Opinion

Sustainability in the Built Environment: The bible to green engineering: Cradle to Cradle
OpinionFebruary 10, 2015
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 […]

Letter of solidarity with AEPi from the University of La Verne
OpinionFebruary 5, 2015
We are writing to condemn in the strongest terms possible the spray painting of swastikas on the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) house across from the University of California, Davis campus this past Saturday, January 31. We commend Chancellor Linda Katehi, Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexler and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Adela de la Torre […]

UC Student Workers Union Letter of Support for Divestment
OpinionFebruary 5, 2015
Dear Students at the University of California, Davis: The Davis Unit of UAW 2865 would like to extend our congratulations and joy to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the undergraduate ASUCD senators who voted Thursday night to support UC Davis’ divestment from war profiteering companies in Palestine. Davis joins six other UC campuses […]

The UCD Files: Not a sports school?
OpinionFebruary 5, 2015
The second installment of real world horror stories involves one of the main issues I have with UC Davis. For all of the good things this school is, it is fundamentally flawed in that it is not a sports school. All of us have at least one friend at a school in the south or […]

Psyches & Serpents: Self-Titled
OpinionFebruary 5, 2015
“Writing can be lonely work.” I read this statement in The Wall Street Journal last week in a column by a man named Edward Gerson. Thirteen years ago, at the age of 87, this man began writing for Dartmouth, his alma mater, chronicling the adventures of his graduating class of 1926. At the time he […]

Swastikas on fraternity house
OpinionFebruary 4, 2015
On Jan. 31, two swastikas were painted on the house of UC Davis’ Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity, which is historically and predominantly Jewish. The incident is currently under investigation by the UC Davis Police Department as a hate crime. Many student groups have urged the UC Davis community to not connect the crime with […]

State of the Union
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
President Obama discussed America’s important issues in the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Among the topics mentioned were ones we found pertinent to the UC Davis community. Obama’s speech mentioned many of the pressing matters the United States is faced with today. It is the hope of The Editorial Board that not only […]

Les leads basketball team into unchartered territory
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
Just as it is important to hold campus officials accountable for their actions, the Editorial Board believes it is equally important to give credit where credit is due. In this case, we would like to acknowledge the men’s basketball team, under head coach Jim Les, which currently has a record of 14-4 and is gearing […]

Letter to the community from ASUCD senator Azka Fayyaz
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
Dear Community and All Others, On Thursday, January 29, 2015, after the ASUCD Senate voted “Yes” by a supermajority to pass the Divestment Resolution, I posted a picture with the Pro-Divestment community on my personal Facebook with a satirical caption. Although I made a comment on the picture stating that the caption was satirical, the […]

Jews for divestment
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
Correction On February 3, The California Aggie published a Guest Opinion entitled “Jews for divestment.” The Guest Opinion includes factual statements regarding StandWithUs. Representatives of that organization have challenged the truthfulness of these statements, and consequently the article has been removed. Graphic by Jennifer Wu

Flick Chick: I’m not lonely, I’m having a “Me Day”
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
Before I discovered that I am in fact capable of buying a theater ticket without someone by my side, I thought that going to the movies alone on a weekday afternoon was only for the sad and the friendless. I imagined the judgmental glances behind the glass of the ticket vendors, letting their coworkers know […]

Sustainability in the built environment: Slow implementation of geothermal energy in the United States
OpinionFebruary 3, 2015
Geothermal energy is a rapidly developing field in which 100 percent renewable and clean energy can be obtained. Geothermal energy spans from large scale — in which it can provide energy to an entire country, to small scale — in which it can help heat/cool a small house. The science is quite evolved, and has […]

