Opinion

I can clearly recall getting back a math quiz from my first grade teacher that had red marks all over the place. My parents tried to solve my difficulties by tutoring me in their spare time. Unfortunately, they both had work, leaving only a bit of time at night and on Saturday mornings. One day, […]

As children, we were often told myths such as the Lochness monster and Bigfoot to prevent us from wandering off into the wilderness unsupervised. As adults, we heard urban relationship myths not only for prevention, but also for encouragement. Myths such as the successful long-distance relationship, the married couple that met at the bar, the […]

I’m going to say that spoilers are not bad. I watched When Harry Met Sally 17 years after it came out and never finished it. Of course, I didn’t need to, because a year earlier I saw the ending on an episode of Scrubs. Early in the movie Harry describes a peculiar habit of his: […]

All my life I’ve been labeled. “Male.” “Hispanic.” “21.” After those, well, you know the rest. Or maybe Einstein put it best when he said that “common sense is [simply] the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” Listening to that, I am taken to the moment where truth contradicts itself and leaves me abandoned […]

UC Davis admitted a record number of international students this fall, up to 680 from last year’s 344. In total, there are about 1,120 international students on campus. The rise is dramatic. Some students are frustrated because they feel too many international and out-of-state students are being admitted to the university, and since UC Davis […]

UC Davis has an undergraduate population of about 25,000 and a total population of 33,000, so bike accidents on campus are a statistical certainty. However, there are many measures you can take to reduce your risk of becoming road kill. As we are only in week three of instruction, it’s important to be considerate of […]

I was in Berkeley last weekend and my somewhat douchey friend (a biochemistry major) started talking shit to the people in his study group. “At least we’re learning something useful. What do English majors do? Write compare-and-contrast essays on Shakespeare? How’s that supposed to help the world?” The study group guffawed appreciatively, but I kept […]

What people do on Facebook confuses the shit out of me. Always has, always will. Last Sunday at 12:45 a.m., a high school classmate of mine died in a motorcycle accident on the 110 Freeway. According to news reports, he was involved in a solo accident in which he probably lost control and fell off […]

Queer Prom was amazing. I kissed several girls (Katy Perry style but with more tongue), lost my shoe (like Cinderella but more inebriated) and skinny dipped in my unfortunate neighbor’s pool (a situation unique to me). Most of all, I laughed with friends and cried when I learned they were leaving soon after graduation. I […]

With less than a month to go until Election Day, students across the nation are gearing up to participate in an election that decides many important issues. Not only will the outcomes of this election strongly influence future generations, but they also might directly impact our bank accounts — something UC Davis students are taking […]

If there’s one thing I learned from Mufasa as he was teaching Simba about the Pride Lands, it’s that life continues in a never-ending circle. Within the college Circle of Life, we have delicately orchestrated trees of lineage that date back to the beginning of UC Davis itself. Most sororities, fraternities, religious groups, sports teams […]

As you’ve likely noticed by the visit from former President Bill Clinton, the 2012 presidential general election is in full swing, and amid the barrage of advertisements and presidential debates — the question begs: Who should we vote for? Despite disillusion and frustration about the economy and our government’s deep fiscal dilemmas, we still must […]