Opinion

Starting gun for the race to the bottom   By SIMON LEWIS — simlewis@ucdavis.edu     On a flight to Washington, DC, I was turning over in my mind part of a prayer the Reverend Robert A. Fisher, Rector of St. John’s Church at Lafayette Square, planned to deliver at Donald Trump’s pre-inaugural prayer service […]

Being the perfect person isn’t a prerequisite for finding love and connection   By JHANA RHODES—jsrho@ucdavis.edu             Valentine’s Day comes around yearly, reminding me that I am still single. And, recently, I’ve been the only single person among my friends. Don’t get me wrong: I am ecstatic that they have all found people who can […]

The time has come again to oppose racist political persecution   BY PROFESSORS JOSHUA CLOVER and SEETA CHAGANTI — jclover@ucdavis.ede,  schaganti@ucdavis.edu   If Donald Trump’s Jan. 29, 2025 executive order (EO) targeting non-citizen — and largely non-white — students with expedited deportation alarms us, it does not catch us unawares. It is not the first […]

Mutual support sets the foundation for a healthy relationship    By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   I think my list for a perfect partner, relationship or love story started when I was probably 12 years old — when my best friend and I danced in the kitchen at her mom’s house late one night. From there, […]

A heart that bows to no one but my love   By NEVAEH KARRAKER— nakarraker@ucdavis.edu   To all those weary of modern dating,   We, the hopeless romantics, pronounce that the world is in a state where chivalry is dead. Standards have been reduced so much that people accept the absolute bare minimum from their […]

A heart-to-heart with the Editorial Board By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Roses are red, violets are blue, romance feeling dead? The Editorial Board can help you! You wrote to us with your deepest romantic problems, and we are here to give you all of the answers as certified love doctors.    From Esther:  Q: I just […]

Didn’t I just spend my money on a million gifts?   By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu With Valentine’s Day around the bend, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force, scouring the racks and searching frantically for the perfect gift. Store shelves are stocked with generic bearings and signs listing the wide range of […]

What is ‘the huzz?’ I’m too old for this   By MADISON SEEMAN — meseeman@ucdavis.edu There comes a time in everyone’s life when they must realize their generation is no longer the baby of the family. For so long, Generation Z reigned supreme; We made the slang no one else understood and ruled apps like […]

Sad, beautiful, tragic    By MOLLY THOMPSON – mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    I am the poster child for a specific subset of my generation: those of us who grew up with our heads in the clouds. We spent our youth running through backyard fields — in our minds, frolicking through fairytale kingdoms. I worshipped the Pevensie kids […]

Employing the concept of Baroque art to break down whether Artificial Intelligence can really produce art   By TARA ROMERO — tcrome@ucdavis.edu   With the rising amount of Artificial Intelligence (AI) “art” appearing on our X timelines, we are facing the beginning of a new era in the art world — whether we want to […]

The pressures of accomplishing certain life milestones “on time” is overwhelming    By JHANA RHODES—jsrho@ucdavis.edu             When I was younger, I always told myself that I would meet my future husband by the age of 20, marry him by 27 and have kids by 30. I am nearing 25 years of age and have made […]

Using your defeat as a tool for improvement   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   So, you failed. You let yourself down, got a failing grade in class, got broken up with or felt like the world might end, all because you messed up. I don’t actually know if you have experienced these things, but I […]