Opinion

UC Davis mourns the loss of one of its students while learning about the true shape of the planet On Decision Day earlier this month, a group of prospective Ags were walking through the Arboretum on what they thought would be a normal day, when tragedy struck. “I’ll be walking backwards, so let me know […]

In 1936, Lee Falk created the first popular superhero, The Phantom. Originally debuting in the comic strip section of the newspaper, The Phantom eventually made the transition to comic book serialization in the 1940s under the publisher Ace Comics. Ace Comics later titled the comic book series The Phantom, which suggests one reason many Western […]

Middle. The term isn’t foreign, but how much emphasis do we place on the middle portion of the spectrum? In public discourse, attention seems to always focus on the extremes: with the rich on one end, and the impoverished on the other. I am a person of the middle, and therefore these endpoints are relevant, […]

As I’m sure all of us know by now, Chancellor Linda Katehi has done some… uh, shall we say “shady things” recently. But the newest scandal is even worse. Tragedy ensued on Friday, April 1 when only one pizza was ordered to appease the hundreds of protesters that showed up at Mrak Hall to call […]

The Decay of Lying asks whether life imitates imagination, or the other way around When I first read Oscar Wilde as a boy, it was difficult for me to take him seriously — to believe that he was anything but pure style; his material’s substance appeared to be shallow at best. While reading plays like […]

Let the soothing sounds of a stranger’s cough lull you to sleep The library, or the “lib,” as many refer to it, is a soothing environment for students to study. Some claim it’s permeated with “stress pheromones,” “not enough plugs” and “loud, uncomfortable chairs.” We have no idea what those people are talking about. KDVS, […]

Gary Owen Demille, a second-year student studying law at UC Davis’ King Hall, wrote a fake petition in late January to amuse his fellow legal scholars. The petition, which he initially posted on Facebook, begins as follows: “To Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, 44th president of the United States of America, we the people propose that […]

Growing up Greek is a one-of-a-kind experience. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, released in 2002, embodied the real struggles of every first generation Greek American girl (like me) out there. While some things were exaggerated in this film (like the Greek flag painted onto the Portokalos family’s garage door), I never found any of the […]

Sex is a taboo topic in our society. When we avoid talking about sex, we thwart all students’ ability to enjoy healthy sexuality. Stigmas surrounding the topic still prevent the dissemination of necessary information that includes the definition of consent and the proper course of action to take — like where to go […]

Students at Emory University protested their administration last week after discovering their campus full of pro-Donald Trump chalkings, ranging from “Trump 2016” to “Build the Wall.” It was a well-intentioned protest that was somewhat petty, woefully misguided and frightfully handled. Though initially reluctant to condemn the chalkings — as would have been the proper course […]

Reaching the stars is an admirable dream and easily achievable, assuming one has $250,000 to spare for a private trip past the stratosphere through Virgin Galactic. But for those of us (myself included) without the cash to burn, working as a publically-employed astronaut ranks quite highly on the “implausibility scale” of potential jobs. And this […]