Opinion

The outgoing ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission Chair speaks of the good, hard-working people of the Association Divisive, petty, toxic: these are just some of the many acerbic words used to describe ASUCD. I have been in the Association for the past four years, and while these attributes may be accurate from time to time, it […]

A hostile public and a wounded university go head to head When my editors at The California Aggie gave the green light to publish my op-ed “A UC Davis professor thinks cops ‘need to be killed’” on Feb. 25 — after weeks of hard deliberating that both delayed and strengthened the final result — we […]

Undocumented workers, union members deserve rights, protection Sunday, March 31 was Cesar Chavez Day, established in 2014 to commemorate the work of one of the country’s first and best-known Latino civil rights and labor movement leaders. Known for his use of nonviolent yet thoroughly disruptive tactics including marches, consumer boycotts and hunger strikes, Chavez uplifted […]

Legacy, bribery are not an indication of students’ merit, capability Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice charged 50 people with cheating the admissions process at elite universities, either by paying to cheat on standardized exams or bribing the schools’ athletic coaches to accept students as athletes despite having never played the sport. These charges included […]

Ag-vengers, assemble! Superheros are all the rage these days. It’s understandable why they’re so popular. Companies like DC and Marvel make great stories and awesome superpowers for their heroes in tights and capes. I mean, what kid DOESN’T want to be Batman? He has the coolest superpower: being rich and owning thangs! To hop on […]

“Your ‘Blue-Eyes White Dragon’ is no match for my ‘Blue-Haired White Neo-Liberal’!” When you hear the name “Universe City,” you might think, “Wow, that just sounds like a lazy play on the word ‘university.’” If so, you would be completely right, but even that didn’t stop the creator of said card game, Dick Garfield, from […]

The vice president of UC Davis’ UPTE-CWA urges UC to come back to the bargaining table University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) are striking. 10,000 University of California Research and Technical professionals will be on strike across the state on Wednesday, March 20. They will be joined by 5,000 UPTE Healthcare professionals and 27,000 AFSCME […]

Written by: Rosey Morearty — rosey@morearty.org

California’s rural voters are feeling increasingly left out of the state’s political processes Take a drive from California’s north to its south, and you’ll realize just how diverse the state really is — geographically, culturally and, yes, even politically. While extensive population growth and wide scale demographic change have solidified California’s political homogeneity, the state’s […]

Turkeys gone wild Now I know you read the headline thinking this is some desperate attempt to promote the wildlife here at Davis or a smear campaign against the over-hyped and depressingly expensive Hydro Flask, but that’s an article for another week. I’m here to tell you about the modern-day David versus Goliath battle. Yes, […]

Why pursuing Trump’s Russia connection is a crucial and pragmatic step in pursuing a progressive America Anyone who cannot stand the fact that Donald Trump is president probably agrees that his greatest accomplishment has been catalyzing a powerful new counterwave of civic engagement among younger people. This younger generation of progressive millennials is strongly motivated […]

Realistic solutions are needed to tackle trillion dollar crisis Debt among 19 to 29-year-old Americans exceeded $1 trillion by the end of 2018, the highest debt level for this age group since the global financial crisis hit in late 2007. A financial figure of that size is unfathomable, but what’s more unfathomable is the fact […]