Opinion

This November, write for yourself, not the grade By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Along with many fall festivities, November brings a new one for avid writers. National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, began in 1999 and challenges people to write an entire novel — or 50 thousand words of one — in just 30 […]

How an African-led carbon tax could slow the effects of climate change    By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Every year, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) is held with the goal of bringing together world leaders and reassessing the most necessary path of climate action. An individual is designated as the […]

Amid recent world events, we urge the UC Davis community to balance action with empathy   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Content warning: This article contains discussions of violence and hateful speech, including islamophobia and anti-semitism.   The Israel-Palestine conflict has been ongoing for decades, with some arguing that its roots stem from far earlier. […]

A guide to finding a sustainable costume on a budget By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It’s that time of year again, and dressing up for Halloween has never been more difficult. Back in the day, you’d simply inform your parents that your only desire was to dress up as a ladybug for the third year in […]

Man-machine interaction, psychological time and the loading logo   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Have you ever opened a software, clicked download on an update or fallen off a cliff in a video game? Each such action results in a miniature pause on the screen that triggers a series of complex calculations within the […]

Here’s a start to respecting the land you occupy By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As UC Davis students and current inhabitants of Patwin land (pronounced puht-win), it’s our responsibility to educate ourselves about its history. How little we know about the land we live on makes it that much easier for us to disconnect ourselves from […]

What we owe to each other when sick   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   My last happy sick day was in third grade, spent enveloped in a mess of blankets, watching “The Princess Bride” for the second time that day. Back then, missing a day of school was a fair trade: one day of sympathy […]

From academic tutoring to free food, here are some of the best campus resources available to you as a UC Davis student   You’ve all heard the college question trifecta: Name? Major? Hometown? It’s all a cliche, but introductions are important, and sometimes you have to start with the basics.    Last week, we introduced […]

Students deserve a safe environment to learn regardless of their identity    By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Since August, there have been five separate bomb threats made to the Mary L. Stephens Davis Library. One of the threats also specifically targeted Davis schools and the homes of several Davis Joint Unified School District employees. While […]

Corrupt international leadership prevented Postdocs from joining UAW 2865 over a decade ago. Now, both UAW-UC locals will vote to right the wrongs of the past.    By EMILY WEINTRAUT   Emily Weintraut is a third-year PhD student here at Davis in the Food Science Graduate Group, and a member of United Auto Worker (UAW) […]

Find out which one of us once wrote an entire magazine about mashed potatoes and whose Roman Empire is the 2014 lifestyle YouTube era   Ahem. *Clears throat to begin the spiel we tell near daily to friends, family and anyone else who gives us even half a chance to speak*  The California Aggie is […]

The sports teams may not participate    BY ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu    The 2023 Freshman Draft, the 37th edition of the University of California, Davis’ annual draft, was held on Oct. 1, 2023, at the U Center.  In accordance with the traditional rules, the least recognizable organization receives the best odds of receiving the […]