Opinion

Please follow my new Etsy shop: “Designz by Designer”   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   I recently got Canva Pro, and it has changed my life. Now that I have so much power at my fingertips, I sometimes get overwhelmed by all of my creative ideas. Not to sound cocky, but graphic design may […]

Microtrends are a big, fat fallacy   By ABHINAYA KASAGANI— akasagani@ucdavis.edu   In an age where microtrends permeate every aspect of daily life, allow me to let you in on a secret: You do not need five iterations of the same thing to feel a sense of joy and there is no “shiny new thing” […]

Have all of the stories already been told?   By MOLLY THOMPSON – mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu   On the surface, our modern media landscape might seem like it’s full of new ideas and fresh stories. But in reality, we’re essentially rehashing the same classic themes time and time again, with the occasional twist. There’s a theory in […]

Exploring how society perpetuates the manifestations of its own fears about AI    By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   Artificial Intelligence (AI) — it does your homework, makes your workouts and explains whether you should “text them back” or not. It feels limitless, and if you do happen upon what feels like a limit, you can […]

How state and local efforts to forcibly remove encampments and enforce Proposition 36 fail our unhoused communities   By TARA ROMERO— tcrome@ucdavis.edu   On July 26, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted Executive Order N-1-24, which allows and encourages local law enforcement to forcibly evict unhoused people from their encampments. “It is imperative to act […]

Concerns regarding the severity of the climate crisis and how to stay resilient   By ELLIE NOH — eenoh@ucdavis.edu   As the effects of global warming increase in severity, their current and future environmental impacts have caused many individuals to experience anxiety about their futures. This anxiety is further fueled by others’ ignorance towards understanding […]

The Democratic Party needs to start fighting harder for our democracy and the people they represent   By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu   The past two months have been marked by chaos and political rhetoric that sounds like it came straight from the 1940s. If you’re exhausted, anxious, angry or upset, chances are you are […]

How midterms expose our crippling procrastination   By NEVAEH KARRAKER— nakarraker@ucdavis.edu   It’s midnight already. After burning through an entire pencil in three days and chugging energy drinks, time is nothing more than an abstract concept. Yet, as the hours blur together, I’ve barely finished a single assignment.  It’s a never ending cycle of work […]

“Louis, I think this is the dissolution of a beautiful friendship”   By ABHINAYA KASAGANI— akasagani@ucdavis.edu   The collapse of an “everyday friendship” is unlike the dissolution of any other relationship. One must procedurally split their assets, sign papers agreeing on an amicable separation system that is fair to both parties, chronicle their collapse of […]

Breaking down the social pressures to appear smart   By TARA ROMERO— tcrome@ucdavis.edu   In every single class across campus, there will inevitably be that one student (sometimes two or three) whose sole desire is proving that they are smarter than everyone else in the room. You can all imagine exactly who I’m talking about: […]

The Trump administration’s policies on cutting NIH and CDC funding and the impacts on future medical advancements   By NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN — science@theaggie.org   On Jan. 30, 2025, my principal investigator (PI) began our lab meeting with a voice of concern.  “This will be our hardest year,” he said. “We may struggle financially, and […]

My unique experiences living on both sides   By ELLIE NOH — eenoh@ucdavis.edu From the West Coast’s popular hamburger chain In-N-Out Burger to the East Coast’s famous bagel bakeries, where do the biggest distinctions between the two coasts lie? Growing up on the East Coast and attending college in California, one of the main differences I […]