Opinion

Dear human, Remember me? That sweet little ball of citrus you carelessly threw in your backpack three weeks ago? I know, I know, I know. You’re all like, “How did you type this letter? Do tangerines really have consciousness? Oh God!”’ With my MacBook Pro. Duh. And no, I’m not God — I’m a tangerine. […]

In high school, I wasn’t exactly what you might call an academic. It’s not that I didn’t do well in school, but I didn’t particularly enjoy school. Aside from a few classes in which I had teachers who managed to keep me constantly engaged, I spent most of my class time thinking about sleep or […]

How one student tried to combine homework with partying Partying and essays: why can’t they be one and the same? Drinking games come in many formats nowadays. You have classics such as Beer Pong, Kings Cup, Rage Cage and taking a shot every time someone says “Dude” in Dude, Where’s My Car. For essays, it’s […]

You know that awkward moment when you’re sitting in the car with your mom, a good song comes on and all of a sudden the lyrics get sleazy and sprinkled with cuss words? It gets really uncomfortable. When did Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber’s songs get so sordid?   Songs now aren’t any more sexist […]

UC Davis has already banned the consumption of alcohol on its campus. On Monday, the sale and production of alcohol was stopped at the Mondavi Center in response to this policy. Students have been complaining about “unfair treatment” for what they see as a double standard on the university’s part. “If I can’t get rowdy […]

First day of class (click comic to enlarge)

An Open Letter to All Members of ASUCD: Throughout the course of our lives, we will sometimes encounter consequences that are not the result of our own wrongdoing. While we cannot always control the situation, we always have the power to choose how we respond to it. That is what is most important. In the […]

Dear Undergraduate Students of UC Davis, As a body, the ASUCD Senate, as well as the student government as a whole, has a responsibility to represent the 27,000 students that make up this campus, as well as to voice the concerns of the UC Davis students. To that end, it also maintains the important responsibility […]

A recipe for success. It’s the first day of class. You sit down and shoot your professor a look that you hope communicates, “I will never do the assigned reading. Also, please don’t call on me. Ever.” The professor stands in front of the room and clears their throat. You know exactly what’s coming next: […]

In our daily lives, we may joke around about a city, a state or a people that wants to become independent. According to a 2009 Rasmussen Reports survey, 18 percent of Texans support their state’s secession. The survey concludes that Texas exhibits comparable results to other states, but we just hear a lot about the […]