Humor

Let the games begin Flames danced in his eyes. It is time for the great ceremony, the Purging of the Faculty. Tonight, blood will be spilt. They gather on the football field across from the defunct Rec Pool. It is a full moon. The only light is white rays from above and the bonfires in […]

By GENEVIEVE RYAN — geryan@ucdavis.edu

A novel approach for reducing gun violence Every mass shooting in America reignites the gun control debate, but even the noble efforts of the Parkland students have yet to produce the moderate gun control measures that the vast majority of Americans want. Whether this deadlock is because guns have been a beloved and iconic fixture […]

Ah, the sweet smell of “adulthood” In the wake of move-in day, several first-years are jazzed to get a new lease on life with a brand new sense of independence. As we all know, the most accurate way to express this independence comes in three options. For one, you can go get your once-long, “Little […]

By: Ariel Hilomen — opinion@theaggie.org Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by individual cartoonists belong to the cartoonists alone and do not necessarily indicate the views and opinions held by The California Aggie.

Why do they let me write this stuff? The traffic cone. We pass them every day without a second thought. Maybe it’s time for a change. It was a Sunday in February. The sun was shining, the birds were in the sky (where they belong) and I was wearing my spring hat and my best […]

And by people I mean doctors. It all started when I walked into the room. Everyone in it was blown away — I could see it on their faces. These shocked expressions and dropped jaws have become standard reactions to my presence. I turn and talk to a woman in the room. She looks me […]

By: Diana Olivares — deolivares@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by individual cartoonists belong to the cartoonists alone and do not necessarily indicate the views and opinions held by The California Aggie.

Davis student grants insight into new condition affecting many recent grads Here at The California Aggie, we’ve covered some intense graduation stories. We thought we’d seen it all — police arresting walking grads for public intoxication, keynote speakers advising students to sell their bodies online, apes from the primatology lab escaping and attempting to take […]

We both knew that it would be a while before we saw each other again… Time passed and we continued to see each other. I think I liked that he wasn’t very emotional, which is what I thought I was until I discovered that I’m actually not at all. I never liked “The Notebook” anyway. […]

Unnamed squirrel feels touched while observing student taking grad photos This squirrel overheard the sound of your giggles as you posed in your white dress and wedges — or was it a pair of slacks and a button-down? — for your graduation photos. He listened as you carried on about how excited you were. He […]

By: Ariel Hilomen — abhilomen@ucdavis.edu   Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by individual cartoonists belong to the cartoonists alone and do not necessarily indicate the views and opinions held by The California Aggie.