Opinion

A true story of harsh judgment, and reconsideration: It was a brisk fall day. Leaves cascaded down from seasonally ailing trees like the hair that rains off the back of an overly radiated chimpanzee (most tasteless metaphor of the year? I tried).

There are some secret L Street eats that aren’t easy to find, and sometimes they aren’t easy to get to either.

Intrigue begins to slither down your spine. Their smile, their eyes, their laugh, their sexy ass in those jeans – all too tempting. Your heart begins to pound, your body is on fire, and your mouth is watering. Your only chance at quenching this insatiable thirst lies in their kiss, their touch, their body touching yours – no shoes, no shirt, all you need is just skin.

We know food has a dominating effect on our body. This is why we talk of stomachs exploding, cookies going to thighs and beers expanding bellies. But for some reason, we don’t connect the same sort of food effect to our mind.

Last week The Aggie ran a front-page story on another fee increase to hit the 40 percent mark set by the UC Regents. Amid all these fee increases, the incomes of middle-class Americans and those further south on the economic ladder, have flat-lined or shrunk. As Washington starts a path toward fiscal responsibility, reining in on so-called entitlement spending and cutting the deficit, we are going to see opportunity hurt, seriously. One phrase you are going to hear a lot in the coming weeks is “class warfare.”

At a meeting this week in San Francisco, the UC Board of Regents will vote on a plan to raise student fees by 8 percent.

A current policy at UC Davis gives Intercollegiate Athletics Department (ICA) student athletes priority registration when they sign up for classes each quarter. However, it is unfair and unnecessary to allow student athletes and any other group, for that matter, this special treatment.

Chancellor Katehi has made a commendable step to raise $1 billion in support for UC Davis through philanthropic donations.

I would like to know more about the “current dichotomy in student politics between students majoring in social science, the humanities and the arts compared to students majoring in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields” mentioned in Brian Riley’s Monday column, “Let’s go horizontal.”

From 2004 through 2008 I was a member of the UC Davis mMen’s cCross cCountry team and its captain for the 2008 season. Amidst the debate related to student athletes and priority registration, I feel I can offer a few points in addition to those already being discussed.

As you note in your Career Spotlight article (Oct. 18, 2010), careers in marketing and public relations rely on proven strong writing skills.

Mother nature must have known what she was doing when she created the phenomenon of sexual attraction. What is it about human psychology and physiology that causes us to shift into another gear when speaking with someone who is attractive and engaging? Suddenly a feeling of “this makes life worth living” seems to ooze out of one’s pores, as we put our best foot forward with high expectations and a sense of high intrigue.