Opinion

My emotional support rat must have his own room   By CARMEL RAVIV — craviv@ucdavis.edu   Hello, my name is Juke Jakeson. I am in dire need of a roommate next year for off-campus housing, and you must be in need of one too! It’s like I’m reading your mind! Ahaha.  A little about me:  […]

Chances are, you ignore your gut feelings pretty often. Don’t!    By YASMEEN O’BRIEN — yjobrien@ucdavis.edu   Having a gut feeling is one of the only times we feel like we truly know something, but even so, trusting it is surprisingly hard to do. I’ve been in situations where I was extremely unhappy — and […]

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.)

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

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, […]

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

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.)