Opinion

Three Muslim college students were fatally shot at their apartment near the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill campus Tues., Feb. 10. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene. Although a police spokesperson said that the shooting was product of an ongoing parking dispute, […]

Two weeks ago, The Aggie ran an article (“The UCD Files: Not a Sports School?”) that was deeply disappointing.  The columnist poses and answers the question “Given a choice between being good at sports and bad at sports, should we be good at sports?”  In doing so, he reduces the controversy surrounding collegiate athletics to […]

It’s now the middle of February and the city of Davis has had less than 10 days of rain this month. This fact is both troubling and sad. Our water supplies are running low. Most of the state – 82 percent to be exact – is considered to be in extreme drought. What does this […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Academy Awards are this Sunday. So print out your predictions sheet, place your bets and go over to your favorite aunt’s house for four hours of regulated praise of Hollywood’s most notable, white (literally, every nominated actor and actress is white), and recently overlooked actors and […]

It is time for the UC Davis administration to listen to the students. On Jan. 29, I, and other faculty members, were invited to attend the meeting at which ASUCD, as elected representatives of the student community, passed a resolution presented to them by Students for Justice in Palestine to urge the UC Board of […]

To the Editor, In Stephen Silver’s opinion piece regarding satirical comments made by Azka Fayyaz, Silver gets the facts so wrong and exhibits moral inconsistency so drastic that it is difficult to take his concerns seriously. First, the resolution does not blame “Israel for the impasse in peace efforts,” but rather blames Israel and its […]

I am as shocked as you, but we must face the facts: week five is over and we’re halfway through another UC Davis quarter. It’s time for another round of midterms. And another round of study habits. The quarter system has a lot of benefits. Unlike the semester system, we get a full month of […]

I read a fantastic Radio Parallax interview in the Winter edition of KDViations. It was with Dr. James Fallon, a neuroscientist. In the middle of the interview, and also in the middle of a story that Fallon is telling, Fallon asks some of his psychiatric friends what they really think of them. He has recently […]

On Jan. 29, ASUCD Senate Resolution No. 9 passed with an 8-2-2 vote. The resolution calls for the University of California Board of Regents to divest from “corporations that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories.” ASUCD voted down a similar resolution this past May and in 2013. Following […]

ASUCD Senator Azka Fayyaz’s “Letter to the community” (Feb. 3), purportedly explaining an anti-Israel comment she posted on her Facebook account, is itself offensive, as it trivializes anti-Jewish hate and brutality. Ms. Fayyaz recently voted in favor of an anti-Israel resolution. The resolution unfairly blamed Israel for the impasse in peace efforts, ignoring the fact […]

Dinner and a movie: the classic beginnings of a budding romance. Even to those who often date, the pairing of these two harmless activities provokes stress, embarrassment and an obsession over your own bad breath. Sitting in a dark room with leftover popcorn on the ground can be quite romantic, believe me, and nothing is […]

How can humans as a whole help the stride toward the greater goal of an ultimate sustainable future?  Is there a common philosophy behind the goals of the sustainability movement? Cradle to Cradle is an informational novel written by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. It is an extremely influential book within the field of green […]