Opinion

In this column I want to set aside the usual polemics to focus on some examples of heroic figures who provided us with enormous values in their pursuit of profit. If possible, I recommend listening to your preferred epic movie soundtrack while reading this, to enhance the experience (my choice would be Hans Zimmer – […]

Hello UC Davis Students, faculty, staff and community partners, As the proud representative of California’s third congressional district, which includes UC Davis, I need to alert you to events in Washington that directly impact our campus. Mandatory across-the-board cuts known as “sequestration” came into effect on Friday. We can still avoid the worst damage, but […]

The director of Fight Club, David Fincher, teamed up with the actor Kevin Spacey to bring you Netflix’s first original series, “House of Cards.” The upper echelons of America’s federal government serve as a playground where Spacey’s character, Frank Underwood, casually maneuvers his way to undisputed power. The first two episodes which set the tone […]

Earlier in the quarter, I wrote a column calling for the decommodification of education. I bemoaned the lecture format and compared our University to a bank in an attempt to make heard my discontent with the system. I received several responses from alumni and students that empathized with my position. As a follow-up, I would […]

A part of me might tell you that I once dated someone who felt differently than I did about the physical aspect of our relationship. Yet another part of me might tell you that I was raped. What does the term rape actually mean? That’s what I’m trying to figure out. What happened to me […]

There will be no issue of The California Aggie outside your lecture the first day of spring quarter. Or the next day. Or the next day. Don’t freak out. The first issue of a new California Aggie will be waiting for you that Thursday. We can’t promise four Sudoku puzzles, but we can promise an […]

Pizza Guy knocks. The door swings open to reveal a half-naked woman with neck-down alopecia and two balloons attached to her ribcage. “I hear somebody ordered a large sausage pizza?” We all know where it goes from there. Pornography is as old as civilization itself — even prehistoric rock art depicted erotic images. Pornographic films, […]

A new class of senators and an executive ticket have been elected. What better time for me to sit safely behind my computer and cast judgment on my one-time peers for their fruitful or futile year of public service? These are ASUCD report cards — sadly it’s a low curve this quarter. Senator Joyce Han […]

We college students love beer. Duh. But what kind of beer drinkers are we? Those of us on the editorial board who aren’t yet 21 years old obviously have no idea what beer tastes like. Bread, we’ve been told. We’ve seen undergrads at frat parties chug cans of Keystones like water — boat racing and […]

Don’t worry. I’m not going to argue for gun regulation or against it. Like many of my compatriots, I’m sick of having that discussion. Analyzing that tired and bothersome discourse, though, can tell us quite a bit. The mere fact that the thought of engaging the topic of gun regulation fills many of us with […]

With budget slashes across the board at the University of California, several majors have halted accepting undergraduates over the past few years. Recently, the Undergraduate Council at UC Davis rejected a motion to suspend admission into the textiles and clothing major, a branch under the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. This program is one-of-a-kind […]

As a Roman Catholic, I suppose I should be upset after reading Hudson Lofchie’s angry op-ed (“Why you’re wrong”) skewering the faithful as ignorant sheep obstructing scientific progress. Then again, Christians are so used to being straw-manned into looking like backwards, ignorant buffoons by self-righteous “pro-science” zealots that the criticisms and insults no longer have […]