Opinion

Parsing some of the top stories this summer When I don’t know what to write, I like to read the news. It’s probably what everyone –– journalists and the general public alike –– should be doing anyway, but summer is just ending and the cobwebs have to be sheared off at some point. News should […]

This school year don’t glorify, encourage blackout culture As UC Davis begins another school year, new and returning students will be thrown into the typical college social scene, one that is inextricably linked to frequent partying and blackout drinking. This is common for nearly every institution of higher learning across the country. The American college […]

Written by: Diana Olivares — deolivares@ucdavis.edu

By: ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org

University administrators must not allow campus-wide surveillance of student activists On May 24, 2018, a coalition group of activists fervently gathered in the George L. Mee Room on the third floor of the Memorial Union. Activists of all backgrounds, religions and organizations huddled together before entering, with one of the student leaders leading the group into […]

Let the games begin Flames danced in his eyes. It is time for the great ceremony, the Purging of the Faculty. Tonight, blood will be spilt. They gather on the football field across from the defunct Rec Pool. It is a full moon. The only light is white rays from above and the bonfires in […]

Kavanaugh accusations spark #WhyIDidntReport, survivors share stories Over the past few weeks, two women have come forward with stories accusing Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault. In an account published by The Washington Post, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford detailed an incident from high school, when a drunk, then-17-year-old Kavanaugh allegedly pinned her […]

By GENEVIEVE RYAN — geryan@ucdavis.edu

A novel approach for reducing gun violence Every mass shooting in America reignites the gun control debate, but even the noble efforts of the Parkland students have yet to produce the moderate gun control measures that the vast majority of Americans want. Whether this deadlock is because guns have been a beloved and iconic fixture […]

Ah, the sweet smell of “adulthood” In the wake of move-in day, several first-years are jazzed to get a new lease on life with a brand new sense of independence. As we all know, the most accurate way to express this independence comes in three options. For one, you can go get your once-long, “Little […]

The watchlist Canary Mission recently targeted UC Davis student activists Near the end of Spring Quarter, students across diverse communities gathered in efforts to make ASUCD the first student government in the country condemning the infamous Canary Mission watchlist. Student Resolution 19, spearheaded by the Muslim student community, denounced forces that threatened student activism — […]

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