Opinion

Aggie editors reflect on places for which they are thankful Kaelyn Tuermer-Lee, Editor-in-Chief While I have lived in several different places and have been fortunate to travel across the world, I will always be thankful for the city where I was born: Baltimore. Though I grew up in Catonsville — my beloved 21228 — I […]

History is HOT! Professor Alan Sanders, a stunning assistant professor in the UC Davis history department, was shocked to see that his course offered this winter already had 85 students on the waitlist. The class, A History of the Paper Clip, was previously taught by a now-retired professor who only managed to capture the attention […]

Revenue from the fantasy football industry has propelled the league to change the way we consume its product Fantasy football makes every NFL game worth watching, which is exactly why the league has invested millions of dollars in getting you to play it. As a massive generator of revenue, it has driven the growth of […]

Let your loved ones know you’re okay: mark yourself “safe” from lethal sport Eating her favorite CoHo entree beside her squirrel companions in the Quad, first-year student Jessica Blanche basked in the sun as she decorated her bullet journal for the week. Delighted with the warm weather, she even gave up an empty hammock to […]

It’s funny because more Americans will get sick and die as a result. Get it? President Donald Trump spends his time distracting America by screaming and whining about what an innocent, perfect-call-making, stable genius he is (as any stable genius would). All the while, the environmental deregulation crusaders planted throughout his administration have been busy […]

UCD alum responds to administration’s handling of UCPath To the Editor:  Re “Transition to UCPath has proved disastrous for student workers” by the Editorial Board (editorial, Nov. 1):  I read your article about the failure of the UC to pay its student employees. I note that its solution is to provide advances (a.k.a. loans) to […]

Editorial Board calls upon university to release contingency plan Earlier this quarter, when The California Aggie Editorial Board sat down with UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, we asked him a straightforward question: Is UC Davis on track to achieve the UC-wide goals of being waste-free by 2020 and going carbon neutral by 2025? “We are […]

Local community member responds to paid parking petition To the Editor:  Re “Guest: Petition to stop paid parking in downtown Davis” by Daniel Urazandi (guest opinion, Nov. 2):  An article in The California Aggie recently asked UCD students to gather signatures to put an initiative on next November’s ballot for “free” parking in Downtown Davis. […]

By: Mario Rodriguez — marrod@ucdavis.edu

A no-nonsense and uncreative poem might just be the most creative thing you’ll hear about today I never found myself captivated by poetry until my friend introduced me to Kenneth Goldsmith. The more I looked into Goldsmith and his work, the more fascinated I was with not only his poetry but his conception of it. […]

Targeted acts of racism not isolated incidents Last month, the UC Davis community was once again affected by acts of intolerance. First, 25 staff members affiliated with ethnic studies departments at UC Davis were sent an email with the message “It’s okay to be white.” And just days after, racial slurs were found written in […]

Do you know why we’re here? This is an intervention.  At noon last Tuesday, an intervention was held for a student.  The intervention took place in the high-traffic sidewalk between Dutton and Young Hall. The set-up included three fold-out chairs, notebooks filled with emotional sentiments and a whiteboard detailing their course of action.  The student, […]