Opinion

A detailed explanation of why this article is offensive on every possible level, and why you’re a horrible person if you aren’t deeply offended by it If you haven’t already read this article, maybe you shouldn’t. Actually, you definitely shouldn’t. You probably wouldn’t be able to handle it. In fact, I know you wouldn’t. You’re […]

Proposed gender definition could jeopardize Title IX protections The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is considering changing federal laws to define gender as exclusively male or female, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times over the weekend. If accepted, this proposed rule would exclude those who identify with a […]

By DIANA OLIVARES — deolivaresvalencia@ucdavis.edu

Blackface your way to unemployment Halloween is one of the most wonderfully pagan of all the pagan holidays. It’s a night to let loose and live out your wildest (hopefully legal) fantasies. It’s also a chance to play dress-up, and who doesn’t like that? But while the costume options are limitless, the reality is that picking […]

A view into the insanity that surrounds sweet, innocent UC Davis Patchy lighting. Dead silence. A wave of crime and uncertainty on the brink of collapsing down on an unsuspecting populace. To you, this must sound like the plot of a noir film from the 1950s. If this was your first thought, good effort, […]

Students must support AFSCME’s strike As students have found themselves in desperate need of affordable housing, the university has responded with the Long Range Development Plan, which recommends privatizing the housing process under the guise of cutting costs. This neglects students’ true allies — represented by AFSCME 3299 — who run the UC system: service […]

I have labeled it “America’s Pastime” If there is one thing America lacks, it’s sports. We just don’t really have a lot of them! So far we only have foosball… hot-dog eating contests… those prize machines in bowling alleys where you have to use the claw to pick up your prize. Oh, also bowling. Seeing […]

By ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org

By GENEVIEVE RYAN — geryan@ucdavis.edu

Yes, it is as disturbing as you think The issue of rollerblades in the workplace may not be something you hear about every day. In the movies, rollerblades are always portrayed as a slick and fun way for waiters and waitresses to quickly roll from table to table while perfectly balancing stacks of dishes in […]

Flu vaccine protects you, others Last year, 80,000 people in the United States died from the flu and its complications. This marked the highest death toll from flu-related deaths in the last 40 years. A seasonal influenza vaccination is important for both personal and community health and now is the time to get it. Although […]

Editorial Board supports AFSCME strike The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 — the University of California’s largest employee union — has once again voted to authorize a strike after simple requests for healthcare benefits and an increase in wages were repeatedly denied. The latest strike is planned on UC campuses for […]