Opinion

We have been told throughout our lives that graffiti is bad. It depresses home values, encourages gang activity and is destroying our youth. This notion makes it difficult for public art pieces to find their place in society, because they are wrongfully correlated with such vandalism. Do you remember around spring of last year when […]

A few years ago, I worked at a restaurant as a hostess where we were required to abide by a dress code. The dress code in and of itself was pretty standard: According to our training manual, as long as we wore all black and we weren’t dressed sloppily or showing too much skin, we […]

Taylor Swift’s 1989 is 2014’s first platinum certified selling album, and likely to be the only one. For an album to be platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a label must sell at least one million digital and/or physical units of an album. Know-it-all economic pundits often use RIAA certifications as […]

In my 11 years of reading Calvin and Hobbes, I would like to think that I have developed an understanding of Calvin’s character. Not only does the strip provide a poignant commentary on education, but it provides a personality that is remarkably befitting of many stages of life, from childhood to adolescence, and beyond. As […]

My name is Avi Oved. I am a student at the University of California, Los Angeles. I am an economics major. I am a fourth year. I am the Student Regent-designate of the University of California Board of Regents. And I am Jewish. Prior to my appointment as your Student Regent-designate, some members of the […]

Check the corresponding box if you have ever done any of the following as a biker: Impatiently running a red light because the light has not changed for you and you have been waiting for close to ten minutes [   ] Taking a collective turn at the stop sign with all the other bikers instead […]

If you’ve attended any institute of higher education, you’ve probably taken a chemistry class once in your life. So you know that when you start a chemistry lab class, the first thing you go over is the safety rules, and how to handle the harsh chemicals used. Before you start each lab, you also go […]

By The Editorial Board  Within the past two weeks, ASUCD Senate has held two closed sessions that were not open to the public to discuss various issues on the UC Davis campus. As senate has previously only held less than five closed sessions since the start of Fall Quarter 2013, it is a surprise and […]

In September, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sent an email to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi. The ADL is an avowedly Zionist lobbying organization with a long history of attempting to silence criticism of the Israeli state, usually via specious claims of anti-Semitism. They have also spied on Arab American activists in the Bay Area. This particular […]

Written By CHELSEA SPILLER   It’s almost Halloween! You know what that means: It’s the one time of the year when you get to be anything or anyone you want. Unless you’re a girl. Then, according to most of the costumes available, you can be a sexy anything or anyone you want. Yay! I guess. OK, […]

Written By ELI FLESCH Watterson, Bill. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1994. Print. In today’s society, the value of a college education has greatly increased. Recent trends in the structure of the job market have created a greater need for highly skilled workers. Students seem well aware […]

On Sept. 9, 2014, the global rock icons of U2 changed the rock world forever. It was during Apple’s annual keynote presentation, which most people were watching for the iPhone 6 reveal. Luckily, everyone got a little something extra; U2’s brand new album released not on the iTunes store, but straight to every iTunes customer’s […]