Opinion

February will swiftly be upon us, and with it the “Best of Davis” edition of The California Aggie. This issue is a rare opportunity for readers to provide comprehensive input to the campus community and subsequently the private businesses that make up the social nebulus that surrounds the People’s Republic of Davis. We regret to […]

Sex & Society Consider these two scenes: In the first, a man goes down on a woman and she has an orgasm; in the second, a man kidnaps, tortures and murders a woman in cold blood. Now, which would you rather show your kid? No need to decide — the Motion Picture Association of America […]

Moving through time is like walking backwards, viewing the past while the future flows over your shoulders. “Facing the future” is a misnomer –– just one of many things Robert Pirsig pointed out in his book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Thoughts about the future come only from inferences we make about the […]

For the longest while after my older brother died, I kept spilling all the weed. I would sneeze all over ground-up piles; I would accidentally blow out packed bowls, thinking they needed to be cleaned out; sometimes I would manage to completely lose what others had spent hours rolling. Everyone thought this little string of […]

Financially fit I’m a quarter late and a quarter short, but here I am with my generic introductory column. Hey, if you read my columns last quarter you were probably wondering where this awkward smiling Asian guy with lazy eyes showed up from and why he was so darn mad at technology/the world. Hell, who […]

The Tree of Liberty My column this quarter will be focusing on political issues from a laissez-faire capitalist perspective. However, rather than offering a full philosophic defense or discussing abstract technical issues, I will primarily be exploring what a pro-capitalist perspective looks like when it is applied to concrete cases and attempting to elucidate why […]

We here at The Aggie are committed to bettering ourselves in order to provide our readers the most cutting-edge and innovative content possible. However, like most people in this world, we also make lofty resolutions each new year that never survive to see Jan. 3. In keeping with that noble tradition, here are some New […]

Sex Ed It’s Winter Quarter once again. A season for head colds, fog and the search for the best way to keep warm. Those of you who recognize me from last winter’s Aggie have already guessed the cold-weather (or really any weather) activity that will be the focus of this column. For those of you […]

Amid outcry from students and alumni, UC officials announced Dec. 14 that they would be suspending the new design for the UC logo. The new logo was a childish attempt at rebranding a university whose problems go beyond its aesthetic identity. The students seemed to agree, as it led to an explosion of memes. It […]

Is it just me, or do you feel slightly better about your break knowing that on top of the holidays, New Year’s and awkward visits with old friends, you also survived the end of the world? Well done, friend. Our first week back in school will be rife with the obligatory answers to how our […]

Could the worlds of Star Wars ever become a reality? Are the neon-streaked battle scenes between Jedi — space Buddhists — and Sith — space Nazis — that filled my childhood imagination something that could ever become a reality? Before we go discussing the likelihood of ever finding a force crystal for lightsaber construction like […]

During Summer Session II, I took ENL 178 with Professor Stephen Magagnini. The class description was dry, but it ended up being the most enjoyable, enlightening class I’ve taken at Davis. This speaks volumes, because I generally do not like things. On the last day, our class met at the professor’s house, where we took […]