Opinion

Everyday we make hundreds of decisions, whether we are aware of them or not. Tea or coffee? Oatmeal or eggs? Walk or bike? And within the questions we ask, sit many more questions: where was the coffee you drank grown, and at what expense? What is the oatmeal company doing with the profit it’s making […]

UC system to expand access for transgender students To most, the choice is intuitive: either the stick figure with a dress or the one without a dress. However, this choice was not so simple for 16-year-old transgender student Gavin Grimm. With the principal’s permission, Grimm used the boys’ restroom at his high school in Gloucester, Virginia […]

Ask almost any UC Davis student what they think of the quarter system and they’ll tell you, for better or worse, that it’s fast. This is particularly true at the beginning of the year when classes just seem to rear up behind you. It can be difficult to think beyond a few days. But chances […]

Last week, in an article entitled “The California-Upward Mobility Machine,” The New York Times described how University of California (UC) budget issues haven’t prevented the system from catering to low income students. A related article ranked UC Davis second on a list of colleges “doing the most for low income students.” The list measured schools, […]

Every quarter, The California Aggie hires a new group of opinion columnists who write weekly pieces on a topic of their choosing. This Fall, our columnists represent a wide array of beliefs and concerns. Jesús Olivares Guerrero, a senior communications and business double major, turns our attention to Europe. Recently, the continent has been the […]

The Editorial Board says Goodbye By MUNA SADEK Editor in Chief In my final weeks at the newsroom, even the things that were once so off-putting have begun to make it increasingly difficult to say goodbye. The windowless walls which occasionally dulled my spirits have become endearing; The tattered office chairs and couches, in my […]

(Insert Symptom Here): There’s a pill for that Headaches, asthma, fever, viral infections, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety and any other conditions all seem to have a pill to treat them. Pharmaceuticals have become a normative form of treatment in the U.S. There are advertisements for them on television, the internet and in […]

Closing Sexual assault is a tricky topic to talk about.  It’s a topic that many people feel too uncomfortable to address in the first place. When they do decide to talk about it, they merely keep it at a surface level. Rape is uncomfortable and terrifying, and quite frankly I wish I didn’t have to […]

And in each breath, infinity Look up. A brisk night breeze sends a shiver down my spine as I stand under the the vast expanse of the winter sky. No clouds tonight, just the silhouette of my hand reaching into the midst of the teeming multitude of lights above me. My hand, in those stars. […]

In this last installment of Selfcare Warfare, I want to talk about something that I think is  easily forgotten in conversations regarding privilege and social justice issues. It’s something that I’ve caught myself failing to account for and emphasize in every discussion of oppression I’ve attempted to engage in so far: intersectionality. Coined by black legal […]

Life after Death Grips We begin this week with a shameless reference to what is arguably the best rap-electronica group that’s ever walked our strange planet, but I promise you there’s a really good reason for this. We’ve entered the season of graduation, goodbyes and the resounding sound of a million ‘good lucks’ echoing throughout […]

From an early age, we’re taught about the lasting physiological effects of alcohol and drug abuse. We’ve memorized the different kinds of contraception – they practically told us which colored condom is most enjoyable.  We’ve talked about puberty with uncomfortable middle-aged guest speakers and we’ve watched a live birth amongst a classroom full of trembling […]