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Thursday, November 21, 2024

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At The Crossroads: Bridging cultural divides by bridging technology and storytelling

  As our world grows increasingly connected through technology, the opportunity to interact with others from different cultural, political and religious backgrounds is also increasing....

The far left, liberal utopias and Portlandia

Portlandia simultaneously celebrates and mocks liberal cliches, culture I grew up in a town called Sebastopol, located about an hour north of San Francisco. Sebastopol...

Livestock industry fights for right to be “herd”

Emissions at forefront of obstacles to animal sustainability One of the most prominent issues in sustainable animal agriculture today is debunking the idea that not...

Battle of the Heavyweights

President Obama spends final days in office locking horns with Putin As the American election season hits full steam, two titans are still trading blows....

Lack of conservative professors harmful for universities, diversity

Shakespeare and company at risk of dismissal When universities finally become the diverse places they purport to be, shoot me an email. I will rejoice....

A Clogston Abroad: The job hunt abroad

Graduation takes a lot of work. Some students will leave their undergraduate universities, apply to graduate schools and sign up for GREs, MCATs or...

The hot mamas of humor

Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and the fight for work-life balance Not just anyone can create, produce and star in a show, be a part of...

Please Don’t Censor This: Exposing the war on campus speech

Undergraduates at fault for perpetuating a devious trend against intellectual freedom Janet Napolitano’s recent editorial on the merits of preserving free speech at universities is...

The Minority Report: The rise of Trumpsplaining

What Trump interrupting Clinton says about our culture at large During the final presidential debate last week, Hillary Clinton demonstrated yet again how difficult it...

At The Crossroads: The importance of humanity to artificial intelligence

AI without ethics could prompt the downfall of mankind Well, Aggies, we’re rapidly approaching the scariest day of the year again. (I’m of course referring...

What HomeBoy Industries can teach us about combatting gang, gun violence

Non-profit organizations have a role in solving the public health crisis of gun violence There’s a mixed sense of eye-opening wonder and clarification when you...

Identity politics risk polluting the American university

What the Chance the Rapper controversy says about our growing culture of victimhood If there was any question of whether UC Davis is immune from...

Greatly Misunderstood Organisms

GMO benefits greatly outweigh the fictitious costs   Have you ever walked through the grocery store, picked up a piece of food, ranging from milk...

At The Crossroads: When song and science collide

Björk’s Biophilia combines music, technology to create an educational app During indie harpist Joanna Newsom’s concert at Los Angeles’s Orpheum Theater last March, I wasn’t...

(Not) Just Kidding: Comedy during election time

Will comedians elect the president of the United States? Satire has been perhaps the most powerful force in this year’s election build-up. With every absurd...