Opinion

Do you feel comfortable emailing your professor to ask for an extension on an assignment? Would you be okay telling your boss that there is a pain in your knee? How confident are you stating your culture, religion or sexual orientation on campus? The systemwide Campus Community Survey is available today and invites you to […]

We here at The Aggie are all about low expectations; it leads to an overall better experience. Imagine a reader’s pleasant surprise when they discover the 15-inch article you’ve been touting is actually 30 inches with two large photos and a gorgeous byline. A thick stream of happiness is sure to ensue. As such, we […]

Sex & Society Last October, Savita and Praveen Halappanavar were looking forward to starting a family. After marrying, they’d moved from India to Ireland to have their first child. Unfortunately, when Savita was 17 months pregnant, she began to miscarry and was admitted to University Hospital in Galway. Doctors explained that the neck of the […]

Question: Facebook sent me an email last week saying I’m entitled to $10 because they might have used my pictures in a “sponsored story” without my permission. Was that for real, or is it spam? Answer: It’s not spam. When you “like” something on Facebook — whether a business, band or movie — the fact […]

Response to Brian Moen’s Jan. 24 column “A dose of capitalist poison” Just read your story in the opinion [section] of The Aggie. Before you jump into the socialism bandwagon, try living in a socialist country! It will change your perspective. The reason so many people migrate legally or illegally into this country is because […]

Sandbox Politico If you attended my farewell you heard me talk about why the mantle of senator was one I bore with some amount of disdain. If you missed my farewell, then you forsook comedy gold and should immediately go on Facebook and watch all 17 minutes of it. The message was this: I was […]

The Anarchist Somehow, it’s hard to remember that UC Davis students successfully kicked U.S. Bank off of our campus last March. Somehow, it’s just so hard to remember so many things — things like victories against power. It’s hard to recall what tactics succeeded in undermining unjust authority. Obviously there is a reason. Ideological manipulation […]

Some shake The other night we were getting faded on the roof when my friend started talking about how he had broken his leg. He went into excruciating detail about the pain he felt and the sight of his twisted leg. While I’m sure he didn’t mean to, his story got me stressed and disturbed […]

Memory I watched Groundhog Day five times this past weekend. Like most exercises, it was an act of repetition. Groundhog Day tells the story of Phil Connors, a sarcastic TV weatherman who is mysteriously made to relive the same Feb. 2, again and again. He wakes that morning at 6 a.m. in a wintery Punxsutawney, […]

You’ve just gotten back from a massive house party, it’s 3:43 a.m., and you’re only now beginning to realize that you haven’t eaten since 3:43 p.m. Yeah, you drank massive amounts of alcohol on an empty stomach, but that can’t be helped at this point. At least you didn’t end up praying to the porcelain […]

Many people, especially liberals, still widely accept the view that we need minimum wage laws to provide the working poor with a fair wage. A minimum wage is a legally mandated price floor for labor — for instance, in California it is illegal to hire a worker for less than $8 an hour. On the […]

Jan. 18 reclaim UC @reclaimuc yudof, birgeneau, celaya… what about katehi? Jan. 20 Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack Preview of the kinds of football references I’ll be making during the next two weeks: “Just made myself a super bowl of cereal!” Jan. 23 Stephen Colbert ‏@StephenAtHome I believe Ayn Rand’s first love poem went: Roses are […]