Opinion

Donald Trump’s improbable triumph answers no questions What’s the story of this election? How, in the months ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, do we confront the uncertainty we now face as an increasingly rogue nation? Do we begin by trying to explain the election by asking the basic, practical questions — was it the whites […]

ASUCD’s Fall Quarter Senate elections begin next week. To help UC Davis students choose the most qualified students to represent them, the Editorial Board interviewed all 10 candidates. After asking a series of questions about their platforms and knowledge regarding campus issues and Senate itself, the Editorial Board chose to endorse three candidates. While the […]

America could stand to learn a few things from other nations about gun laws Controversial as the statement may seem, America is actually not the best at everything — especially when it comes to gun violence and gun laws. Our gun homicide rates are 25.2 times higher than those of other high-income industrialized countries such […]

As our world grows increasingly connected through technology, the opportunity to interact with others from different cultural, political and religious backgrounds is also increasing. Social media allows users to communicate with individuals across the globe in mere seconds, promoting civilized sharing of ideas across cultures and, consequently, building a more tolerant global environment with […]

Portlandia simultaneously celebrates and mocks liberal cliches, culture I grew up in a town called Sebastopol, located about an hour north of San Francisco. Sebastopol is small, community-oriented and quaint. Although it used to be known for family-owned apple orchards, it’s losing its charm to large-scale and invasive vineyards. What it strives for and succeeds […]

Administration hopes to improve transparency Given the distrust students currently have for UC Davis administration, the university announced on Tuesday that it will be installing speakers in every classroom and lecture hall on campus, the purpose being to have students hear weekly announcements from the chancellor. Students and faculty alike have expressed their discomfort with […]

This year, three important governmental elections have taken place around the world — in Great Britain, Colombia and the United States of America. There are multiple connections among these events as well as important lessons to be shared and understood from them. One of the common themes is not only each decision’s transcendental character for […]

Emissions at forefront of obstacles to animal sustainability One of the most prominent issues in sustainable animal agriculture today is debunking the idea that not eating meat is the best way to reduce carbon emissions from livestock. The amount of news articles claiming that meat will be the destruction of Earth has grown dramatically in […]

President Obama spends final days in office locking horns with Putin As the American election season hits full steam, two titans are still trading blows. U.S. President Barack Obama, champion of the entrenched Democrats, and Vladimir Putin, hero-president of the Russians, have been trading blows since 2009. Now, this battle between heavyweights is in its […]

There’s been a lot of talk about big money and the power of special interests in our elections this year. Proposition 54 embodies the worst of both. Prop 54 is on the ballot solely because one California billionaire, who, after spending millions of dollars trying to influence California policy and elections, is now using our citizen […]

The story of a man who lures guests to his parties with deceptively fun photos According to a report obtained by The California Aggie, local student Brendan Yarden, a third-year communication major and aspiring clown-college graduate, is throwing a party this coming Friday. “A huge part of throwing a party is having a really good […]

How the alt-right gets PC wrong Donald Trump has spent much of the 2016 presidential campaign railing against political correctness. And you know what? I agree with him. People today get offended too easily. They can’t take a joke. Some of them have never experienced actual oppression, and they develop a compulsion to find something […]