Opinion

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Column

How Tulsi Gabbard threatens the Democratic status quo

A populist progressive enters the presidential race You may have missed it among the many Democrats who declared their presidential bids this month, but Hawaii...
Humor

Cartoon: Wrong Language

ROSEY MOREARTY / AGGIE ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org
Column

I had a shot at the military. Why shouldn’t a transgender person be able to?

The reality of recruitment means everyone deserves a chance to serve It wasn’t long after my freshman year of high school that I developed a...
Editorial

Sacramento Sheriff’s Department should comply with records requests

Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times sue for records under SB 1421 The Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Times recently filed a joint lawsuit against...
Humor

Humor: Jeff Bezos looks to virtual assistant, Alexa, to fix his marriage

Can Alexa save this marriage? Every day, more information about Jeff Bezos’ infamous affair with Lauren Sanchez hits the news cycle. However, what still remains...
Editorial

Letter to the Editor: Alumni share their memories of Lower Freeborn

To the Editor: Re “Eulogy for The California Aggie newsroom” by Eli Flesch (guest op-ed, Jan. 10): Reading your column made me remember what a...
Editorial

Utility companies spark California fires

Negligence at fault for lost lives, homes, land The Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. took 86 lives and scorched 153,336 acres last November. Many...
Column

The problem with plastic roads

Counterintuitively, plastic roads increase our dependence on single-use plastics As the global population increases, the production of plastic does as well, with an average increase...
Humor

Humor: Unitrans switches to really long tandem bikes instead of buses

If Noah had used this bike during the flood, he could have fit three of every animal After relentless harping by CALPIRG, Unitrans switched...
Column

Why farmers must use nitrogen fertilizers efficiently

California has the worst air quality in the nation — mostly due to nitrogen oxide emissions Fertilizers for crops have been an achievement that has...
Humor

Humor: Professor’s classic rant about packing up early works for the first time ever

Students actually take notes until professor excuses them A professor became enraged one day when his students began packing up when there were approximately...
Column

Revisiting the curmudgeonly anger and totally acceptable, politically-incorrect vlugarities of George Carlin

Why Carlin’s jokes work and why today’s PC police might crucify him regardless Benjamin Porter — bbporter@ucdavis.edu As one of my high school English teachers always...
Humor

Humor: Unitrans J Line skips Alvarado stop to avoid opening top floor of double decker

“This bus is no longer in service. Have a good one!” In a monumental decision by first-year bus driver Buster Buseman, the Unitrans J Line...
Humor

Humor: UC Davis Love Lab unveils Shah’s-flavored condoms

Delicious chicken-over-rice flavored contraceptives promote safe sex among students With STI transmission rates climbing among college students, UC Davis’ Love Lab has taken on the...
Editorial

Oscar nominated films perpetuate inauthentic storytelling

Academy, industry still has work to do As the Feb. 24 airing of the 91st Academy Awards rapidly approaches, the high-profile film awards show remains...
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