Opinion

The Editorial Board’s guide to searching for internships this winter quarter   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   The internship-searching frenzy is upon us. Whether you’re feeling pressure from your parents to “lock in and find something” or from your professors hinting that you should start applying to everything early, this time of year is often […]

Exploring New Year’s resolutions and how to make them stick   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu   Almost 24 full hours of life in 2026, and I already feel the effects of my resolution. It’s pretty embarrassing, actually. Deleting TikTok and Snapchat — my goal for the year — doesn’t feel like it should be novel […]

The capture of Nicolas Maduro will likely yield both national and global consequences By THE EDITORIAL BOARD – opinion@theaggie.org When Americans across the country woke up on Saturday morning to the news that  United States forces under the orders of President Donald Trump had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation, many were […]

Oh my God, please tell me who I am By MADISON SEEMAN — meseeman@ucdavis.edu Your horoscope says that Venus is the reason you’re all out of whack, the Myers-Briggs Type Indication (MBTI) test says you have the same personality type as the Joker and your major says you’re majorly in need of a break. What […]

The rise of “algospeak” has created a new era of self-censorship By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu I’ve spent a lot of my time at The California Aggie writing columns about language, and so have many others. But, my writing comes from a place of good intention — literacy and critical thinking are important, especially in […]

Independent contractors control their own hours, but they lose more than they gain By SAGE KAMOCSAY— skamocsay@ucdavis.edu DoorDash, Uber (and UberEats), Postmates, Lyft, Grubhub: We all know these apps — some of us rely on them a little more than we would like to admit. Many of us use them on a regular basis for […]

Is our unbridled criticism just another way we enforce gender essentialism? By ANJALI IYER — amiyer@ucdavis.edu Picture this: you’re rushing across campus on your way to class. You adjust your bag and look across the Quad when you happen to spot a “performative male” in the wild — the sight alone provokes an exasperated sigh […]

Travel encourages an invaluable shift in perspective   By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu Daft Punk once created a song with a duration of 7 minutes and 9 seconds, the only lyrics being “Around the world, around the world” — and I think I finally get it now. Three simple words repeated a lot of times, and for […]

Proprietary technology and struggling rivals spell victory for the tech giant By MILES BARRY — mabarry@ucdavis.edu For the past few years, Google has been written off as the new International Business Machine (IBM) — an organization that invented cutting-edge technology, but couldn’t use it as well as their competitors. Google researchers are arguably responsible for […]

The rise of aesthetics has led to the death of subcultures  By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu During the COVID-19 lockdown, I remember scrolling through my TikTok “For You” page, watching videos of people dressing in what they called an “alt kid” style. My feed was full of thick eyeliner, bright-colored clothes, hyperpop, anime and arguments […]

A not-so-merry standard encounters a camaraderie By NEVAEH KARRAKER — nakarraker@ucdavis.edu The quote “Let’s enforce the idea that women are born equal, not made equal by their experiences,” was written in fading sharpie on the walls of the women’s restroom in Bainer Hall on campus.  More anonymous quotes: “Stand strong, young women. XO from a […]

The rise of platforms like Substack make it easy for anyone to publish their work, but does it come at the cost of the art of writing? By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu I first made my way onto Substack — an online publishing platform for writers and creatives — in the fall of 2022, deliberating […]