Opinion

Editorial Board thankful for UC Davis. Ellie Dierking, Features Editor It’s that time of year again: the season of “thankfulness.” While there are lots of things to be thankful for this holiday season, you’re probably most thankful for the opportunity to stuff your face with Thanksgiving dinner plus pumpkin pie, cookies, ice cream and other […]

Twenty years ago, a career in writing or media meant working for a newspaper, magazine or a TV or radio station. Basic blogging sites may have existed, but a person certainly couldn’t make a living through this medium. Entirely different standards define today’s careers in media. Advances in blogging and social media have not only […]

Get on Santa’s good list! Think of the food, gifts, games and memories that will fill your home this holiday season. Now think of the origin of all those things. The wrapping paper, the packaging for the food you purchased — consider all the greenhouse emissions that will be produced creating that food and those […]

Whether we realize it or not, information technology is taking over the world. The use of ‘Big Data’ and technology is becoming an important part of society, with applications not only in social networking, but also in business, social science and medicine. Today, a degree in computer or data science seems to be a Millennial’s […]

In today’s Ask Katehi column, I will answer a question posed to me by a community member: In light of the University of Missouri events, how is UC Davis being proactive in addressing racial tensions and discrimination? Progress in the fight against intolerance is undeniable, but hatred and prejudice are still too common in our […]

If you tell me you’ve never taken a selfie, I probably won’t believe you. In this day and age, the selfie has become a prominent aspect of our culture. Trends have expiration dates, but the selfie promises to be a cultural mainstay. As of 2013, the term has even become canonized by the Oxford English […]

International community responds to terror attacks. On Nov. 13, the world was shocked as 129 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Paris. The day before, 43 people were killed in Beirut. The Islamic State militant group, commonly referred to as ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attacks, both of which injured hundreds. In the aftermath, […]

I’ll never forget when my friend went through a phase where she listened to the most abstract music she could possibly find. She took pleasure in informing the rest of us about a new band we had never heard of, hanging posters and memorabilia — proving herself to be the number one groupie. Her consistently […]

Yesterday, several UC Davis students took part in the “Solidarity with Mizzou Students March” as part of the Million Student March. This was in response to increasing racial tension at the University of Missouri and other campuses across the country. In the face of university-wide injustices over the past months, Jonathan Butler, a black graduate […]

In the most fundamental sense, social media serves as a mediator for long-distance communication between two people, or even two entities, like a news source and the general public. And like all things, it has both good and bad qualities. I think of this duality metaphorically in terms of Newton’s Third Law, which roughly decrees […]

Whether you’ve realized it until this point or not, Millennials are obsessed with food. We spend much of our time thinking about what we’re going to eat or where we’re going to dine, and technology has only helped foster this compulsion. Instagram, SnapChat, Pinterest, Facebook and Tumblr all allow us to share recipes, photos of […]

On the head of their website, Fair Trade USA boasts the slogan, “Every purchase matters.” It is true: every purchase does matter. But it seems that what we buy and how we choose to buy it may matter more to some than others. Formerly known as TransFair USA, Fair Trade USA claims to be a […]