Opinion

By now you’ve all noticed that there was no print edition of The Aggie last Friday.Hopefully all those notes on the front page prepared you for the shock.You’ve also probably read our reasoning behind the cuts (if you haven’t you can check them out online at theaggie.org/article/2474).I’m also pretty sure a lot of you are wondering what this means for The Aggie and other college newspapers down the road.

In a formerly unused lot in East Sacramento, seeds of a food revolution are beginning to take root.Tilled rows of soil cover about a quarter-acre of land in an open field between homes,a Universal Unitary Church and a public school.It’s what’s called an urban farm.

Sex education in public schools has been a contentious topic in America for decades. The debate generally comes down to whether or not students should be told about ways of maintaining their sexual health besides completely abstaining from sexual activity until marriage. This column is an attempt to take the basic arguments of the […]

Throughout my time in Davis I have encountered many things that grind my gears i.e. things that annoy me (for example: naggers). Hence, I decided to make a top 10 list of things that grinded my gears throughout my stay here. I hope I don’t end up sounding like a grandpa complaining about his retirement center; I just want to share my gear-grinding list with people who may be able to relate.

President Obama has begun our first sustained effort to rescue our automobile industry. As The New York Times reported, his recent signature of a law that allows certain states to “begin producing and selling cars and trucks that get higher mileage than the national standard” is a step to reshape the contour of our national automobile industry.

Ha. Haha. I bet you’re gonna have that song stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Now that your darling heads are ringing with the sweet sounds of an arena rock classic, I can delve right into my main point: Some of us are weaksauce. I hail from the Bay Area. A freakish number of you hail from the Bay Area. Few of us have actually ever partaken in the phenomenon that is ghost riding.

Amidst fee increases and enrollment slashes, California’s college students have been delivered even more bad news – the Cal Grant program may take a hit. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts earlier this month eliminating the competitive Cal Grant and keeping need-based grants at their current amount (not adjusting for fee increases or inflation). The […]

In November of2008,three groups of men inKandahar,Afghanistan rode by and sprayed burning acid onto the faces of about15young girls and female teachers in an apparent attempt to keep them from going to school. The girls were badly burnt and scarred,one was even flown intoIndia to treat her wounds.But I won‘t focus on that in this week‘s article.

During my short stint as a columnist,I’ve gotten some interesting responses to what I’ve written.I’ve had people go to great lengths to tell me how stupid I am.I had one reader say that he would rather stick a fish in a rather unusual spot than read my column again.I even had one angry man hope that I would be attacked.But I had yet to receive a response as passionate as the one sent to me in reaction to my last column.

“Obama! Obama! Obama!” Thousands of people roared their approval of the nextpresidentof the United States.The streets were filled with those eager to witness history.News helicopters hovered overhead and swanky entrepreneurs tempted the swirling crowds with every imaginable form of Obama memorabilia; t-shirts,hatsand even condoms (labeled “Durability you can believe in“).

I once read a study by Webster University Professor Monica Moore,about how women behave and nonverbally communicate with men while flirting.The things women do,either intentionally or unintentionally include subtlety touching the favorite part of their own body,leaning in closely,tossing their hair to expose the neckand glancing.

Since this country’s inception,the ability to state one’s views without fear of persecution from the government has been essential to the formation of a free and democratic society.With the exception of a few blemishes, (seetheAlien and Sedition Acts of1798) politicians have been wise enough not to tinker with the First Amendment,leaving citizens free to speak their minds and express their opinion publicly.