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Thursday, April 3, 2025

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Does YouTube want you to move to the right?

Extremism is now easier to fall into than ever before YouTube is consistently criticized as the platform where — usually –– young white men are...

Is self-sacrifice the key to success? Hustle culture explored in film

No pain, no gain, right? Whenever I need a surge of motivation during the exhausting quarter system, I usually turn on “The Devil Wears Prada''...

We aren’t inclusive when we only accept those who are just like us

What does it mean to be inclusive? UC Davis has been commended for its diversity and values of inclusion. With so many people on campus...

We need to slow down traffic

We need the right balance between wide and narrow street lanes  When I was 12, I went to England and noticed something about the design...

Dave Chapelle doesn’t need social media, but everyone else does

Social media has transformed comedy by elevating it What makes you laugh the most? Is it your friends, family or favorite comedian? Probably not. For...

Oscars 2020: A telling and historic night

With all odds up against it, the 92nd Academy Awards did not entirely fall flat At its worst, the Oscars can be a pretentious, stodgy...

The value of your own company

I’ll have my cake and eat it alone, too.  I’m writing this column while sitting alone in the dining hall. There are groups of friends...

What is the deal with traffic?

Traffic and economic growth might be intertwined, but it's messier than that Any Bay Area native could tell you about the horror stories of a...

Bachelor twitter is better than the actual show

The revolutionary new way to watch your favorite shows (I swear this isn’t satire) “The Bachelor” is a show about marriage that in no way...

TV vs film: The advantages of longevity

How television is able to live up to the quality of cinema No form of artistic expression is more cultivated than another. The intrinsic value...

Humanities majors deserve better

Not everyone wants to be a doctor For the sake of this column, the humanities’ unlikely hero is me. I would like to be taken...

Is going car-free possible?

It’s time we join cities around the world and make serious attempts to transition away from cars My utopia is a city with car-free streets....

Social media is no longer social

Algorithms have taken over and they may never give it back Our social media feeds are no longer an indicator of a ‘natural’ social media...

Overanalyzing movies heightens the experience

Treating film as visual literature can make it more worthwhile On the first day of my Intro to Film class, my professor said taking this...

Social media: the game

Social media is a game we play against others and ourselves  The video game industry is expected to generate more than $160 billion in revenue...