Opinion

After this upcoming election, at least nine of the ASUCD Senate seats, in addition to the president and vice president, will be members of the BOLD slate. This is an excess that ASUCD could do without. This is not to say that BOLD or other slates are problems in and of themselves. The question is, […]

This week, students will elect another round of senators to represent them on the ASUCD senate table. Voting began today at 8 a.m. and will end this Thursday at 8 a.m. Voters will rank candidates in order of preference through ASUCD’s rank-choice voting system. If a student’s first-choice candidate either wins with extra votes or […]

This past weekend I worked as part of the Davis Model United Nations to hold a conference for some rather high-achieving high school students. Since I have little interest in debate and even less interest in politics, I helped at the event as a favor to a friend, and perhaps to my resume as well. […]

The pastor who predicted the end of the world a few months back was, I think, really on to something. Given that his followers sold their homes, spent huge sums of money on billboards and advertisement trying to tell the world – or, as much of the world that drove by their billboards and advertisements […]

Halloween weekend and the envelope-pushing skin-baring “costumes” it yielded have come and passed. Don’t worry, I’m not going to bore you with a diatribe about trashiness versus creativity – that shtick is a tired, silent shout. I will, however, gladly lay this other doozy of a seasonal cliché on you: just as the candy that […]

On Oct. 27, a group of over 75 protesters entered the UC Davis Shields Library, carrying signs and chanting as they marched through the building. We support their goal of publicly opposing UC fee hikes but interrupting students’ studies is not the way to create such a change. Midterm season is upon us and students […]

Several years ago I suffered a head injury as a result of a bike accident; consequently, I am particularly conscious of the risks and possible dangers of biking. My accident was the result of another cyclist getting too close and bumping my back tire, something that could happen any day here on campus. All of […]

I am somewhere to the left of the Democratic Party but, when I saw that Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater selling for $1.99 on Kindle, I snapped it up. Clearly, the market had spoken. Conscience of a Conservative, ghostwritten by Goldwater’s speechwriter in 1960, is a classic statement of libertarian principles. Indeed, one […]

Women interested in celebrating their 21st birthday at Froggy’s on Second Street are greeted with a complimentary 1.5 fluid ounces of sexism and degradation. Two parts alcohol, one part whipped cream and the inability to use your hands? Meet The Blow Job, just one example of a sexist culture that encourages daytime intellectuals to remove […]

I didn’t expect to encounter bros in Brussels. I figured that Europeans were way too intelligent for such a trend and that typical American bros wouldn’t ever leave the frat house. I was wrong on both accounts. It’s not that there are any real, stereotypically bro Euro-bros around; rather, Europeans love bros. There are two […]

In his opinion published Nov. 1, titled “Aggie Athletics,” Paul Medved discussed his fear that pressure to succeed in athletics will ultimately be the demise of our university’s principles and values. We respectfully disagree. Success does not necessarily mean compromised values. UC Davis’ history has always been about growth and striving for greater success. We went from a farm, […]

Once upon a delightful time, when Borders still existed and life was thus full of sunshine and rainbows, I was geeking out in the sci-fi section when a book suctioned my attention faster than a vacuum eats hair clips. As always, I skimmed the back, then flipped the book open to examine the barcode on […]