Opinion

On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Migz Espinoza and Lane Lewis, two transgender students running for the ASUCD executive office, were publicly outed as transgender when the ASUCD Elections Committee released their legal names on the ASUCD elections website. Before being outed, Espinoza and Lewis had repeatedly asked the elections committee chair, Aaron Hsu, to use their […]

If the adage goes “you are what you eat,” then what does that make us? Probably a combination of colorful, plastic shrink-wrapped packaging and a transparent orange cylinder with a person-proof white cap. At times, it seems as if we eat pharmaceuticals like food and take our daily doses of healthy food or vitamins. Everything […]

Late at night this past weekend, I sat down and watched the movie Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. The movie follows two particularly gorgeous lovers going at the intricacies of mutual trust and understanding within a society awash in pharmaceutical drugs. The movie focuses on the development of Gyllenhaal’s character, […]

Sandbox Politico I was raised with three heroes, two of them fictional: Joe Montana, Barry Bonds and Batman. So like many northern Californians, this past Sunday’s Super Bowl loss still lingers on my palate, barely dulled by the beer I attempted to chase it away with. “But Justin,” you cry, “this column is about ASUCD, […]

Question: My lease ended on Jan. 1. My landlord is refusing to return my security deposit. He says I need to collect it from the new tenant who’s replacing me. I don’t want to have to deal with whoever the new person is. Can the landlord make me do this? — Kalin M., Sacramento. Answer: […]

On occasion you’ve likely seen a handful of people relaxing outside on campus, doing what appears to be tightrope walking. We are not members of the circus, we are not performing stunts for spare change, we’re simply a few students that love to appreciate Davis sunshine. What we’re up to is called slacklining, and I’ll […]

The Anarchist Before having any political discussion, it is obvious that we need to be clear about what our terms mean. This is some critical thinking 101, something everyone knows. Well, sometimes it seems like everyone knows it, but there is one sense in which a very large segment of the population fails to apply […]

Sex & Society In a classic episode of “30 Rock,” Liz Lemon overhears a co-worker calling her a “cunt.” She is hurt and insulted, because even though she “loves swearing,” there is nothing she can call the male writer back that has the same power. “Cunt” — otherwise known as “The C-Word,” “the monosyllable” or […]

This week, the ASUCD Entertainment Council announced three upcoming shows at UC Davis: The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend and Phoenix. And they’ve promised us at least one more. We are, in a word, excited. In lots of words, we’re really, really, really, really, really excited. All year we’ve been waiting patiently for a big-name concert […]

Beginning with the class of 2015, all students are required to take general education classes under the GE3 framework. This framework increases the units necessary to fulfill requirements while adding additional and more specific requirements than what was required under the GE2 framework. GE3 was created to address GE2’s inability to fulfill its objective, “to […]

Memory Jill Price remembers almost everything. Pick any date out of her past, and she can tell you what she ate for dinner that night. She can tell you when she woke up, what day of the week it was and what the weather was like. No matter how mundane, memories stick with her. Price […]

To every hot-shot that wants to be a doctor but complains about having to take introductory chemistry, congratulations! You are many things: smart, ambitious and compassionate to name a few. Another thing you’ve got going for you is that you have the fortune to be learning basic scientific proficiencies from one of the best universities […]