Opinion

Mounting student loans are pushing back the prospect of marriage There was a lot of talk about America’s improved economic status during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last week, but curiously missing from the dialogue was one particular $1.5 trillion elephant in the room — student debt. Unsurprisingly, the ongoing student debt […]

In light of housing insecurity, an ASUCD senator criticizes approved housing projects currently held in limbo As the rainy weather saturates our city, I can’t help but think of my fellow students who have no protection from it. These are some of the students who inspired me to run for my Senate seat. When we […]

Written by: Rosey Morearty — rosey@morearty.org

Editorial Board shares stories of romance –– some sweet, some silly Emily Stack, Editor-in-Chief I did my fair share of embarrassing things in my younger and more vulnerable years, but one particular incident involving an attempt to assert strength in the wilderness truly speaks to my character. When I was 17 or so, my then-boyfriend […]

Have no fear! WarnMe is here… So, I’m pretty sure you guys and gals have all received the nerve-racking, spine-chilling, blood-curdling text from the UC Davis WarnMe system notifying us that there is no emergency. I just want you all to take a brief second to laugh at this foolery. When there is indeed a […]

The Editorial Board endorses three candidates for ASUCD Senate, neither executive ticket ASUCD Winter Elections begin on Tuesday, Feb. 19, with 14 Senate candidates running for six available seats and two executive tickets running for the president and vice president positions. The Editorial Board interviewed 11 of the 14 senatorial candidates as well as all […]

The West Wing goes to West Village This past weekend, President Donald Trump was told by his horoscope that he needed to make some changes, so he decided that Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson was Ben CarsDONE. After kicking the House man out of the White House, Trump needed a new Secretary […]

The list is just as unorganized as the character select menu Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is unquestionably the most inclusive Smash game yet, possibly even the best Smash game released (apart from their menus — literally why did they decide to make the most irritating changes they could?). All of us who like to settle […]

Some Catholics, Native Americans and Black Hebrew Israelites walk onto the Mall… After video of what appeared to be a group of MAGA hat-wearing Catholic teens taunting a drum-playing Native American went viral, more videos emerged over the next few days that contradicted the original interpretation, presenting a clearer picture of the event. A wave […]

By: Rosey Morearty — rosey@morearty.org

Everybody Hates Tomi Lahren! So if you guys haven’t heard, the bold and suburban political commentator and former Fox News host Tomi Lahren emerged from the fiery pits of white privilege to tweet “5 billion spent on a wall will be the BEST $5 billion taxpayers EVER spent!” After the longest government shutdown in U.S. […]

How the marriage of market capitalism with social progressivism trades the interests of the worker in favor of profit While it may have already fallen out of relevance in our ever-accelerating news cycle, Procter and Gamble Co.’s Gillette ad targeting so-called toxic masculinity stirred up yet another culture war frenzy last month. The commercial, praised […]