Opinion

I’d like to begin this week by apologizing to my politically polarized friends and family who’ve tuned in today because this column’s title suggests I might be talking politics. American politics may be the only institution on earth whose methods have completely transformed with the advent of social media and other recent technological innovations without actually changing what it offers you. It’s still the same old pig, but someone handed it a technologically advanced shade of whorish red lipstick.

Among the oversights and disappointments of last week’s bill signing extravaganza is a glimmer of hope for higher education in California.

Upon reading the article in the Aggie about the act of vandalism, I was greatly saddened to hear that people responded so negatively. In my opinion, this was not a message of hate, but a message of peace: The peaceful coexistence between Jews and Muslims, Israelis and Arabs, which people often forget should be the endpoint of the Middle East conflict.

I am writing in response to Tuesday’s editorial, “General Education: GE reform must be sensitive to students.”

I condemn the graffiti of the Third World Mural, but I want to highlight the stark differences in the responses to this \

“I gotta job for ya.” “What are the specs?” I ask.

Caleb Cheng has it all wrong – he really does.

UC Davis got a rude awakening this summer when The American Council of Trustees and Alumni bestowed an “F” ranking on the campus’ undergraduate general education program.

A recent study revealed that public universities across the country have hired more and more administrators over the years, with UC Davis having the third largest administration bloat.

The administration of UC Davis has decided to partner with US Bank, which now has a branch open in the student union building on campus. All UC Davis students now potentially carry a US Bank ATM card as their student ID card.

As we begin another academic year of promise and challenges, our campus community unfortunately experienced another incident of hate, this time directed at our Arab/Muslim community. The Third World Mural at the Memorial Union was defaced sometime on Sept. 29. This mural is made up of many images depicting the voices of many people of color on our campus. The Palestinian flag, rendered in the shape of a dove in the mural, was painted over with a Star of David.

A day or so after UC Davis students made national news protesting fee hikes last year, I was my usual media omnivore self, watching “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox. You may wonder why I still remember, but I could not believe I heard Charles Krauthammer lumping students fee hike protesters in with “entitlement” types that he claims are the nation’s problem. Seriously?