Opinion

A definitive ranking of all the eggheads based on how bad of nightmares they induce   By MALCOLM LANGE —- mslange@ucdavis.edu   Everyone at Davis has heard of the famous eggheads. These Davis landmarks are spread throughout the East side of the UC Davis campus. Each egghead is special and expresses a fun and unique […]

A hate letter to the ‘Boo Basket’   By MOLLY THOMPSON  — mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu   You thought the spookiest thing that happened this October was your 8:00 a.m. Monday morning calculus midterm after “Halloweekend?” Think again. “Boo Baskets,” as they’re called, are a recent trend of Halloween-themed gift sets that couples curate and exchange around Halloween. […]

Drawn by: Lanhui Zhen –– lazhen@ucdavis.edu  Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Take time to celebrate yourself and your found family, no matter where you are   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   This quarter has been uniquely difficult. There has been no shortage of traumatic events, both locally and globally, that have been difficult for many members of our community to process and recover from. While every […]

Drawn by: Nimra Farhan –– nfarhan@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Tips from a recently mooved-in student   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Often, a blank canvas is seen as daunting and perhaps even overwhelming. The amount of empty space requires quite a bit of imagination to conceptualize, and then lots and lots of patience and hard work to bring into fruition. When I moved […]

How the all-encompassing question tries to take over our senior year   By CLAIRE SCHAD — cfschad@ucdavis.edu To all my fellow fourth-years: congratulations, we have entered our final year and we are almost there! But not so fast… “So, what are you going to do after you graduate?” If you’re a fourth-year like me, you […]

The Editorial Board endorses five candidates for ASUCD Senate By THE EDITORIAL BOARD ASUCD fall elections began on Monday, Nov. 13, and voting will be open through Friday, Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Undergraduate students can cast their votes on the ASUCD elections website.   This election cycle, there are 21 candidates running for six available […]

Reconnect to your peers, professors and education offline   By JOAQUIN WATERS —- jwat@ucdavis.edu   There’s one university that every student my age has attended. This is a school unlike any other. It has only one classroom. The walls of this classroom are either blindingly white or suffocatingly dark, depending on your preference. The desks […]

Show up for yourself before you show up for your midterms   By MOLLY THOMPSON — mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu   It’s November. The sun sets earlier, but you go to bed later. Assignments roll in like the fog on ever-cooling mornings, flooding your Canvas dashboard like the floor of a faulty dorm shower stall. You’ve spent enough […]

Drawn by: Sandhya Pfile –– sbpfile@ucdavis.edu Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)

Drawn by: Mia Pierce –– mnpierce@ucdavis.edu   Disclaimer: (This cartoon is humor and/or satire, and its content is purely fictional. The story and names of “sources” are fictionalized.)