Opinion

The REAL experts on dating   By MADISON SEEMAN — meseeman@ucdavis.edu   Modern dating is hard. It seems like messy relationships are around every corner: drama, cheating and — worst of all — situationships. Not for me, of course, but fragments of totally ethical eavesdropping and the stories from friends paint a dire picture of […]

How the Trump administration benefits from fear   By TARA ROMERO — tcrome@ucdavis.edu   On March 8, 2025, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine activist at Columbia University, for using his right to free speech. A U.S. court has ruled the Donald Trump administration is within their rights […]

Ways technological advancements can be both detrimental and beneficial to the environment   By ELLIE NOH — eenoh@ucdavis.edu   With the plethora of recent technological advancements — from electronics to artificial intelligence (AI) — there are many positive implications in terms of improved environmental measures. However, what are ways in which these technologies might negatively […]

As the trial begins, the Editorial Board remembers and honors those victimized by the stabbing spree   BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD   In the spring of 2023, former UC Davis student Carlos Reales Dominguez went on a stabbing spree. The spree resulted in the death of unhoused resident David Henry Breaux and UC Davis fourth-year […]

Drawn by: Lauren Swing–– laswing@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

If settling feels like a sin, then perfection is an idol   By NEVAEH KARRAKER— nakarraker@ucdavis.edu   The perfect school. The perfect career. The perfect home. The perfect partner. Most influencers on social media post about their surplus of accomplishments and their outlandish income. No matter the type of perfect we see on social media, […]

The ancient Greek myth of the sirens continues to fuel a harmful portrayal of  women in the media   By JHANA RHODES — jsrho@ucdavis.edu   If Homer’s “Odyssey” taught me anything, it’s that the unfair stereotype of women as “sirens” is inherently dangerous and manipulative, with a long history dating back to ancient myth. While […]

Who will win?   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   Recently, there’s been some rumbling caused by grown men on social media, who think that they could collectively take down a single gorilla. Not only is this troubling because it promotes violence, but the poor gorilla would be forced to interact with 100 men at […]

The power of “cold-blooded a cappella”   By MOLLY THOMPSON – mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu   Founded in 1995, the UC Davis Lounge Lizards celebrated their 30th anniversary showcase from May 3 to 4, 2025. The Lounge Lizards are one of the most talented a cappella groups in California, coming in second only to Furmata from the University […]

The India-Pakistan division and the current rhetoric surrounding the violence exemplify how conversations about extremism are highly unproductive   By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu   When the British left South Asia in 1947, they left a tangible legacy of colonialism behind. The following partition of India into India and Pakistan was one of the most […]

Exploring other ways to spend our time this summer    By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu   When I started my third year at UC Davis, I told myself I’d grind to get an internship for summer 2025. It’s May, spring quarter is over in a month and all I’ve gotten are numerous rejection emails. Nothing […]

Exploring whether or not capitalism is the root of all our woes   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzotl@ucdavis.edu   There’s this guy, let’s call him Karl Marx, who talked a lot about what he called “the base” of a society. Society’s system of production dictates pretty much everything else, acting as a base, according to Marx’s […]