Opinion

Have you ever used coffee, energy drinks or prescription stimulants to stay awake all night to study? Many of us do so, especially the night before midterms or finals. After doing so, how do you feel the next day? Do you feel fully alert and aware while taking the test? We mostly study all night […]

It’s no secret that football (soccer for you Yanks) holds a privileged position in the pantheon of Latin American culture. The beautiful game nears an almost religious significance for many in the region — I include myself in this group. The commandments of the faith are beautiful in their simplicity: ‘stand by your side through […]

As student assistants with Student Health and Counseling Services’ Health Education and Promotion Department, we appreciate your article for spreading awareness about the new and groundbreaking UC Davis Smoke and Tobacco Free Policy, implemented Jan. 1, 2014. Additionally, we would like to draw attention to the many resources and services offered by the University to […]

I knew that transferring to UC Davis would mean taking harder classes, having more responsibilities and inevitably facing the terrifying process of graduating and moving on to the real world. I expected to have longer homework assignments and learn more diverse concepts than I previously had. I’m not sure I can say that I was […]

A decade before most of us were born, the U.S. government contracted chemical companies, such as Dow Chemical and Monsanto, to manufacture Agent Orange for use during the Vietnam War. This deadly defoliant was a mixture of two common pesticides: 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, dubbed Agent Orange because of the orange stripe on the metal drums […]

Dear Editor, We have written to express our profound disagreement with the Chancellor’s and Provost’s published opposition to the American Studies Association’s endorsement of the boycotting of Israeli universities as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign for justice in Palestine. We acknowledge that, in comparison with some of the rhetoric coming from […]

Most of us will need recommendation letters at some point in our careers, often upon graduation. How do you plan to get them, and who do you plan to ask? Recommendation letters primarily show your character. They should be as if introducing a friend by detailing a long-term positive relationship. As a result, someone who […]

Nov. 22, 2013 marked UC Davis’ embarkment on a unique partnership with Amazon, the massively successful online shopping website. UC Davis is the first university to partner with Amazon in this venture. The program, as currently implemented, allows UC Davis to earn a little over two percent of all profit gained by Amazon when students […]

It may be whiny, it may be bourgeois and it may be lacking in diversity. That being said, “Girls” is still one of my favorite shows on television. I tried watching it with someone over the age of 30, and on both occasions the whole experience went quite poorly. There is something so germane about […]

Not all vegetables are created equally. We are encouraged to eat five servings of fruit and vegetables daily, which seems pretty ambitious. As an overloaded, stressed-out college student, feeding myself three meals a day is a feat in itself. What if I told you, though, that eating one serving of certain vegetables would give you […]

In December 2013, representatives from the Experimental College (EC) went to ASUCD  in a state of crisis. The EC has been losing money every year for the past eight years, and by winter 2013, their reserves had been completely depleted. Thus, ASUCD had no choice but to shut it down. Now, the EC is working […]

Now that I’ve been at UC Davis for over a year, I’ve noted some of the similarities between the University and my California Community College (CCC). Needless to say, I was fairly surprised to find any resemblances after making — what felt like — such a large-scale change. I first discovered this feeling of familiarity […]