Opinion

We all know the cliché surrounding “role-playing.” The wife, at the suggestion of a certain brightly colored women’s magazine, surprises her hubby by wearing a cheerleader outfit. Hubby is pleased. But the outfit is something “special,” used only grudgingly for birthdays and moments when the marriage needs “spicing up.” As with so many sex clichés, […]

According to Republicans, on Aug. 1, 2011, America faced a potential Armageddon resulting from years of fiscal irresponsibility. The United States was just one day away from defaulting on its debt because those same Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling, which stood at almost $14.294 trillion. Luckily for Americans everywhere, Republicans strapped on their […]

As you may know, on Monday, Jan. 30, interns of the Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) found their life-size critique representation of Barbie with its neck wrapped with a noose and tied to a water pipe above in the basement of North Hall. The Life-Size Barbie Project was constructed by engineering students to show […]

Conventional wisdom has it that the Republican candidates are a sorry lot. After months of intense campaigning and the scrutiny that accompanies it, the four remaining contestants are known more for their vices than their virtues. Romney is uninspired and vacillating. Gingrich is a loose cannon. Santorum is sanctimonious and whiny. Paul is Jane Fondaesque […]

Usually, to borrow a phrase from the Black Eyed Peas, I like to pride myself on being relatively “3008;” I know all the 411, I’m listening to the cool jams and I’ve even got a Twitter. But my problem isn’t staying hip to the jive, which I clearly excel at (check the lingo) — it’s […]

The internet is supposed to be a free and open enterprise. I’m sure it was at some point but, nowadays, it seems as though the internet is just enterprise. With such large profits to be made and to be lost, is it possible for companies like Google and Facebook to see past their corporate interest […]

The Dairy Field will be converted into a multipurpose turf field after Spring quarter, and is slated to open in October 2012. While the cost of the project, which includes new restrooms, bike racks and energy-efficient lights in addition to the new turf, may appear high at $4.5 million, the long-term benefits of the field […]

Julian Assange is once again basking in the Orwellian spotlight that first brought him to the forefront of our attention back in 2010.  Having announced his new “Russia TV” talk show from the confines of his house (arrest), the WikiLeaks founder is guaranteed to skewer claims against his seemingly obsolete website. The first time I […]

In Margin Call, a film about the 2008 economic meltdown, an investment banker watches as all of the firm’s financial products become worthless. When his boss attempts to console him, noting that he could have been “digging ditches all these years,” the banker responds, “That’s right. And if I had, there’d be some holes in […]

In the Jan. 31 editorial “Not in our interest,” the authors make a case against the appropriation of campus resources in order to allow a bank to occupy space in the Memorial Union. However, they attempt to conceal weak arguments behind lofty rhetoric intended to shamelessly romanticize the college campus as an enlightened utopia thriving […]

To put it bluntly, Occupy UC Davis has alienated the student population. The movement received an outpouring of support following the pepper spray incident, but whatever goodwill that existed on Nov. 18 is now nowhere to be found. Students, faculty and staff have been exhausted by the movement’s nonstop actions to disrupt campus business. We […]

Super Bowl XLVI. Patriots vs. Giants. The Golden Boy vs. Peyton’s Little Brother. Beer. Wings. Chips. Six-, nay, seven-layer dip. Commercials. Campus, the Super Bowl is nearly upon us. In three short days, an estimated 100 million viewers across the nation will gather ‘round the biggest, highest-resolution TV they can find to watch America’s most […]