Opinion

By AILI KOGA— aakoga@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Are hemlines and holdings directly proportional?   By ABHINAYA KASAGANI— akasagani@ucdavis.edu   The resurgence in popularity of low-rise jeans and skirts with shorter hemlines may signal the onset of a recession. Much of the conversation online has reframed this trend as a nostalgia-driven revival of Y2K or a rebellion against the body-negativity of the 2010s. […]

We should simplify healthy eating by cutting out chemically processed foods   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   One of the best ways to test your knowledge is to try to teach someone else what you know. The idea, while seemingly ordinary, is tied to a significant lesson: Simplicity is key. In order to explain a […]

In a time of normalized apathy, it is crucial to stay engaged with media surrounding global issues   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   As the year continues on, headlines about Palestine seem to grow more and more devastating while empathy toward Palestinians seems to stay stagnant or even decrease. As of March 2025, the conflict […]

Not all monsters are metal   By NADIA IWACH — nmiwach@ucdavis.edu   The days of a taxi-cab industry with robust unions and reasonably predictable pricing are long-gone, with Uber as the undertaker. What began as a promise to revolutionize transit devolved into something much less noble — in its wake, an exploitative platform emerged, cannibalizing […]

The people aren’t ready for spray-on shoes yet   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   There was once a little engineer who loved math so much that he committed to UC Davis with hopes and dreams of all the math he would be doing in his engineering classes. In the beginning, he excelled in all […]

Drawn by: Katherine Ong–– keong@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.

The Trump administration’s withholding of billions of dollars from colleges is unconstitutional and strips them of their autonomy    By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Harvard University is facing severe budget cuts and the withholding of funds following a publicized battle with President Donald Trump’s administration. Beginning in March, the Trump administration sent a series of […]

Translating language is not the same as translating meaning    By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   Language is so funny to me, because it operates in such an all-consuming way, and yet most people ignore its nuances. If you really think about it, our very conception of thought is rooted in language. So much of the […]

Anything is possible with a pickaxe and a dream   By NADIA IWACH — nmiwach@ucdavis.edu   In the era of technological free-for-all, a platform capable of optimizing, monetizing and gamifying every interaction would seem like a glitch itself.  Where Instagram became auto-voyeuristic and Facebook faded into the digital peripheral, the answer to facilitating community, creativity […]

Exploring the historical ontology of fine art   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   Historical ontology. Just reading these two words invoked a complicated and philosophical feeling. It probably makes old white guys feel really important when they talk about it, but it can also be explained perfectly by this upcoming tanning season.  Allow me to […]

Save us from the podcasting pandemic   By MADISON SEEMAN — meseeman@ucdavis.edu   Every day, millions of unassuming victims find themselves struck by the urge to start a podcast. Many resist the call, but in far too many cases — especially for men in their 20s and 30s — we see them giving into that […]