Opinion

I’m graduating next year. I used to be terrified of the idea of leaving this amazing bubble of customizable schedules, biking to anything you want or need and Baba’s burritos for every meal. I’ve come to terms with moving on from all those perks, but there’s one element of college that I don’t think I’ll […]

In my column yesterday, I noted the sudden interest in traditionally good superheroes going toe to toe against each other to provide a thrilling, hyped-up battle, only to disappoint audiences everywhere. And I pretty much called out the superhero industry for forcing us to pick a side between our beloved protagonists. Or at least that’s […]

Friends fight; that’s an undeniable fact. And superheroes, it seems, are no different than the rest of us in this respect. Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War are the latest examples of films in which the feuds are between superheroes as opposed to villains. Feuds between superheroes are usually just more intense and […]

A tragic update to the Smartsite outage rocks the Davis community It is now the fourth bleak day of Smartsite maintenance and a new announcement has just been released regarding the fate of our most treasured dumb website. Following the super informative update that read, “Update…we will post notices hourly with status updates,” a new […]

Clinton (vs. Sanders) versus Trump

The move ensures controversial figures don’t stay in power long After having made what appears to be two hiring mistakes in leadership over the past couple of weeks, the UC Regents have asked new interim chancellor Ralph J. Hexter to step down. The decision comes not long after Chancellor Linda Katehi was placed on investigatory […]

New UC Davis athletics director appointed by acting chancellor Earlier this week, Acting Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter appointed Dr. Kevin Blue as the new UC Davis director of athletics. Blue graduated from Stanford after playing on the men’s golf team, then traveled to Michigan State to earn his Ph.D. in sports psychology. He then returned […]

So 2000s. What’s next? Lizzie McGuire and Pablo getting back together? Remember the thrill of your first iPod? You had HitClips, but 45 seconds of your favorite song wasn’t enough! You wanted the shiny, new iPod shuffle. S/o to mom for getting you the magic white stick that inspired you to download Limewire, probably infecting […]

The bathroom in my house locks from the outside — if you close the door as you’re leaving, whoever’s inside is trapped. I can think of several fates worse than death, and one of them involves being locked in a fraternity house bathroom. My friend was using the bathroom one time as I was brushing […]

How courtiers can help us succeed Perhaps one of the most inaccessible areas of study in American universities is the High Renaissance. From the contemplation of nude paintings to rich and dynamic texts admired by aesthetes and tourists alike, students often feel disconnected from the greater context of these works. For instance, Machiavelli’s The Prince […]

Obama issues ordinance to combat discriminatory bathroom laws President Barack Obama issued an ordinance on May 13, demanding that public schools allow transgender students access to the bathroom that matches their gender identity. Any states that do not comply are at risk of losing federal funding. This followed weeks of controversy surrounding North Carolina’s Public […]

Like avoiding black cats, finding four leaf clovers and throwing salt behind you, there are many strange ways to enhance or damage your luck. Bicycling is no different, so here are a few ways you can score well with the omnipresent bike spirits of Davis.   Never park your bike in the second to far […]