Opinion

2016 Winter Quarter ASUCD Election ASUCD’s Winter Quarter elections are just around the corner and in order to make this round’s race a tad more clear, The Aggie’s Editorial Board interviewed all 19 senate candidates and both executive teams to make our quarterly picks on who should take a seat in the coveted third-floor Memorial […]

Anti-mass immigration sentiment in European politics Although the Western world has always been skeptical about mass migrations, the current sentiment against immigration policies is increasingly brewing in all areas of society. All across the West, in areas affected or unaffected by large-scale migration, attitudes are changing. We have seen a rise in popularity among anti-mass […]

2016 Winter Quarter ASUCD Elections ASUCD’s Winter Quarter elections are just around the corner and in order to make this round’s race a tad more clear, The Aggie’s Editorial Board interviewed all 19 senate candidates and both executive teams to make our quarterly picks on who should take a seat in the coveted third-floor Memorial […]

Support student journalism Picture the UC Davis campus on a Tuesday morning during week six of Winter Quarter. The CoHo line is a mile long, bike circles are packed with students rushing to their midterms, professors are holding extended office hours and those that spent the night in the 24-hour study room are slowly emerging […]

There are many different kinds of social events one will attend in their lifetime. Birthday parties, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, break-up anniversaries and countless others. However, studying hard at a university can seriously limit a person’s ability to socialize with friends. Living in constant fear of deadlines, unemployment and general failure in life can take […]

This one goes out to all the people who sometimes watched The Food Network instead of MTV or Disney Channel during their pre-teen years! On behalf of Emeril Lagasse, Alton Brown and the slough of Iron Chefs, both American and Japanese, I salute you. These guys are giants, but the truth is, anybody can cook […]

In January, the Pew Research Center published a somewhat confounding survey showing that, despite widespread cynicism about the United States, Americans now hold more positive views about their institutions than they did five years ago. It’s not an intuitive conclusion, considering how popular the harbingers of the apocalypse seem to be doing in our presidential […]

My name is Kyla Burke and I am an undergraduate student and activist. I run a group on campus called Davis Stands with Ferguson which organizes direct actions under the mantle of the Black Lives Matter movement on campus. As we’ve taken to the streets, across the campus, and elsewhere we’ve gained increasing visibility as […]

Why minor parties do poorly in America. Minor parties will always find it difficult to gain traction in America. Our two major parties, the Democratic and the Republican parties, appeal to all areas of society, leaving little room for people to feel totally disenchanted with either. As a result of our electoral system, only the […]

Dear UC Davis, Thirteen years ago, while living in Davis and working at the university in the Bargain Barn, I was diagnosed with cancer. With no close friends or family living in California, I was scared and not sure how I was going to work full-time and care for a 2-year old while undergoing surgery, […]

UC Davis professor Edward Heins has tried everything to stay relevant. He’s watched “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” listened to Drake and even tried an açaí bowl, but nothing has worked. He still doesn’t understand what a woe is, or why North West is anything more than a compass direction. “I just want to relate […]