Opinion

The guest opinion published on Oct. 7 was truly appalling. To read that the Palestinian flag symbolizes “the murder and genocide of millions of innocent Jews and the ethnic cleansing of Judea” is offensive, tragically misleading and flat out wrong. Palestinians had no part in the Holocaust. Yes, Jews may be a minority, but by taking on the role of oppressor, it is difficult for Palestinians to sympathize with their past struggles.

There is no place for vandalism anywhere on our campus or on our beloved mural, period.

So a state budget is passed and signed into law, but California’s future is no brighter.

College students learn a variety of coping mechanisms to deal with the everyday struggle we’ve chosen to endure.

The stigma created around female masturbation is a lot like the stigma set about female excrement. Basically, it just doesn’t exist.

Chinese food. I love it. The moment I think about it, my mouth starts salivating, my eyes glaze over and I howl at the moon. I LOVE CHINESE FOOD. I swear I’m not crazy.

I am never playing Ultimate Frisbee again.

Last week, I sacrificed some practical advice in favor of narrating a story about the history of exercise in schools. This week, I won’t be storytelling so much as putting some actionable tips to paper (cue collective sigh of relief). As I mentioned at the close of the previous column, exercise can help you in school. Not only does physical activity stimulate your brain by increasing blood-flow and oxygen, research shows active students are happier, have more energy and find it easier to concentrate on a task at hand.

Last week, I wrote a column on education. The intent? Create dialogue via this medium on an issue about which I feel strongly. I don’t have the answers, and will not pretend such. However, the provocation of debate was willful and I managed to extract a commentary on my commentary from one of the saner, more knowledgeable Davisites. This guy cared enough to make his views known on national issues. Bingo! That is the plan. I have a fervent belief that your ignorance starts right where your knowledge ends. Let the feedback keep coming in, please!

With the price of higher education at an all-time high, CalPIRG and the UC Davis Bookstore have worked together to introduce two alternative methods to purchasing textbooks: a rental program and online open source texts.

Oct. 7 was a national day of action to defend public education, resulting in rallies, marches and sit-ins across the country. Organizers in Davis used the day to educate fellow students about recent decisions made by the administration.

It seems this discussion of the vandalism of the mural “The Unfinished Dream” (wrongly labeled the Third World Mural by many) has dominated our campus, and many conversations have taken place in different communities about the meaning behind the vandalism.