Opinion

Recent winter storms spark important conversations around climate change preparedness   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   From flooded roads and homes to downed trees to extended power outages to sinkholes and landslides, California can’t seem to catch a break from the barrage of storms that began after Christmas and is only now letting up. According […]

Clever marketing tactics and how to avoid them   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Over the course of your life, you’ve probably made a few — or maybe more than a few — regrettable purchases. Perhaps it was a pair of jeans that were trending that just didn’t fit or something you bought on […]

The recent firing of Adjunct Professor Erika López Prater at Hamline University points to a lack of support for educators’ autonomy over their curriculum   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Last week, The New York Times released an article about Adjunct Professor Erika López Prater, who lost her job after showing an image of the […]

How to approach the new year thoughtfully and with self-compassion   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   With the start of a new year, it’s easy to feel pressure to set an overly ambitious goal, whether it be finally getting that six-pack or trying harder to get that elusive A in ochem. And while there’s nothing […]

Give your queerphobic family a chance this winter break, and be the bigger, gayer person if you can   By KOMOLIKA INDRANIL BASU — ibasu@ucdavis.edu   TW: Homophobia, queerphobia   As one of the very few students who actually lives with their family in Davis and is staying back here for the break while seeing […]

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.)

It’s important to recognize all the types of love in your life   By YASMEEN O’BRIEN — yjobrien@ucdavis.edu   I have always thought that the word “love” is not specific enough. There are too many kinds of love for there to be only one word for it. As a result of this language limitation, I […]

Developments in how movies and visual media are consumed could mean the end of the industry as we know it   By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu   At Universal Studios, Hollywood, there is an attraction that allows park visitors to go “behind the scenes.” It’s essentially a tour of the soundstages and sets, interspersed with […]

How your ego can make you a better person    By MICHELLE MENDOZA — mimendoza@ucdavis.edu   Ego is usually considered a negative thing to have. Often, having a big ego seems to mean that you are full of yourself and feel superior to others. When used in everyday speech, ego aligns with trying to satisfy […]

How changing your study space to a local coffee shop can increase focus and encourage creativity   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Historically, coffee shops have served as a place for the gathering and birth of creative thought. In London, they were a site for aristocrats to gather and muse about the latest scientific […]

By PRISCILA JIMÉNEZ CORRALES — pjimenez@ucdavis.edu   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.)

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.)