Opinion

Finally, a law I can get behind After months of lobbying and protests, legislators in a recent congressional session finally voted on and passed a bill to designate weekends “for the boyz.” The bill was introduced to Congress after UC Davis fraternities decided to form a super PAC. With their monthly dues all put towards […]

Botanical decolonization on J Street WestCo is an annual conference where cooperatives along the West Coast meet to exchange ideas and resources. This year, Davis hosted the event. I was super hyped about experiencing WestCo, so much so that I most likely imposed upon it impossible expectations and optimisms about how the programs would run […]

Meet the student who moved to the East Coast for giving a terrible answer Speaking up in class can be really difficult. Especially when the class is in a large lecture hall with 300-plus students. In an effort to understand this problem, The Aggie sat down with some students who are trying to tackle the […]

New policy is “unsafe” and potentially “illegal” The Coffee House has begun to run things a little differently this Spring Quarter. With its recent groundbreaking announcement to serve açai bowls all day, demand for this food has changed the entire way the place is run, with student employees now forced to toil over a hot […]

Forming better academic skills can help to decrease stress, increase success Time is not on our side in the rapidly-progressing quarter system, and bad time management could be harming both our mental health and academic performance. The best-rehearsed line students repeat is often “I don’t have enough time,” and it speaks to the problem of […]

Hidden reserves should be reinvested in student services and programs A blistering audit released Tuesday showing $175 million in hidden University of California (UC) reserves reinforces the rightly-held belief that the UC Office of the President (UCOP) has not been transparent in its budgetary dealings. Though the reserves likely wouldn’t be able to cover the […]

Wellness To Go machine provides affordable emergency contraceptives to students UC Davis has made strides in sexual health and reproductive rights with the installation of a Plan B vending machine in the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) on March 31. The “Wellness To Go machine” offers tampons, lubricant, condoms, various other forms of birth control […]

Quick and easy tips from Aggie Humorist Aaron Levins on how to get a job Dear Aaron, I recently made an account on LinkedIn, and I have no idea what I’m doing. My mom told me I needed to do this to get a job after college. She said that this was the only way […]

Makeshift boxing ring in the basement of Freeborn dictates what jokes you see Five humorists shuffle down the stairs to Lower Freeborn every Monday morning in search of two things: laughs and blood. When the print paper can only showcase three humor articles a week, this handful of serious journalists has no option but to […]

The genre helps contextualize and reflect current anxieties, problems It’s inarguable that science fiction is one of the most dominant genres of our time. Though it has been popular throughout the last 50 years, it hasn’t had as great of an influence on culture as it has today, and though this can be traced back […]

How a student turned into an exercise icon by bravely going where people go all the time Students exercise in all kinds of ways on campus. Some bike. Some run triathlons. Some go to the ARC (boring). But above all there are those who brave the trek all the way up to the top floor […]

New chancellor already in hot water before stepping foot in office A few months after being assigned his new role, future chancellor Gary May has already made a huge mistake. Appearing on the hit television show Jeopardy!, May introduced himself as the future chancellor of “UC Riverside.” He then added a “Go Aggies” to the […]