Opinion

On May16,ASUCDSenator Jesse Rosalesarrived intoxicated and an hour-and-a-half late to the annualASUCD budget hearing.Due to disruptive behavior,ASUCD President Ivan Carrilloeventually asked him to leave.

OK,it’s true – life’s a little lonely.When my two roommates‘ boyfriends come to Davis for the weekend,me andmy other roommatesjust sit and eat Goldfishes in front of the TV (“GossipGirl“,how I love thee!) while the two couples make out right next to us.It’s sort of awkward,especially when you’re sandwiched in-between them,but at least they conserve space by sitting on each other’s laps.Sometimes when it gets too crowded,all four of them just stack up on one other.They like to call it the “Leaning Tower of Observe-How-You’ll-Die-Alone-Unlike-Us.“

With the overwhelming decision of the UC regents May 15 to slap over 220,000 students with another 7 percent increase in systemwide fees, our officials have come up with two programs that not only address monetary shortage but also aim to boost the UC’s reputation.

Those of you who were fortunate enough to read my columnlast week have already been informed of the blatant irresponsibility that plaguedtheMay16to18ASUCD budget hearings,as well as my prediction that no disciplinary action would result for the senator in question.However,anyone who showed enough interest in the matter,and continued on to Tuesday’s opinion page,would know that I was almost immediately proven wrong,or at least that washow things seemed.

“You’re ugly, I’m hot– get over it HO!” yelled one impressionable young lady to another before raising her eyebrows mockingly,jutting out her lips,and clacking out the door in her6-inch heels,all in one synchronized,in-your-face movement.

The best thing about being a columnist is my Xtreme notepad. Not only does it make me look much more prepared when the time comes to make grocery lists, it allows me to blatantly steal my friends‘ random observations for inclusion in future articles. Alongside lists of future band names like Conan the Grammarian (Nerd […]

Devastation hit parts of Asia this month with a cyclone inMyanmar (Burma) and a7.9earthquake rattlingChina10days later.

Editor’s note: Rather than taking potshots at each other in separate columns, this week, Rob and KC decided to debate mano-a-mano.

In literature, many narratives begin with the incident of a protagonist suffering a loss, then battling back against all odds to build lasting legacies.

Though worldwide food shortages should be a thing of the past,today’s food crisis threatens almost1billion people with near term starvation.

There have been a few random nights with friends where we battle our indecisiveness about what we’re going to do and then do it again to decide where we are going to do what it is we’ve decided to do.

I have a tendency to hyper-imagine crazy scenarios and possibilities after seeing something that qualifies as even remotely strange.