Opinion

Randomwordgenerator.com had this to say: “Zydeco, Goldfish, Eleven, Bottles, Stardust” Twitter exploded on Friday when a leaked video of Kanye West became the subject of national attention. In the video, West appears to be using the online word generator site “randomwordgenerator.com” to write songs for his upcoming album “Jesus Jesus I Am God, Kanye West, […]

How the Trump Era evolved out of the OJ Simpson saga If the OJ Simpson ordeal had not occurred and was instead a work of fiction produced decades from now, people might say something like, “You know, I think this might actually be a rough allegory for the Trump Era.” Of course, this wouldn’t be […]

UC fails to meet deadline, noncompliance could result in tuition hike A 2017 audit outlined that the University of California had not disclosed $175 million to the public — an amount the University of California Office of the President says is incorrect — showing that UCOP exercised misleading budget practices while continuing to request more […]

Agriculture is the real culprit in California’s water worries After I graduated from high school, my family and I spent a month in a cabin on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, California. It was the August of 2014, one of the driest months for the state, so for the Sierras to be dusty at […]

By: Ariel Hilomen — abhilomen@ucdavis.edu 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.

Bylaws made incomprehensible after years of legislative tinkering When a student recently pursued the process to recall elected officials, ASUCD failed them. According to the Judicial Council’s opinion issued in the case Nelson v. ASUCD, the resulting process “was riddled with inconsistency, confusion, miscommunication, and amounted to a denial of the petitioners [sic] right to […]

Citing the success of AT&T and Comcast, UC Davis begins tuition changes that model the current net neutrality environment As more telecom and internet service providers announce altered pay brackets, the Northern California school UC Davis has decided to follow the trend. Starting in Fall 2019, UC Davis will integrate a new tuition collection system […]

By playing on our fears, the media has inflated the threat of Islamist terrorism From 1995 to 2014, 3,264 people died in the U.S. from acts of terrorism. From 1999 to 2015, 533,879 people died in the U.S. from gun violence. More Americans have been killed by guns since 1968 than in all U.S. wars […]

The recent inundation of fake news in emphasizes the need to be distrustful of targeted ads and certain news sources 2018 has been one of the most pivotal years for the American electorate due to revelations over issues including voter privacy, targeting by advertisements and social media safety. As Facebook has acknowledged its role in […]

Surprise — it really is The Manetti Shrem has recently been experimenting with live performance art. Its current exhibition features a completely empty museum, with a person in each corner and at each entrance waiting to scare people. The featured piece is displayed prominently at the lobby desk: a man named Boo Radley who hides […]

By: Diana Olivares — deolivaresvalencia@ucdavis.edu 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.

Palestinians remember their displacement with the creation of Israel May 15 is a tragic day for Palestinians. Known as al-Nakba (the catastrophe), this day is one of mourning, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced with the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Carried out under “Plan D,” Zionist militias invaded, expelled […]