Opinion

On Tuesday night, the Senate officially rejected President Barack Obama’s proposed ‘jobs bill’. The $447 billion measure would have cut payroll taxes for businesses and workers in addition to spending $175 billion on infrastructure and unemployment assistance. To raise money for the bill, a 5.6 percent surcharge on income exceeding $1 million would have been implemented, likely raising more than $450 billion over a 10-year span.

This last weekend, we witnessed our Division I UC Davis football team lose to one of its longstanding Division II opponents, Humboldt State.

On Oct. 8, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second part of the DREAM Act bill, which qualifies undocumented students for financial aid at public universities. By signing this bill, Brown is heading in the right direction toward making public education truly open to all qualified students. For many undocumented students, being allowed access to financial […]

You came to college, eager to escape parental authority and enjoy the never-ending sleepovers of life with friends, but what happens when these friends begin eroding your patience? You may have thrown tantrums back at home, but you shouldn’t risk pissing off the only pals you have … Eight?

The Vietnam War ended in 1975, but its devastating impact lasted several decades. In 1990, my parents were among the many still fleeing the communist country. They miraculously made it to Malaysia and soon thereafter I was born. All I know of the island and of the refugee camp is that soap was scarce.

Eminem is an unlikely political prophet. Two lead singles on the Marshall Mathers LP bring new insight to the Occupy Wall Street and We Are The 99 Percent movements. “The Real Slim Shady” and “The Way I Am,” both speak to the tactics and challenges of these protests, respectively.

Affordable drinking water is our right. During the summer of 2011, the Davis City Council passed a motion to increase the utility rates by 250 percent or more in the next five years. The raised water and sewage fees would be directed toward funding a new water treatment plant to provide surface water from the Sacramento River to Davis and Woodland. While the project has been proposed for over a decade, the swift decision made by the City Council to raise the rates was both deceptive and undemocratic.

Aside from The Aggie’s poor showing against the Lumberjacks this past weekend, my friends and I were dismayed to find – after waiting in (we felt unnecessarily) slow moving lines at the ticket counter – that General Admission no longer means “general admission” at Aggie Stadium. When we tried to enter an unreserved ticket section on the west (Aggie) side of the field – which was half empty after kickoff – we were firmly told that our tickets only entitled us to sit among the Humboldt State fans. If this is indeed the official policy, then we should be advised of this when purchasing tickets.

When you’re walking along the north side of the Quad and a smiling stranger invites you to sign up to save the turtles, if you even bother to sign your name, you don’t usually think to also offer up a list of your family members, the location of your hometown and a select variety of pictures spanning across the majority of your youth.

Recent events in the Silicon Valley – like the shooting that occurred in my hometown and the passing of my high school’s most famous alumnus, innovator Steve Jobs – had me so worried that I went home for the weekend.

When you read the title of my column, I want you to read it how Tower of Power sings it. Did you do it? If you need a minute to Google the song, then take a moment. I had to look it up myself to find out who wrote it, if we’re being perfectly honest.? Now that I have vividly described how “What is hip?” should sound inside your head, we can continue with my column.

Sometimes when I’m bored, I practice my signature. It’s exciting to scribble my name as though someone who cares is asking me to. I get to imagine that I’m famous, like an actor who has “sex appeal,” as I scrawl my name at the imagined request of an adoring fan. “My signature, for you? But of course! Would you also like to touch my muscles?”