Opinion

As an agricultural school, we can’t turn a blind eye to the labor conditions of farmworkers By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  You may not have realized this since we didn’t get a day off, but Mar. 31 was Cesar Chavez Day. This day shouldn’t just be another date on a school calendar — it’s important to […]

Prof. Joshua Clover shares his thoughts.   Joshua Clover is a professor of English and Comparative Literature.   It is important to start with facts. Shares in a company called Leidos Holdings Incorporated hovered around $90 for much of last year. On October 6th, for example, they stood at $90.98. By Feb 21 of this […]

Drawn by: Emma Lapidus — eblapidus@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Aang can fly now… I guess?   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Warning: Spoilers ahead!   The day the live-action remake of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” (ATLA) aired on Netflix, I bounced straight from my work table to the couch, aiming my remote at the television and mentally preparing myself for what lay ahead. […]

Don’t let your friends fall by the wayside   By MOLLY THOMPSON —- mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    I’ve never been in love: I’ve never had a date on Valentine’s Day, or an “our song” or someone to take me to prom. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have love in my life.  Our society places so much […]

Homesickness is part of the process    By MOLLY THOMPSON — mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    It’s the Saturday night before winter quarter starts. It’s been raining all day, and I just got dropped off back at my dorm after winter break. My roommates don’t get back until tomorrow — I’m all alone.  There’s an inevitable moment that […]

In other words: bus beef   By ALLISON KELEHER — adkeleher@ucdavis.edu   If you have ever ridden on a Unitrans bus line, you have probably noticed the friendly disposition of the drivers. I have seen the drivers chatting with each other before their buses depart and overall having an admiral little community. Once on the […]

Caution: the standards are low   By MIAH JORDANE — mjcampos@ucdavis.edu   There are a plethora of period-drama pieces within cinema, theater and literature: “Pride and Prejudice,” “Bridgerton,” “Hamilton,” “Little Women” –– the list goes on. Despite the problematic aspects of the eras these pieces take place in, there’s a fixation with romanticizing and fantasizing […]

The world may not be the same as it was pre-pandemic, but at least we can hug people again By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Nearly four years ago on Mar. 13, 2020, California governor Gavin Newsom issued an order to close schools in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What was originally celebrated as an extra two […]

Hey, sometimes girl math is just math   By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu   Being a girl is easier than ever these days; instead of working out, you can go on a “girl walk.” Instead of budgeting, you can just justify your expenses with “girl math.” Over the past few years, the internet has been […]

Plato’s metaphysics are really weird   By MALCOLM LANGE —- mslange@ucdavis.edu   When one hears the term “philosopher,” it is very common to think of the traditional Western or Greek philosophers. Plato — one of the most well-known philosophers — was the student of Socrates and a great thinker in Ancient Greece, writing many philosophical […]

How much of a difference is your oat milk really making?   By MOLLY THOMPSON – mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    20 years ago, you would have never been able to walk out of an ice cream parlor with a scoop of vegan, oat milk “frozen dessert” on your cone. But nowadays, it is almost expected for any […]