Opinion

UC Davis announced today that it will enforce a mandatory payment from each of its students on a quarterly basis. Students, however, will get money in return for this. “[If] clubs, athletics and ASUCD get these benefits, [then] everyone should,” said Morris Reece, the main activist for the cause.  Reece felt that it was time […]

The political spectrum is quite difficult to understand. As far as we know, its origins are in the French Revolution. At the time, legislators who sat on the left side of the National Assembly were in favor of the Republic and those who wanted to preserve the monarchy sat on the right. Despite the strict […]

Aggies, I wanted to start off by welcoming you back to campus and wishing you a Happy New Year! In today’s Ask Katehi column, I will answer a question posed to me by the Aggie Managing Staff: What do you see as the role of a printed newspaper in a college setting? A student newspaper, […]

I was born with severe food allergies. After 20 years of rejecting milk, egg, fish and nuts, I grew out of my dairy and egg allergies and finally started eating foods that come out of animal’s butts (I clearly did not do well in biology). Given that I’ve been restricted to half of the food […]

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 […]