Opinion

Pop group reunites to speak at Letters and Sciences ceremony Famous English-Irish band One Direction will reunite in June to speak at the UC Davis College of Letters and Sciences spring commencement ceremony. The band, which broke up early 2015 after Zayn Malik went solo, will be speaking to Aggies about the importance of perseverance […]

Prank sets scary precedent for future acts of wild spontaneity The Davis community has a scandal on its hands. The Coffee House (CoHo) was recently robbed during a prank a student pulled in an attempt to kickstart a career as a semi-successful YouTube vlogger. The perpetrator described the incident to The California Aggie. “It was […]

#CoolTips for a comfortable weekend on TheLake™ For someone who has never gone on Houseboats™ before, things can get pretty scary. Even though people say the scariest part is the literal possibility of death, they’re all wrong. Any seasoned houseboater knows that the scariest part is feeling like your houseboat isn’t a homeboat. Luckily, The […]

A plethora of attempts to pose a candid photo left one student dead Every little girl’s nightmare became third-year Bethany Roberts’ harsh reality on Wednesday night when everyone’s favorite Instagram-er got all dolled up for the Farmers Market but simply could not take a good photo. This tragedy ultimately ended in a lesser one: death. […]

Chief Compliance Officer Wendi Delmendo After reading “Progress in reshaping the hunting ground,” I would like to applaud ASUCD Sen. Anastasia Ruttkay for the work she has done to help educate her fellow students and contribute to sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention efforts in our community. Active participation by all members of the UC […]

Regional differences among Millennials are profound, worth exploring What does it mean to be a Millennial living in Davis, California? More importantly, how does that Millennial compare to one living in Wichita, Kansas? How different are the everyday lives of San Franciscan Millennials to ones that are born and raised in the heart of Brooklyn? […]

Commencement speakers should embody university’s ideals Vice President Mike Pence’s commencement speech at University of Notre Dame on May 21 was met with dozens of graduating students walking out of the ceremony as he spoke. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke at the historically black college Bethune-Cookman’s graduation to jeers and turned backs, as neither […]

Davis’ housing crisis provides a unique opportunity for student activism Many undergraduate students cite Davis’ college-town atmosphere as one of the deciding factors in choosing to attend this university. The friendliness and opportunities for connection are touted by admissions officials, and students do indeed benefit from a downtown with seemingly infinite options for food and […]

Why the SyFy channel best represents the dangers of climate change The Syfy Channel’s creature-features carry an infamous reputation. Filled with washed-up celebrities, laughably bad CGI, buckets of fake blood and ridiculous titles like Mansquito, Piranhaconda and, most famously, Sharknado, they’re not exactly known as a quality source of science fiction. However, these movies offer […]

However, this will not apply to Congress The House of Representatives recently passed a “much-needed” health care bill that would thoroughly scrap Obamacare. This bill introduces new limits on access to insurance, instituting new regulations on what constitutes a preexisting condition. This means that people with those preexisting conditions are priced out of coverage for […]

Vote to re-establish ASUCD Court in special election UC Davis students will have the unique opportunity to vote to reestablish the ASUCD judicial branch this Wednesday. This special election comes as a result of a University of California Office of the President (UCOP) policy that requires student governments to have a court, which was recently […]

A conversation about mental health and its challenges Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg participated in a mental health conversation last week titled “How Can We Improve Mental Health Treatment?” The dialogue, which was open to the public and held at The Sacramento Bee, centered around the persistent challenges surrounding mental health. The conversation was led by […]