Opinion

Over Labor Day weekend, while most of the City of Davis was out of town vacationing for the holiday, UC Davis’ Freeborn Hall became the site for a large youth conference organized by the government of what is often referred to as “Africa’s North Korea.” Eritrea has consistently been ranked among the most oppressive and […]

UC Davis, please. My name is Ronnie Chavez. I am a recent UC Davis alumni and am currently working as a seventh grade English Language Arts teacher on the westside of Charlotte, North Carolina. During my time at UC Davis I served as a Peer Advising Counselor for the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) working with […]

Since the relationship between sleep deprivation and sports performance first appeared on the radar of medical researchers, studies have consistently pointed to sleep as the most effective natural performance enhancer. Today, sleep deprivation is a full blown epidemic at the national level, according to the CDC. And on college campuses across the country, it’s even […]

Concepts of decency are culturally relative. That is not to say that the right concept of decency is relative, merely that existing ones are. Capitalist coercion of value distorts every concept relevant to our political lives. Many of my socialist allies erroneously rely on the tactic of challenging the most abstract values of the society. […]

One of my fellow editors at The California Aggie told me something dark and wise when I started the editor in chief gig: “Nothing will make you lose faith in humanity more than trying to run a college newspaper.” Many times this year, in between missed deadlines, editors quitting, financial disasters, an unsubstantiated lawsuit and […]

In my time as the Business Manager for The California Aggie, I was mostly known for being obsessed with not having false alarms in The Aggie offices. This goodbye column is my only editorial contribution I will have made to The Aggie, and I could wax lyrical about how the business health of The Aggie […]

OK, so we’re all here because of this newspaper, right? Well, I do know who’s been writing for it, and I think the entire readership (all 20 of you) have got to stop calling us hippies and freaks. It just makes it OK for the entire campus to call us hippies and freaks. I wish […]

I’ve had my fair share of parent-teacher-esque conferences over the years, during which multiple adult authority figures have brought up my use of cuss words. As far as character assassination goes, this column will probably stay on the permanent record a whole lot longer than their puritanical disapproval. But I’ll save you all your skepticism […]

This is supposed to be a farewell column, but it’s hard to shake the science-writing habit after it’s been nurtured for so long. So, forgive the ramblings of a science writer desperately trying to write a newspaper-safe personal letter. Time changes all things. It changes people, it changes memories, it changes the very nature […]

One easy way to take better care of your weed is by investing in a grinder. Grinders are cheap and simple, and they keep your dirty hands from ruining your weed. The most basic type of grinder is called the two-part grinder. Its name comes from the fact that it’s made up of only two […]

This past week, students have stressed over their exams, finding plane tickets home or securing local storage for their possessions. During the same week, in Turkey, a taxi car drove into a crowd of protesters, killing a 20-year-old who was demonstrating against his government. Over 3,000 others were injured in violent clashes between outraged citizens […]

Summer is upon us, as is graduation and being thrust into the real world as full-fledged, degree-carrying adults. So let me arm you with some advice for your newly found adulthood — learn how to sext. In this modern and completely attention-deprived culture, learning how to break through your sexy new prospect’s cluttered inbox is […]