Humor

This season’s queens will be earning their Ph.D.s in Public Servevice at the Motherversity of Yassssifornia, Slayvis   By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu   After successful runs in Canada, Mexico and the UK, the RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) franchise has decided on its newest expansion venture: “Drag Race” is coming to Davis.  If you’re reading […]

I know what you are — say it!   By AUDREY ZHANG – aurzhang@ucdavis.edu   For those afraid of the creatures that stalk the night, I have composed a surefire list to figure out whether you are actually talking to Edward Cullen –– except, unlike Bella, you don’t smell good and are probably just dinner. […]

Does a fire alarm mean the food is ready?   By CARMEL RAVIV — craviv@ucdavis.edu   Slightly brown romaine lettuce. Crusty teriyaki sauce. Honey glazed deli ham. Milk. Everclear vodka.  Even the most experienced chefs that graced the televised kitchen of “Chopped” couldn’t think of a way these miscellaneous ingredients could have blended together to […]

AAAAAAAAAH   By AUDREY ZHANG – aurzhang@ucdavis.edu   We’ve all been there. You’re spending your time trying to enjoy college and get those Best Years of Your Life™ and then you remember that you’re drowning in debt for a reason — to get a degree. The deadline is tonight and you’ve got a blank page […]

Aggies, stand on business   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   I was perusing the Silo market the other day during my gap between classes, starving and needing to eat lunch before my next lecture. Usually, I hit up the pre-made sandwich and salad section to get my pathetic turkey and cheddar on a wheat […]

Somebody get Gunrock a tote and some lemonade   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   Day after day… week after week… year after year, Gunrock has repped and cheered for UC Davis athletics. Gunrock, the strong and muscular stallion, is the UC Davis symbol of power and athleticism. People always say, “How do you do […]

Moo   By AUDREY ZHANG — aurzhang@ucdavis.edu   Remember Caligula? Roman Emperor Caligula? Tried to give his horse a seat in the senate Caligula? Well, if he spent more time trying to get the horse that seat instead of faffing about in Britain, then maybe the horse could’ve told him that his senate was going […]

Somebody get me a free tampon   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   I just started my Introduction to Critical Gender Studies class and I like to sit in the middle row. As the class filled in on the first day, very few sat next to me in the front row, and one caught my […]

Original: “The Son of Man” by René Magritte   Drawn by: Nimra Farhan –– nfarhan@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Are you really capable of the reflection required to implement lasting, valuable changes in your life? No, you aren’t, and that’s why I did it for you    By GEETIKA MAHAJAN— giamahajan@ucdavis.edu    Let’s be honest; most peoples’ New Year’s resolutions would not pass a turnitin.com plagiarism test. Every list, every year, is the same […]

Not all heroes wear capes — sometimes they pretend to be interested in other people’s knitting projects   By AUDREY ZHANG —  aurzhang@ucdavis.edu   She’s almost done it. Her classmates watch with bated breath. The clock ticks ever closer towards 3 p.m. If she can just keep the professor talking for five more minutes, they’ll […]

Summer at the silo has a nice ring to it   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu    Not so breaking news — two months ago, in the middle of the night, many fliers were put up around the UC Davis campus offering an internship abroad for Summer 2024. There was even one found on a […]