Opinion

Our ignorance permits government mistakes and heinous fees By NEVAEH KARRAKER — nakarraker@ucdavis.edu By now, the controversies surrounding United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are plastered on every news outlet’s front page. Every day a new story transpires and another protest assembles, but information about state affairs gets lost in the chaos.  Voting on […]

And they’re gross because they’re poorly designed By MILES BARRY —mabarry@ucdavis.edu On the whole, public restrooms are unpleasant spaces. Between thin, gray-blue walls, strangers perform the private and intimate acts of daily maintenance — relieving themselves, managing menstrual products, changing clothes, injecting insulin, adjusting medical devices, changing colostomy bags — all while hyperaware that a […]

A border that moves makes U.S. citizens feel like targets By ISAAC NA  — isna@ucdavis.edu This year, the United States is celebrating its 250th birthday. This birthday party will have fireworks, large parades and lengthy speeches about freedom and its basis in America. The American Dream is the concept of freedom itself, available to all […]

Though we must maintain our sanity, we also need to be aware of the news By SAGE KAMOCSAY— skamocsay@ucdavis.edu The news is horrible. Everybody knows this — between bombing cities, the Epstein files, human rights violations in America and hundreds more pages of awful stories, keeping up to date with world events can be incredibly […]

Has thrifting culture resulted in a new kind of materialism? By ANJALI IYER — amiyer@ucdavis.edu Last summer, my friend and I decided to visit the Goodwill bins in Sacramento as a post-finals reward. I was no stranger to the perils of the bins, having heard stories of friends finding used diapers and sanitary pads hidden […]

The rise of surveillance TV  By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu In 2024, when Rob Rausch dismissed Leah Kateb on national television in Love Island Season 6, my world was turned upside down. I had always prided myself, to some degree, on my faculty for consuming reality TV “ironically.” Yet, somehow, I found myself sucked into […]

Reading skills, like muscles, need to be exercised  By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu I find reading and running to be similar: not in a literal sense, but rather in their application (or lack thereof). In other words, while we do not learn to run in the same sense that we learn to read, we unlearn both […]

Public health and the livelihoods of future generations are at risk due to the latest cuts by the Trump administration By THE EDITORIAL BOARD — opinion@theaggie.org   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has undergone some of its most drastic changes since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, marked by major deregulation efforts, immense staff […]

The Editorial Board’s recommendations for combatting seasonal depression By THE EDITORIAL BOARD — opinion@theaggie.org   Spring may be just around the corner, but the winter blues are still hanging on to the newly budding leaves. With the chill of winter quarter comes gloomier weather, fleeting sunlight and often-overwhelming workloads — a recipe for “seasonal depression,” or […]

Why students are protesting federal actions, and how they affect broader politics By SAGE KAMOCSAY— skamocsay@ucdavis.edu  On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Revolutionary Student Organization (RSO) led a protest on campus in response to the United States overstepping international law in Venezuela. Demonstrations like these are taking place all around the country after the Donald Trump […]