Opinion

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 […]

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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 […]

The disappointing trend of one cinematic flop after another   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for “WandaVision,” “Loki” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”   I would argue that the release of the first “Iron Man” was a pivotal moment in the blockbuster film industry. Before then, I […]

Entertainment isn’t just entertainment anymore but a vehicle of self-expression; here’s why that’s a problem   By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu It’s 2023, and your identity is an accessory. No — it’s the amalgamation of everything you’ve watched, read and listened to in the past month but only if you’ve posted about how much you […]

As the number of students in the hard sciences grows, we must remember the timeless benefits of the humanities   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   If you are a UC Davis student, the odds are you’re probably a STEM major — nearly 60% of undergraduates at Davis are pursuing a degree in STEM. In fact, […]

By JOSHUA CLOVER — jclover@ucdavis.edu   Seven Januaries ago, Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right grifter with a special animus for trans people, was chased off the Davis campus before a talk; a couple weeks later he received the same treatment at UC Berkeley. Between those two events, Richard Spencer, a far-right grifter and Hitler enjoyer, took […]

The constant fear of school shootings haunts an entire generation   By CLAIRE SCHAD — cfschad@ucdavis.edu   Content warning: this article contains discussions of gun violence that some readers might find disturbing.   I was in fifth grade when I heard about 26 people being killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. I remember […]

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Picking the team with the prettiest colors ain’t gonna cut it   By CARMEL RAVIV — craviv@ucdavis.edu   We may have thought we were free from the clutches of football the day after the Rihanna concert, but I have bad news for the non-sports fans out there. Basketball. Soccer. Hockey. Formula 1. March Madness. Cricket. […]