Opinion

Despite its homophobic laws, Russia embraces gay culture in the entertainment world While growing up watching Izmailovsky Park — Russia’s version of SNL — with my family, there was always a skit featuring two straight men, clad in the “babushka” attire of kerchiefs and dresses. They weren’t necessarily drag queens, but the duo comedy act […]

Continuing to provide essential news during the COVID-19 outbreak To our readers, UC Davis and city of Davis community: During these uncertain times amid the COVID-19 outbreak, news media outlets are more important than ever in ensuring that the public is well informed. Especially in times of crisis, readers turn to trustworthy, reliable news sources […]

The Editorial Board stays busy while attending UC Zoom Kaelyn Tuermer Lee, Editor-in-Chief  While this is not what I envisioned my senior year looking like, I’ve come to really enjoy the things I used to take for granted. I’ve been playing ukulele and writing music, going for walks and (attempting) to paint. I also realize […]

As consumers, moving to a plant-based diet will help ensure the long-term survival of the planet Climate change is still a fundamental crisis facing our world today. It may not seem as immediately urgent as COVID-19, but it is every bit as dangerous, with irreversible effects. Wildfire seasons are months longer, massive storm surge chances […]

We are grateful for healthcare workers, local and state leaders, UC Davis faculty and administration, community helpers As we each do our best to navigate these unnerving and uncertain times, we might choose to take solace in the resiliency of our community. To the Davis community members eager to lend a helping hand; to our […]

The president’s handling of the global pandemic should cost him re-election, but will it? For months, the American people listened to President Donald Trump downplay the threat of coronavirus, calling it the Democrat’s “new hoax,” and then, as cases began to rise, dismissing it as something that would just disappear, “like a miracle.” On March […]

Affordability means more than just housing In recent years, Americans have been leaving the big coastal cities for other locations deemed more affordable. There’s a possibility, however, that New York City isn’t as unaffordable as it may seem at first glance — it might even be more affordable than many “cheaper” cities. A report from […]

Medical providers are grossly underprepared to test or treat the virus  The author of this op-ed is a nurse who works in Sacramento. The name of the author has been omitted in order to protect their identity. We knew a pandemic was coming, or at least we should have.  We had warnings like H1N1, the […]

Even our private accounts are for the public I’ve had quite a tenure on Instagram. Many of us were in our tender ages during the app’s inception in late 2010, and I’m sure we all watched the app’s transformation from an unassuming photo-sharing platform to a multimillion-dollar Internet superpower.  I could say the same thing […]

To fully escape the city, we need to leave our cars behind too  When I was in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park this past summer, I quickly came to appreciate the long hikes and evening walks that were completely void of the sights and sounds of loud and crowded cities. National parks are a […]

Twitter’s “Fleets” will exacerbate our culture of entitlement — and they’re stupid  Twitter’s newest feature — “Fleets” — will allow users to post their most fleeting thoughts and opinions, designed to vanish in 24 hours. Twitter claims that the new Fleet feature is a response to users complaining that they don’t feel comfortable tweeting because […]

The system is highly subjective and outdated  There is a scene in the movie “Cinema Paradiso” where the town priest reviews every single film to see if anything needs to be cut before it plays at the theater. This includes kiss scenes, sex scenes and everything in between. He just rings his bell at any […]