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Friday, January 10, 2025

Column

Achieving a balance between two separate identities

The exclusion of immigrant parents from their children's lives creates a significant rift Growing up, my family friend, an older girl I had always looked...

Latinos are underrepresented in higher education

The role that race plays in learning I’m a first-generation college student, and this spring I will finally graduate from Davis. While it certainly hasn’t...

Coffee may be the game changer for reversing climate change skepticism

Climate change threatens global coffee supplies Americans disagree on a lot of things — politics, musical tastes, sports teams, appropriate places for tattoos. But we...

Grit: Jumping off the bandwagon

A questionable study setup should not be allowed to dictate character education Grit is education’s newest buzzword — and when discussing it a few weeks...

Yes Means Yes: How the understanding of rape culture in Hollywood is influencing our daily lives

We should not pin blame solely on powerful men but also on the society that made them. Content Warning: This story contains references to sexual...

Not looking like a “real” Mexican

How racial identity is based on cultural upbringing, not physical appearance What does it mean to be Latino? Are there certain requirements that need to...

There’s no such thing as going off the grid

And if there were such a thing, it’d be bad for the environment If you kayak up the Mokelumne River from Lodi Lake, you will...

Questioning the banality of Trump’s Russia investigation

Interesting stories are out there — but this process isn’t one of them If there’s one question that perfectly condensed the presidency of Donald Trump...

Grade-curving: The slippery slope of academic assessment

It’s self-defeating and disadvantageous — but we still count on it every time It’s midterms week and grade curving is at the forefront of many...

Time’s up, Woody Allen

In the era of #MeToo, the defense of the “artistic genius” no longer suffices It's been over 20 years since Woody Allen was accused by...

Let’s stop shying away from talking about periods

Menstruation continues to be a taboo topic — yet it’s central to women’s lives We’ve all heard of “the little red friend,” “shark week,” “lady...

Mexican-American stereotypes in film

How Hollywood has repeatedly circulated the same stereotypes and clichés Movies are brilliant inventions, but because they tend to be depictions of reality, we as...

Why are we still salting our roads?

It’s time to ban road salt and make better anti-icing alternatives Deer like salt. I found this out during my last trip to Yosemite after...

Grit: Education’s new buzzword

IQ is no longer the judge of smartness and success One of the shortcomings of our education system is that we are never explicitly taught...

Assassinations In The Street: Boris Nemtsov and his Russo-American legacy

Political hits a reality, not fiction in Russia One February night in Moscow, a Russian opposition leader and his lover were walking home from a...