Opinion

Students actually take notes until professor excuses them A professor became enraged one day when his students began packing up when there were approximately three minutes of class left. He was getting to the most important part of an organic chemistry reaction when he heard a chorus of backpack zippers, shuffling papers and creaking desks. […]

Why Carlin’s jokes work and why today’s PC police might crucify him regardless Benjamin Porter — bbporter@ucdavis.edu As one of my high school English teachers always said: “Technique is content.” For this reason, I think it’s essential for comedians to justify every stylistic choice they make. Too many comedians today are excessively profane, vulgar and […]

“This bus is no longer in service. Have a good one!” In a monumental decision by first-year bus driver Buster Buseman, the Unitrans J Line skipped the major Alvarado stop on Tuesday morning to avoid opening the top layer of the double decker bus. The decision was made with pressure from Buseman’s charlie at the […]

Delicious chicken-over-rice flavored contraceptives promote safe sex among students With STI transmission rates climbing among college students, UC Davis’ Love Lab has taken on the task of promoting safe sex among Aggies. The solution? A partnership with the condom brand Trojan. “We’ve been trying for months, but we’ve finally conceived the perfect way to get […]

Academy, industry still has work to do As the Feb. 24 airing of the 91st Academy Awards rapidly approaches, the high-profile film awards show remains quagmired in a space that promotes both genuine progress and a love affair with the Academy’s customary white male dominance. This year, the Academy made a handful of nominations that […]

Our president has created pandemonium In the wake of Donald Trump’s historic wall tantrum, the government has been partially shut down, and America has been left to deal with the consequences of Trump’s childish antics. As a result of Trump’s refusal to end his fantasy plan, hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been forced […]

L.A. teacher union demands better pay, more staff, student support United Teachers Los Angeles, the union that represents over 30,000 public and charter school teachers in L.A., entered a second week of striking on Tuesday. While a tentative agreement was reached on Jan. 22, the union stated that it would stay on strike until union […]

The withdrawal of American forces from Syria finally moves the U.S. away from its catastrophic military endeavors It’s time to give credit where credit is due. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, in addition to halving the number present in Afghanistan, has largely been met with universal disdain from both sides […]

Sponsored by “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse,” in theaters now Around 3 a.m. this past Wednesday — or maybe it was Tuesday, I can’t remember now — I determined that Spider-Man is the most powerful thing anyone has ever dreamed up. I understand that this is likely a controversial opinion, and I’m sure many of you […]

Ignoring King’s more radical vision does a disservice to his legacy In the highly-publicized parts of the 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech that we’re taught in elementary school, Martin Luther King, Jr. dreams of a world where people live in harmony and are not judged by their skin color. It’s a compelling vision, and […]

Written by: ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org

What “deaths of despair” can teach — and warn us — about America’s future When Kate O’Neill wrote her sister’s obituary in October 2018, she never imagined that it would generate nationwide attention. In fact, she never thought she would ever be writing one to begin with. Like so many other Americans, O’Neill’s sister, Madelyn […]