Opinion

Many students have no idea that they’re funding sports programs on this campus. Whether or not this is an appropriate allocation of student fees is a big topic of debate, but here’s something we’re pretty sure most can agree on: If students are funding sports, students should have a voice in how major decisions are […]

Alright, readers. I’m going to lay it out simply: this column is going to be about menstruation and alternatives to the conventional attitudes and methods of “dealing with” periods. Wait…did you just hear that? …hear what? The sound of uncomfortable readers all over campus hurriedly putting the paper down. Or perhaps, was it the sound […]

Last week, I explained why capitalist hierarchies are so adept at instilling the ideology of the elite class into the population. There are, as I said, a plethora of reasons for which we should find capitalism intolerable. The fact that it allows the information that shapes the society to be filtered through mechanisms that uphold […]

As if writing from a dusty pre-1970s economic textbook, the author [Tristan de Liège] acts as if Occupy never happened and as if Ayn Rand’s ideology has never been challenged. His lack of perspective and curiosity about conflicts within economic theory is truly disappointing, especially in a student paper. Restricting his discussion of monopolies to […]

Before a night out, I spend a lot more time in the shower. No, I’m not shampoo-rinse-repeating. I’m shaving. My complaint is nothing new — as far as I know, no woman actually enjoys the process of hair removal. Sometimes, it can be downright painful. Still, for all the laments about razor burn, ingrown hairs, […]

Recently, UC Online Education has committed to increasing the number of online courses offered across the UC system. While increasing the number of online courses has some undeniable benefits, there are also some important points we must remember about traditional education before switching to an online medium. Increasing the number of online classes will be […]

Feel that? You knew it was coming — the lurid clouds swirling ominously on the horizon as the gathering gale approaches. So hide the children, batten down your tables lest they be flipped. This, my friends, is a rant, and it’s about to rain policy up in here. ASUCD Senate, why did you approve Senate […]

Once upon a Thursday, the Russell Park apartment complex was evacuated by UC Davis Police. The next morning, the scene was considered safe, residents were allowed back and it was jolly good. Best story ever, right? That’s all based on the texts and corresponding emails the UC Davis Police sent out to students through the […]

Some shake After a shitty second week of this winter quarter, I thought I’d give a little bit of advice on some ways to treat anxiety and stress. Of course, I am not at all a professional on the subject, but I have suffered from a nervousness and panic disorder for a while now. I […]

Memory In 1936, science-fiction writer H.G. Wells expressed the idea of a “permanent world encyclopedia,” a repository of all human knowledge available to every person on the planet, no matter their social standing. This new encyclopedia would unite in us a common understanding of our past, and consequently, our present. Mr. Wells optimistically prescribed this […]

Financially fit Before you turn away from this page, take note that I’m not going to be talking about the stock market. No, no, despite me being an economics major, I am far from being of the caliber to even begin to make the slightest commentary in regard to the stock market and its incessant […]

On Jan. 18 Mark Yudof, UC president of five years, announced he will step down in August. He will move to the presumably less-demanding job of teaching law at UC Berkeley. In his term, Yudof has led 10 campuses, medical centers and laboratories through a slew of hurdles: cuts in state funding, a considerable amount […]