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Friday, March 6, 2026

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You’ve already been mogged

Clavicular and the mainstreaming of 4chan speech   By MILES BARRY —mabarry@ucdavis.edu   Clavicular is the online moniker of Braden Peters — a 20-year-old from New Jersey who...

Gavin Newsom hopes you won’t notice this gas mileage tax

Our ignorance permits government mistakes and heinous fees By NEVAEH KARRAKER — nakarraker@ucdavis.edu By now, the controversies surrounding United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are...

Public bathrooms are designed poorly because they’re gross

And they’re gross because they’re poorly designed By MILES BARRY —mabarry@ucdavis.edu On the whole, public restrooms are unpleasant spaces. Between thin, gray-blue walls, strangers perform the...

Our mental health is not an excuse for ignorance

Though we must maintain our sanity, we also need to be aware of the news By SAGE KAMOCSAY— skamocsay@ucdavis.edu The news is horrible. Everybody knows this...

Consumerism rebranded

Has thrifting culture resulted in a new kind of materialism? By ANJALI IYER — amiyer@ucdavis.edu Last summer, my friend and I decided to visit the Goodwill...

Pulled for a chat at the Panopticon

The rise of surveillance TV  By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu In 2024, when Rob Rausch dismissed Leah Kateb on national television in Love Island Season 6,...

A beginner’s guide to protests in Venezuela

Why students are protesting federal actions, and how they affect broader politics By SAGE KAMOCSAY— skamocsay@ucdavis.edu  On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Revolutionary Student Organization (RSO) led...

Valentine’s yay or Valentine’s nay?

The evolution of Valentine’s Day rhetoric By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu One cannot move through the world this time of year without being bombarded by the...

Love prevails

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, enjoy some historical love stories By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, the season of love is...

Outman the man

A new wave of feminism By NEVAEH KARRAKER — nakarraker@ucdavis.edu A night full of aesthetically pleasing snacks, photoshoots and the most ridiculous conversations about men —...

‘My funny Valentine’

How funny is too funny? By VIOLET ZANZOT— vmzanzot@ucdavis.edu How absolutely, unbelievably, unequivocally romantic was it when Frank Sinatra said: “Your looks are laughable, unphotographable yet...

The elusive, ‘perfect’ rom-com

What makes some romance novels better than others? By GEETIKA MAHAJAN — giamahajan@ucdavis.edu Like any other teenage girl, I spent my high school years completely enamoured...

Pulled for a chat at the Panopticon

The rise of surveillance TV    By ABHINAYA KASAGANI — akasagani@ucdavis.edu   In 2024, when Rob Rausch dismissed Leah Kateb on national television in Love Island Season 6,...

The politics of the Super Bowl halftime show

Recent memorable and political performances make the show an emerging stage for free speech   By SABRINA FIGUEROA — sfigueroaavila@ucdavis.edu While I’m not the biggest football fan,...

AI-generated deepfakes are a new tool for old crimes

The First Amendment doesn't have an AI exception By MILES BARRY —mabarry@ucdavis.edu Two days before the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, an audio recording of Michal Šimečka,...