Opinion

Not to sound super emo or anything,but I feel as if I’m in a particularly sensitive junction in my life. With barely two weeks away from my very last quarter at this lovely university and a job market more depressing (but significantly less entertaining) than the latest entry on fmylife.com,I’m especially prone to bouts of nostalgia and a longing for the innocent days of yesteryear and so on and so forth.

Throughout my college career,I have been bombarded by activist groups begging for my support.Most of the time,it’s a perky girl holding a clipboard who runs up to me and explains how the horrors of the world need my minimal contribution.

A quiet endemic has been spreading around for awhile now.It is stealthy yet lasting.It affects every facet of our lives,impacting the way we behave,act,expect and communicate.

There’s nothing like a visit to the dorms to bring back all those memories of yesteryear.I still remember– it was2006,and we freshmen thought we were cooler than waterbeds.We were free,dammit,free! So it’s no surprise what kind of shit went down.

AB390,introduced to the state legislature on Feb.23by Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco),would make it legal to use,buy,grow and sell marijuana for recreational use for those over the age of21.

There is a unique protest that has emerged from Michael Phelps‘ infamous bong-rip photo.Due to a photograph in British tabloids of Phelps smoking weed,the23-year-old,14-time Olympic gold medalist has received a lot of bad press and even lost an endorsement from Kellogg‘s.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles.Before I came to Davis I had never lived anywhere else,so moving to this small town was a bit of a shock.

The complaint filed last week against the recent ASUCD election’s results has left much of the student body confused and demoralized.The complaint came in lieu of hard line L.E.A.D supporters‘ and non-L.E.A.D rabble rousers‘ claims that technical failures compromised the election’s outcome.They say Joe Chatham and Chris Dietrich are not theirpresident andvice president because the said failures violated the ASUCD Constitution’s Bill of Rights#6by disenfranchising the student body.

Sometimes I’m amazed at the number of lies we tell throughout our daily lives.I’m talking about big lies (“I really need this class to be a P/NP class because I have Chlamydia and that really impedes my ability to study aboutnutrition“),white lies (“I’m sure the only reason why he’s not calling is because he’s so busythinking about calling!”) and even small lies you tell yourself while crying at night (“I will find someone who loves me,I will.I’m not going to die alone,not like last time“).

For a little more than10months out of the year,the UC Davis student body viewsASUCD as practically invisible. Granted,when a student needs a way to get to campus they’ll hitch a ride with Unitrans,or if they’re desperate for a bite to eat they may stop in at theCoho.However,even the most loyal patrons to these units will tell you that when it comes down to the daily grind of student government,they simply don’t give a damn.

OnWednesday,sophomore biomedical engineering student Reynaldo Rodriguez filed a formal complaint against the ASUCD Elections Committee. This complaint was filed in response tothe Winter2009ASUCD elections.A malfunction on the campus Central Authentication System prevented students from voting between the hours of6:30to10p.m.on Feb.19.

On Thursday, the ASUCD Senate showed that it doesn’t know how to say “thank you.” After closing the session on the elections brouhaha, the senate opened discussion on an urgent Senate resolution. This mildly worded resolution thanked Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, in light of his upcoming retirement from UC Davis chancellorship, without using overly positive language.