Opinion

What does this change mean for both customers and employees?   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   As of April 1, 2024, all fast food workers in California received a significant minimum wage increase, with a base pay of $20 per hour. AB1228, the law that permits this change, was signed into effect by California […]

Listen to “Agricola” on KDVS 90.3 FM every Friday   By SONORA SLATER — editor@theaggie.org   Dear readers,   Hello!! We have so many writers now that we can’t fit all of our content in print (!!!), so I’m going to try and keep this short — but I have some news that I’ve been […]

Californians should not feel immune to attacks on reproductive healthcare  By THE EDITORIAL BOARD In an unsurprising turn of events, Arizona made headlines this week by blocking attempts to repeal an 1864 abortion ban. Republicans have repeatedly stalled voting on the ban, which provides no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Former President Trump, […]

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We must do everything we can to combat misinformation   By CLAIRE SCHAD — cfschad@ucdavis.edu    As college students, most of us have gotten pretty good at identifying credible and non-credible sources. Many of our classes spend countless hours drilling the importance of research skills and careful source selection into our heads, helping us recognize […]

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School/life balance is unattainable in our current atmosphere    By MOLLY THOMPSON — mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    There are no boundaries in college. The Powers That Be can have you in a lecture hall at 7:30 in the morning and you can find yourself in a lab on the same day at 10 at night. In between […]

Latte art as the mark of excellent coffee craft   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   You walk into your local coffee shop and order a hot latte, noting that the line isn’t long and the atmosphere in the cafe is relaxed and uplifting. You pay for your drink, stand to the side to make […]

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. […]