tumble out of our mouths and, in the exchange, help heighten awareness — bring attention to things otherwise shadowed in silence. This month is Mental Health Awareness […]

In light of the brutalization and arrest of Jennifer Michelle Cedeno-Ornelas, professors Seeta Chaganti and Joshua Clover argue for the disarming of UC Davis police The brutalization and arrest of Jennifer Michelle Cedeno-Ornelas by the UC Davis police on May 6 was harrowing: the gang of cops, the full weight of uniformed bodies on her […]

Defenses of Blue Lives Matter and Zionism showcase white supremacy on campus In the past few days we’ve seen a shooting at a synagogue by a white man with direct connections to a mosque burning earlier this year. We’ve seen a school shooting at University of North Carolina, Charlotte — by yet another white man. […]

Senate Bill 54 would dramatically decrease California’s plastic usage A few Sundays ago, I went on a trip to the Marin Headlands with my housemates for our quarterly house trip — a day of strolling along grassy cliffs while looking out into the foggy oceanscape and getting surreptitiously sunburned. Looking down over the railing at […]

The long history of Palestinian repression Created in 2014, Canary Mission is a blacklist that serves as a response to the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) Movement that started in 2005. Led by Palestinians, BDS is a movement that seeks to end the occupation, colonization and oppression of Palestinians and their land Israel with the […]

Senator Noah Pearl argues that anti-Zionist rhetoric forced him out of ASUCD “Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.” — John F. Kennedy Even before joining the Senate table, I had heard of the unfettered toxicity within ASUCD. The countless number of resignations […]

Chancellor Katehi eliminated four collegiate sports in 2010 that need to be restored By now, we’ve all heard about the recent college admissions scandal. Shocking, right? That the rich and famous could use their wealth and privilege to slip their academically underqualified kids into top schools through a side door? Outrageous! Damnit, that door was […]

The outgoing ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission Chair speaks of the good, hard-working people of the Association Divisive, petty, toxic: these are just some of the many acerbic words used to describe ASUCD. I have been in the Association for the past four years, and while these attributes may be accurate from time to time, it […]

The vice president of UC Davis’ UPTE-CWA urges UC to come back to the bargaining table University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) are striking. 10,000 University of California Research and Technical professionals will be on strike across the state on Wednesday, March 20. They will be joined by 5,000 UPTE Healthcare professionals and 27,000 AFSCME […]

A Jewish student leader argues that Jewish Voice for Peace’s mission isn’t to combat anti-Semitism I was scrolling through my newsfeed at the beginning of Winter Quarter when I came across the Jewish Voice for Peace event on Facebook. I texted fellow Jewish student leaders and once again — just as occurred with the ASUCD […]

A police officer and licensed attorney argues that Professor Clover’s words aren’t as protected as the university has made them out to be UC Davis Professor Joshua Clover, who specializes in Marxism, recently came under fire for his comments advocating for violence against police officers. As someone who has spent over a decade-and-a half wearing […]