Opinion

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 — […]

By: Ariel Hilomen — opinion@theaggie.org Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by individual cartoonists belong to the cartoonists alone and do not necessarily indicate the views and opinions held by The California Aggie.

College is short — don’t always prioritize school over once-in-a-lifetime opportunities The reality of commencement didn’t hit me until mid-Winter Quarter of my final year. It was around week six, graduation was almost three months away and I, a senior, didn’t have much time left in my undergraduate career — which, to be quite honest, […]

Over the past 103 years, The California Aggie has grown from a small publication run by a handful of students to a weekly broadsheet paper  When The California Aggie first started printing, the President of the United States was feuding with Germany, tens of thousands of women were marching in protest across the country and […]

The Editorial Board shares most embarrassing freshman mistakes Emily Stack, Editor-in-Chief The Aggie’s office in Lower Freeborn is a maximum-security facility; the big doors are always locked from the inside, and the main entrance has a code to open the door and a second alarm code, both of which only the managers know. No one […]