Humor

But she can’t walk forwards, which is a bit sad, actually   By ELLIE SCHULTZ —  eeschultz@ucdavis.edu   Last week, UC Davis alumni Johannes and Clarissa Tompkins brought their 13-month-old daughter, Agatha, into Dr. Jennifer Cronenberg’s developmental genetics lab. Agatha, named in homage to her parents’ alma mater, only walks backward. “She just got up […]

“I just didn’t see it coming” By ANGIE VELARDE — avelarde@ucdavis.edu   Rejecting the student vote to replace the official mascot of UC Davis has left a bad taste in the mouths of many. But the controversial vote has had the biggest impact on one individual: a mustang named Gunrock. Ahead of the release of […]

Transcribed from an audio file uploaded to the OChem subreddit By ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu    Host: Hi, welcome back to the podcast. I’m your host, in my final year here at Davis as a third-year theater major! I’m here with my co-host, Stu. Stu, why don’t you introduce yourself? Stu: Hi, I’m Stu. Host: […]

An inspiring advice column for students at UC Davis! By ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu  Disclaimer: This article has been edited for content and clarity by our editor Owen Ruderman in order to ensure it follows the University of California, Davis’s Principles of Community.   Q: I’m really worried about my first quarter of organic chemistry. […]

Drawn by: Priscila Jiménez Corrales –– pjimenez@ucdavis.edu

Oh my God, not this again BY ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu  BTS sucks. (BTS stands for Back To School, but by the time the author finished writing the previous sentence they were sniped by a K-pop stan through the window of their apartment. The author has been replaced and their body has been thrown into […]

By PRISCILA JIMÉNEZ CORRALES — pjimenez@ucdavis.edu Drawn by: Priscila Jiménez Corrales –– pjimenez@ucdavis.edu  Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

By PRISCILA JIMÉNEZ CORRALES –– pjimenez@ucdavis.edu Drawn by: Priscila Jiménez Corrales –– pjimenez@ucdavis.edu   Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Guys, guys, guys — this is my life’s passion. For real this time BY ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu  Two people crossed paths in front of the CoHo. From an outsider’s perspective, they had nothing in common, no reason to stop or even glance at each other. Two ships passing in the night.  But soulmates are […]

Those drivers have it too easy   BY ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu    Lick the side of the bus.  Enter the bus by walking backward.  Read a copy of my newest book, “100 People Who Have Died Gruesome Deaths on a Public Bus.” (Signed copies are very much available.) Ask people on the top of […]

Hi, stop feeding them Oreos and half-smoked joints   BY ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu    Picture this. You’re alone at a table in the Memorial Union. It’s one of those black tables, the kind typically occupied by a pre-health fraternity or some club that wants you to try underwater calisthenics or something equally unhinged. You […]

“Honestly, I expected some kind of terrible incident of global proportions. Instead I just spent a wonderful day with my parents”   By IAN COSNER — iacosner@ucdavis.edu    Yes, it’s back and hopefully better than ever! Picnic Day 2022 marks the first Picnic Day in three years, and many students are just brimming with excitement […]