Opinion

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College is the time to explore   By JENA TUFAIL — jjtufail@ucdavis.edu   When I transferred to UC Davis in the fall of 2021, I had many aspirations about what majors I wanted to study. I decided very quickly that I wanted to either change my major or add a double major or minor in […]

Home remedies to help beat the common cold   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Common colds suck — they just do. One day you’re feeling fine, and the next day you wake up with a headache, a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Nothing feels the same as you struggle through the next few […]

At least five nominees at Sunday’s Oscars failed the test, but all nine of these picks pass with flying colors   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   The Bechdel Test is deceivingly simple. A passing movie must feature (1) two named women (2) who talk to each other (3) about something other than a man. However, […]

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Keeping track of deadlines is the key to being the best student you can be   By JENA TUFAIL — jjtufail@ucdavis.edu   Managing my time in high school was always easy for me. Remembering the set schedule of classes I had every year and knowing that, for the most part, every day would run on […]

With future public health crises potentially on the horizon, public trust in science needs to be restored   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Almost three years ago on Mar. 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, and just last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the end of California’s COVID-19 […]

Key climate takeaways from Utah’s Great Salt Lake   By EMILIE BROWN — emrbrown@ucdavis.edu   In early January, a new study by Brigham Young University (BYU) predicted that the Great Salt Lake just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, is on track to completely disappear within five years. The lake is a habitat for 10 […]

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

Looney Tunes failed me   By CARMEL RAVIV — craviv@ucdavis.edu   As a kid, I was always wary of wet sand because I was convinced it would be quicksand. I thought that stepping in it would cause me to start slowly descending into a suffocating death. The worst part about a quicksand death, I thought, […]

Losing yourself is the path to self-discovery   By YASMEEN O’BRIEN — yjobrien@ucdavis.edu   As my graduation date approaches, I’ve been feeling pressure to get my life in order. But every time I take a step back to think about it, I realize that the whole point of being a college student is to experiment […]