Opinion

UC Davis students protest against TPS termination, UC lags behind This past Wednesday, a group of UC Davis students participated in a march through campus to express solidarity for undocumented immigrants supported by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States. TPS grants temporary immigration status to people of certain countries that are in times […]

Tax on tuition waivers, assistance would make graduate school unaffordable to many After a year of attempting various controversial legislation — immigration, the travel ban, the health care debacle — the House Republican party has wheeled out its latest project on the docket: a tax bill that would be disastrous for education at all levels. […]

It’s like a videogame: each civilian counts as one of his lives President Trump has taken the week off to spend time in the White House arcade after finding out that his head was up his ass. He tried brown-nosing the media only to learn that he still has no hindsight. Embarrassed and red in […]

By: Elliot White — 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.

Yet another luxury grocery store bites the dust Building trust back up in a relationship can be a very challenging thing, especially if the trust was built on the assumption of a certain luxury grocery store always being around. This probably sounds like a problem almost any person can relate to, but what I’m referring […]

Despite litter statistics, our everyday choices still matter A flyer posted in the Davis bathrooms last year asked students to reconsider using red solo cups. It argued that plastic produces negative environmental impacts and suggested that students ban single-use cups. For the umpteenth time, I asked myself: “If we all know plastic is bad, why […]

“It was a part of our history.” Given the events of the past year, UC Davis students have been clamoring for the removal of the Pepper Spray Policeman statue, a beautiful and elegant statue with a classical design. It commemorates the historic event of “The Pepper Spray,” an event that proclaims the power and sovereignty […]

By: Julie Torres — 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.

One of life’s universal feelings is surprisingly tricky to define I’m no expert on love. Only one person has ever received the love of this guy, your columnist. Yeah, just one. But taking that love-mobile for a spin revealed something intriguing. I began wondering about the word “love” and all its puzzling connotations. And that’s […]

Devil’s advocate At the risk of accidentally infuriating a population of California taxpayers — or some other group of people that would be offended by a half-college-educated person’s opinion — I’ll try my best to stick to my biased agenda and veer away from the facts. There’s a lot of controversy these days about what […]

In an era seeking to fight injustice and inequality, nonviolence seems weak Worldwide social movements have struggled with the dilemma of whether to employ violence to get results. Most historical movements have come with some mixture of nonviolent and violent means. This doesn’t affect their success. However, in the context of recent violence in Charlottesville […]

Drunk texting is a thing of the past We’ve all known the terror of drunk texting. Perhaps you texted your ex, your best friend or your dad. One UC Davis student, third-year Sylvia Ono, rejected this standard for embarrassment and instead drunkenly sent a carrier pigeon to her beloved. Ono’s friend group went on a […]