Opinion

Especially during winter months, sleep and exercise can help keep students healthy, motivated
EditorialFebruary 5, 2021
Early morning classes may disrupt sleep cycles for most university students, which may have a negative effect on their learning outcomes The typical weather of Winter Quarter—rainy weeks, bitter cold mornings and short days with little sunlight—is often enough to demotivate most Davis students during the winter months. This year brings added challenges, as students […]

Budget Chair Bernie strikes back
CartoonFebruary 5, 2021
Drawn by: Rushi Tawade –– rntawade@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)
It’s not make Instagram casual again, it’s make Instagram authentic again
ColumnFebruary 5, 2021
All the world is an Instagram grid, and all the people are merely posing In July 2010, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger made the first-ever Instagram post. His shot of a random marina marked the birth of an app that will rule our generation, but, ironically, it also breaks every unwritten rule our generation has created […]

The Editorial Board celebrates UC Davis for its role as a medical, environmental leader
EditorialFebruary 4, 2021
In addition to its remarkable handling of the pandemic, the university has had many incredible achievements UC Davis’ efforts to bring free and accessible COVID-19 testing to both its own students and the broader Davis community were recently recognized in an article in The New York Times. The Editorial Board agrees that the university’s mass […]

The newest trend in the Arboretum
CartoonFebruary 3, 2021
Drawn by: Ke Lin –– keylin@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Controversial Bali deportation sparks discourse on gentrification and ‘foreigner privilege’
ColumnFebruary 2, 2021
The swift deportation of an American influencer in Bali highlights a phenomenon of “digital nomads” who bypass immigration rules and perpetuate wealth inequality Kristen Gray, an 28-year-old American woman in Bali, Indonesia, has recently come under fire after her Twitter thread encouraging other foreigners to move to the island during the pandemic went viral. In […]
My ‘My Pillow’ keeps me awake at night
HumorFebruary 2, 2021
And it’s not for the reason you think It was Jan. 4 when I walked into that Bed Bath & Beyond. I wasn’t satisfied with the pillows in the bed section, but as I was about to leave I accidentally stumbled into the beyond section. It was there waiting for me. When I bought it […]
The Biden Administration must reimplement EPA’s ‘secret science’ rule
ColumnFebruary 1, 2021
In the last weeks of his presidency, Trump’s Administration just barely recalled a decades long policy by the EPA despite outcry from the scientific community As President Joe Biden attempts to turn a new leaf and focus on the future, the Trump Administration’s final decisions continue to cast a shadow over many of his choices. […]

Reinstate PE now, we must hold the administration accountable
GuestFebruary 1, 2021
UC Davis administration silently cuts PE program without student consultation amidst pandemic I’m sure by now you all are familiar with the administration’s decision to eliminate our physical education (PE) program. But if you are not, here is a brief timeline. On Sept. 25, 2020, the UC Davis administration abruptly announced that they would be […]

Internships should be accessible for all college students
EditorialJanuary 29, 2021
While internships can be valuable education experiences, interns should be paid a living wage for their work In the midst of summer internship applications, many students—members of the Editorial Board included—can begin to lose track of the goal of an internship: to gain experience in a field of interest. But this is not entirely our […]
Our empathy towards the mental health struggles of reality TV stars should not be conditional
ColumnJanuary 29, 2021
How discourse around the mental health of reality stars shapes the way we handle stigma The birth of a reality TV star begins and ends in a limbo ripe with contradictions. They are cogs in the machine of reality television: necessary for our entertainment, but so plentiful that when they are churned out, they are […]

The advantage of owning a piece of sh*t bike
CartoonJanuary 29, 2021
Drawn by: Rushi Tawade –– rntawade@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

