Opinion

History rhymes In the weeks after the 2020 election, an unnamed senior GOP official made the following statement regarding the Republican Party’s willingness to entertain President Donald Trump’s baseless, unsubstantiated, evidence-free claims of voter fraud and support his laughable, ludicrous lawsuits: “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time? No […]

As we enter the worst wave yet, we should reconsider our priorities and continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19 On Wednesday, Dec. 2, the U.K. approved a COVID-19 vaccine, the first country to do so after high success rates were revealed by companies working on a vaccine. Both Pfizer and Moderna have announced over […]

Drawn by: Rushi Tawade –– rntawade@ucdavis.edu (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Despite paying for the majority of the athletics budget, students have lost access to benefits of physical education In late September, the UC Davis administration decided to terminate the physical education (PE) courses starting in Winter Quarter 2021. The move came to the surprise of many and the university should not have abruptly ended these […]

Justice Kavanaugh asked to sit out Setting a landmark precedent for federal decorum, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) voted on two measures last Sunday: One to hold a “Sunday Barbecue” day and another to divide the court into two teams for their next ruling, “just to make things interesting.” Both measures were approved […]

Atrazine, a possible carcinogen and endocrine disruptor, is one of the most commonly used weed killers in the U.S. From recent findings suggesting that COVID-19 was found in sewage samples in Spain as far back as March 2019 to environmental attorney Robert Bilott’s novel “Exposure” on his decades long battle over unregulated chemical contamination in […]

Blames Trump On Oct. 2, 2020, upon hearing the news that President Donald Trump had contracted COVID-19, Ethan Matthews turned to social media to gloat. The enthusiastic President-elect Joe Biden supporter blasted the president with tweets like, “Looks like Don the Con got what he deserved!” and “Maybe you should have worn a mask COVID-Donnie!”  […]

Drawn by: Rushi Tawade –– rntawade@ucdavis.edu  (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

One in six students believe they are the next Hasan Minhaj despite not being funny or politically savvy “You want to do stand-up comedy?” a classmate asked third-year student Monica Flowers, incredulously. “Who do you think you are, Hasan Minhaj? Flowers froze. She never thought to compare herself to Minhaj, a UC Davis alumnus with […]

I missed you so, so much America Hello, my little American mortals. It’s me, Miss C. Rona. The virus formerly known for causing COVID-19. You used to be terrified of me, remember? It’s been a few weeks since we’ve chatted, I know. I’ve been busy, not that you care. I’ve had to make a few […]

Take care of yourself like you would for your favorite houseplant During quarantine, many of us took up the hobby of collecting house plants. Now, caring for our plants as if they were our children has become a part of our daily routine. We put them in spacious pots and provide them with the necessities […]

If fabricated claims of voter fraud don’t work, a bit of the ol’ extortion might As President Donald Trump’s “voter fraud” lawsuits are summarily dismissed and laughed out of court, one thing that judges of facts-versus-fiction aren’t laughing about is the passing of beloved Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. Trebek passed away at age 80 earlier […]