Opinion

To whom this may concern, On behalf of ACT,we would like to apologize for any misunderstanding there were with any individuals involved in the ACT video.It was never our intention to misuse the image of or mislead anyone who voluntarily participated in its production.

Dear Richard, Thanks so much for covering the new writing minor both in last Friday’s front page article and in today’s editorial.It’s great to get the word out so that students can start taking advantage of it.

UC Davis is losing its Gender Education program due to budget cuts. According to the Women’s Resources and Research Center website, the program consisted of “professionally staffed presentations addressing links between sexism and the continuum of violence against women, and self-defense training through women-centered physical education and Rape Aggression Defense classes.”

Breathe deeply. Do you feel that? It’s change. It’s not effluence from the air Obama used to make his inaugural address, nor is it pollution from Chinese refineries creeping its way across the Pacific. It’s evidence of a nascent social organism that we’re all helping daily to build. Change is coming on this day and every day from the goodness in all of our hearts.

Over150people attended the Jan.13Davis City Council meeting to take part in a public discussion of a resolution calling for peace in Gaza.The resolution called for “an immediate,durable,fully respected ceasefire” and a “lasting humanitarian truce.“ Dozens of community members who attended spoke their mind on the issue,some arguing for it and others arguing against it.This public comment session took almost four hours.

Washington,D.C.is smitten. Overtwomillion people from every imaginable walk of life have made the journey to the capital to witness the swearing-in of the first African-American president.America‘s cornucopia of current problems has left American morale teetering between hope and despair,but we finally found a reason to smile.

One of the most common issues I get from my friends when they complain about their significant other is how much they hate the group of friends that come along with their girlfriend or boyfriend.In all these stories I’m told,three very common characters show up that I’d like to say a few words about,just in case you guys didn’t know about them.So let your reading capabilities take it away!

Human beings,when faced with the unpleasant prospect of the truth,will often cling to feelings of cynicism and doubt rather than admitting that they are wrong.Such was the case when Galileo first claimed the sun was the center of our solar system,or when Columbus fought the notion that the earth was flat.Despite the ignorant opposition,these men stood by their beliefs,effectively showing that one stubborn man can change the minds of millions.

Beginning fall2009,the University Writing Program will offer a20-unit Expository Writing minor. The minor will consist of four upper division writing classes and a four-unit writing internship.Courses are organized into three categories – Writing in Academic Settings,Writing in the Professions and Theory,History and Design – students take one course in each area and an additional course of their choice.

uthor’s Note:This week’s column is written from the perspective of George W.Bush if he had his own video in the ‘Unforgivable‘ series on YouTube.If you haven’t seen it,go check it out or this column will make zero sense to you. I went to Washington yesterday to get the presidency for me and my fam.Ize gonna steal it.I ain’t have no votes.

What do Britney Spears, Facebook stalking, Girl Scout cookies and Perez Hilton all have in common? They are guilty pleasures – things you would rather not admit enjoying, yet can’t help but love. I was watching “The Bachelor” the other night when I realized that this show is my guilty pleasure. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past 7 years, don’t own a TV or simply have good taste, let me explain to you the beauty of this show.

A strange event is happening. The most powerful person on the planet for the last eight years has seemed almost powerless for a while now. President George W. Bush is almost an afterthought. He has been conspicuous by his absence. In truth, he has become irrelevant.