Opinion

On April 22 and April 23, the UC Davis Community Service Resource Center and Clinica Tepati sponsored the spring blood drive. BloodSource “bloodmobiles” were on the Quad from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days, and students and community members with a valid ID could stop by any time to donate blood. Because of a Food […]

If you’ve been reading my column for the past couple of weeks, you are probably a brave, intelligent and interesting person. I thank you. As a reward, I’m going to talk about one of the finest movies ever made: Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 Magnolia. I cannot say enough about this movie in the narrow confines […]

Robotic. That’s essentially the type of movement people seem to expect from you. If you don’t conform to the norms laid out and you instead spring to life like an actual human, then there might be something … off. Take walking around campus for instance — everyone seems to blend together quite seamlessly. There aren’t […]

The camera zooms in on a French manor in the countryside. It’s an average morning for Beyoncé as she eats breakfast and then dances sensually in a diamond bustier. After watching the video for Beyoncé’s song “Partition,” there is no denying that Beyoncé is sexy. But the motivation behind this sexuality has often been questioned. […]

Imagine that someone comes along and tells you you can’t live in your house anymore. Imagine they are going to kick you out and undo all your work and keep you from being a part of that space. *Sings* Imagine all the people… When I think of this happening to my own home, I see […]

On Dec. 13, 2013, the world changed forever when Beyoncé released her fifth album, titled Beyoncé. The Queen’s musical baby came into the world less than two years after her actual baby, Blue Ivy, was born. The surprise album left fans stunned (and so so happy), but also piqued the age-old question: can women really […]

In March 2003, former UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef announced that UC Davis would shift its athletics program from Division II to Division I. This move, which has been funded by student fees, was initiated by the passing of the Campus Expansion Initiative (CEI) in November 2002. The CEI “put the students on record as […]

I could not write a column on coming of age in film if I did not make reference to The Breakfast Club, the famous 1985 John Hughes comedy-drama. That would be harder than criticizing Donald Trump and not mentioning his terrible hairdo. Such an omission would ignore the fact that this film has resonated with […]

Starting Spring Quarter 2014, graduating students of UC Davis will no longer wear the traditional black cap and gown for commencement. Students will have to rent a blue gown with gold piping with the addition of the UC Davis emblem on it. The new gowns are made out of 100 percent recycled fabric, and this […]

As a transfer student to UC Davis I was unsure of what to expect of the environmental movement here on campus. Unsure of where to look for campus environmentalists, I was sure the Environment Club was a good place to start. However, it was CALPIRG that really snatched me in off the street and got […]

It’s usually the same plot: a good-for-nothing rookie is paired with an experienced but reckless renegade to solve a seemingly impossible case to prove to the chief of police that they are, in fact, worthy of their badges. Throughout their case, a handful of screw-ups, a slew of ungentlemanly vocabulary and the jerk on the […]

Let me set the scene. It’s Friday night and you’re out with your ladies. You’re wondering if it was worth pausing Netflix, getting out of bed and putting on makeup to go pay for alcohol at a bar with mediocrely attractive people. But then, everything changes. “Drunk In Love” comes on, and suddenly you know […]