Opinion

This year, college students are in for a treat: six days of Halloween, college style. With the traditional event occurring in the middle of the week, all of a sudden the party schedule is thrown off. Do we celebrate it the weekend before? Trick-or-treat at Linda Katehi’s house on Wednesday? Dress up in November? Not […]

I am writing in response to Adam Khan’s Oct. 23 article, “Meatless Monday comes to the CoHo.” It is no surprise that students would want “Meatless Mondays” in their dining halls: According to a study by food-service provider Bon Appétit, the number of college students who identify themselves as vegetarian has risen by 50 percent […]

Last week, I, along with many members of the ASUCD Senate and The Aggie, received word from Yara Zokaie that she would be officially resigning her post as a member of the Senate. I appreciate the fact that Miss Zokaie has decided to move on, as greater endeavors await her during and after law school. […]

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish, and you feed yourself. He’s a grown man. Fishing’s not that hard.” The world is cutthroat. The pursuit of independence naturally lends itself to a more self-centered existence, and as life goes on, we have less and […]

So you’re at your favorite, fervently frequented, friendly neighborhood café, whittling away at your 10-page thesis on “Why banana peels turn from yellow to brown,” which you’ve totally had the past six weeks to work on, but that dastardly charlatan known as “life” got in your way. Between every painstakingly pecked-out line, you stop to […]

Before the invention of modern medical techniques preventing pregnancy, women wore amulets, ingested herbs and took part in anti-fertility rituals, while males wore condoms made from chemical-soaked linen or the intestines of a goat. But what happened when these unreliable prophylactic measures failed? The earliest written record of self-induced abortion is from 1550 B.C. Egypt, […]

As I was driving my 95-year-old great-grandmother to her doctor appointment, she pulled out two Ziploc bags of slightly stale Lucky Charms and made me eat some, chastising me for starving myself even though we had just had lunch at Chipotle. I think this is something most grandparents have in common — our grandmas care […]

Editor’s note: This letter was originally sent to members of ASUCD government. I, Yara Zokaie, would like to resign from my position as an ASUCD senator. I chose to keep my position because President Rebecca Sterling was pressuring senators to vote how she told them (even while her policy decisions repeatedly proved catastrophic for the […]

On Nov. 6, college students across the state will be lining up at polling stations to cast their votes. This election is particularly important. Proposition 30, which would increase sales tax by 25 cents for four years and taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years, could have a direct impact on a college student’s […]

Many UCs offer a small number of unique classes that focus on specific and unconventional subject areas. Many argue that these classes prove to be of no real use after graduation. These classes, appropriately and often called “boutique classes,” are quite popular among students here at UC Davis — and they should be. We’ve all […]

I was disturbed to note that your Oct. 18 editorial entitled “Learn How to Bike, Seriously” provided incorrect instructions for hand signals. Seriously. According to the DMV Vehicle Code Section 22111: All required signals given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of a vehicle in the following manner: 1) Left […]

Mister Chang: I write in response to your article entitled “Major Issues,” about how wonderful it is to major in English. Your article lacks any modicum of support for your assertions and is both explicitly and implicitly counterproductive to your cause. You attempt to convince people of the value of majoring in English by stunning […]