Opinion

UC Davis hosts its95th Picnic Day on Saturday.The annual open house is one of our school’s most time-honored traditions. Showcasing a century’s worth of education,Picnic Day boasts demonstrations,exhibits and tours throughout the day.Of courseit’s a lot of fun too,featuring the annual parade to kick off the festivities,the Doxie Derby,the Battle of the Bands and more.

Ah,the Internet.What more of a love-hate relationship could anyone have than with this intangible,all-encompassing,digital world? There are serious pros and cons to the World Wide Web-world.And although I‘m personally prone to focus on cons,I‘ll tryto keep this balanced.

I’m sure that the majority of people know about the awesomeness that is fmylife.com.If you are one of the few who haven’t tuned in,allow me to explain.Fmylife.com is a website that allows people to post situations they’ve gotten into that elicit the response, “F***my life!” These can be embarrassing or just plain sad.Usually,it’s a little of both.This website has thousands of stories about the ridiculous,tragic events that happen to people just like you and me.

The college dating scene (or the lack thereof) and the ensuing confusion is frustrating and often leads to stereotyping of the opposite sex. Ladies,how often have you and your friends lamented that“all college guys are undateable douchebags“ and guys,how many times have you seen oneof the aforementioned douchebag punch another notch on his belt after successfully harpooning the fair damsel on the dance floor?

For the most part,the Beatles got it right about a lot of things:Yes,money can’t buy melove,all my troubles really did seem so far away yesterday,and of course,happiness is indeed a warm gun.

Politics can be a pretty confusing thing to follow.Amidst all the talking,making promisesand failing to talk about past promises,it’s sometimes hard to tell whether the system is working for or against you. ASUCD politics are no exception,and despite my somewhat slanted history when it comes to discussing matters of student government,I’m sure there are examples of the system doing its job and benefiting students.

UC Davis has accepted18,146out of39,288applicants,or46.2percent for fall2009.This is a drop from last year‘s52.4percent admissions rate. This increased selectivity was due to a huge increase in the number of freshmen applications as well as the regents‘ vote to reduce the UC’s overall enrollment target for fall2009.At Davis,this vote reduced the freshmen enrollment target from5,000for fall2008to4,600for fall2009.

A new classof senators and executive officers took its place within ASUCD in March,but a small group of dissenters continues to fight the results of the election. Two complaints have been filed alleging that February’s election was unfair and that students were “disenfranchised” when the voting website went down for a three-and-a-half hour period.

Golly gee,Aggies,there‘s nothing like the old time cinema to make you long for the days ofmusical numbers,synchronized dance steps and dresses with morepersonality than Howard Stern.After a post-Passover,late night viewing ofEaster Paradewith my friend and her mom,I became painfully aware of a serious deficit in my viewing library:the classics,and classic musicals more specifically.

Hello and welcome to Monday! Hoping to prolong the warm, fuzzy feeling from your holiday weekend, I’ve put off my “what aspiring journalists should be good at” column for a week.     Instead, let’s take a closer look at Easter’s second-most loved (hard to compete with Jesus in a popularity contest) representative, the Easter Bunny.

The deep interplay between language and power blurs the distinction between the two. To control how something is spoken about is to control how something is perceived. As with any source of power, such as money, drugs and the capacity to really fuck you up, language has been heavily politicized.

Super Senior, What are the important dates coming up in spring quarter? Workin For The Weekend Ah yes, spring quarter. When the nights are short and the skirts are shorter. Generally speaking, the next two to three months will be the most rockin‘ two to the three months of the year. Almost every weekend has something going on that’s either fun to watch, fun to do or fun hear other people tell you about how much fun you seemed to have watching or doing. Here are the obvious standouts in very particular, some might even say chronological, order: